Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2009: $1,244 (1.1%) Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2009: $933 (1.3%)
Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Portland, ME (76.4 miles , pop. 64,249).
Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Boston, MA (177.9 miles , pop. 589,141).
Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Bronx, NY (338.4 miles , pop. 1,332,650).
Norridgewock-area historical tornado activity is above Maine state average. It is 76% smaller than the overall U.S. average.
On 11/7/1971, a category F2 (max. wind speeds 113-157 mph) tornado 2.6 miles away from the Norridgewock place center causedbetween $5000 and $50,000 in damages.
On 9/4/1961, a category F2 tornado 7.3 miles away from the place center causedbetween $50,000 and $500,000 in damages.
Earthquake activity:
Norridgewock-area historical earthquake activity is near Maine state average. It is 79% smaller than the overall U.S. average.
On 10/3/2006 at 00:07:38, a magnitude 4.3 (3.8 MB, 3.8 MW, 4.3 LG, Depth: 4.0 mi, Class: Light, Intensity: IV - V) earthquake occurred 85.1 miles away from the city center On 2/26/1999 at 03:38:43, a magnitude 3.8 (3.8 LG, Depth: 2.0 mi, Class: Light, Intensity: II - III) earthquake occurred 21.1 miles away from Norridgewock center On 1/17/2000 at 08:16:20, a magnitude 3.6 (3.6 LG, 3.4 LG, Depth: 10.1 mi) earthquake occurred 33.5 miles away from the city center On 8/21/1996 at 07:54:14, a magnitude 3.8 (3.8 LG, 3.6 LG, Depth: 6.2 mi) earthquake occurred 85.4 miles away from the city center On 1/3/2000 at 21:05:50, a magnitude 3.5 (3.5 LG, 3.4 LG, Depth: 6.0 mi) earthquake occurred 33.7 miles away from Norridgewock center On 9/16/1994 at 04:22:42, a magnitude 3.6 (3.6 LG, Depth: 3.1 mi) earthquake occurred 86.9 miles away from the city center Magnitude types: regional Lg-wave magnitude (LG), body-wave magnitude (MB), moment magnitude (MW)
Natural disasters:
The number of natural disasters in Somerset County (22) is a lot greater than the US average (12). Major Disasters (Presidential) Declared: 15 Emergencies Declared: 7
Causes of natural disasters: Storms: 12, Floods: 11, Snows: 4, Snows: 3, Heavy Rains: 2, Floods: 2, Hurricanes: 2, Blizzard: 1, Landslide: 1, Snowfall: 1, Wind: 1, Ice Storm: 1, Winter Storm: 1 (Note: Some incidents may be assigned to more than one category).
Birthplace of: Stephen Lindsey - Politician.
Hospitals/medical centers near Norridgewock:
CHAMPLAIN VALLEY PHYSICIANS HOSPITAL MEDICAL CTR (Acute Care Hospitals, Voluntary non-profit - Private, provides emergency services, about 190 miles away; PLATTSBURGH, NY)
MOSES-LUDINGTON HOSPITAL (Critical Access Hospitals, Voluntary non-profit - Private, provides emergency services, about 191 miles away; TICONDEROGA, NY)
ELIZABETHTOWN COMMUNITY HOSPITAL (Critical Access Hospitals, Voluntary non-profit - Private, provides emergency services, about 191 miles away; ELIZABETHTOWN, NY)
Somerset County has a predicted average indoor radon screening level greater than 4 pCi/L (pico curies per liter) - Highest Potential
Drinking water stations with addresses in Norridgewock and their reported violations in the past:
NORRIDGEWOCK WATER DISTRICT (Population served: 1093, Groundwater):
Past health violations:
MCL, Monthly (TCR) - In SEP-2004, Contaminant: Coliform. Follow-up actions: St Public Notif requested (SEP-20-2004), St Violation/Reminder Notice (SEP-20-2004), St Public Notif received (OCT-22-2004)
MCL, Monthly (TCR) - In SEP-2002, Contaminant: Coliform. Follow-up actions: St Public Notif requested (SEP-16-2002), St Violation/Reminder Notice (SEP-16-2002), St Public Notif received (OCT-07-2002), St Compliance achieved (DEC-10-2002)
MCL, Monthly (TCR) - In AUG-1997, Contaminant: Coliform. Follow-up actions: St Public Notif requested (SEP-12-1997), St Compliance achieved (DEC-10-2002)
Past monitoring violations:
CCR INADEQUATE REPORTING - Between OCT-01-2005 and OCT-19-2005, Consumer Confidence Rule. Follow-up actions: St Public Notif requested (OCT-11-2005), St Violation/Reminder Notice (OCT-11-2005), St Compliance achieved (OCT-19-2005)
2 routine major monitoring violations
49 regular monitoring violations
Drinking water stations with addresses in Norridgewock that have no violations reported:
MY COUSINS PLACE (Population served: 210,Primary Water Source Type: Groundwater)
Percentage of residents living in poverty in 2009: 14.4%
(11.9% for White Non-Hispanic residents, 58.3% for American Indian residents, 100.0% for two or more races residents)
Average household size:
This place:
2.4 people
Maine:
2.3 people
Percentage of family households:
This place:
68.2%
Whole state:
63.6%
Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
This place:
11.8%
Whole state:
7.3%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
Skowhegan Savings Bank: Norridgewock Branch at 9 Main Street, branch established on 1964/04/06. Info updated 2010/09/29: Bank assets: $448.1 mil, Deposits: $311.2 mil, headquarters in Skowhegan, ME, positive income, Mortgage Lending Specialization, 13 total offices
Educational Attainment (%)
School Enrollment by Level of School (%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (90%)
Wood (7%)
Bottled, tank, or LP gas (2%)
Other fuel (1%)
2008 Presidential Election results in Somerset County Maine:
Religion statistics for Norridgewock (based on Somerset County data)
Percentage of population affiliated with a religious congregations: 29.86%
Here
29.9%
USA
50.2%
Adherents
Breakdown of population affiliated with a religious congregations
Name
Catholic Church
United Methodist Church
American Baptist Churches in the USA
Church of the Nazarene
National Association of Congregational Christian Churches
Adherents
59.4%
7.5%
7.1%
4.4%
3.7%
Congregations
12.5%
12.5%
9.4%
7.8%
9.4%
Name
Assemblies of God
Seventh-Day Adventist Church
United Church of Christ
LDS (Mormon) Church
Other
Adherents
3.3%
2.5%
2.3%
2.1%
7.8%
Congregations
6.3%
3.1%
6.3%
1.6%
31.3%
Source: Jones, Dale E., et al. 2002. Congregations and Membership in the United States 2000. Nashville, TN: Glenmary Research Center. Tables represent county-level data.
Food Environment Statistics:
Number of grocery stores: 13
Somerset County:
2.52 / 10,000 pop.
Maine:
2.80 / 10,000 pop.
Number of supercenters and club stores: 1
This county:
0.19 / 10,000 pop.
State:
0.14 / 10,000 pop.
Number of convenience stores (no gas): 14
Somerset County:
2.71 / 10,000 pop.
Maine:
2.20 / 10,000 pop.
Number of convenience stores (with gas): 48
Somerset County:
9.31 / 10,000 pop.
State:
5.75 / 10,000 pop.
Number of full-service restaurants: 42
Here:
8.14 / 10,000 pop.
State:
11.02 / 10,000 pop.
Adult diabetes rate:
This county:
10.2%
Maine:
8.2%
Adult obesity rate:
Somerset County:
31.7%
Maine:
25.0%
7.04% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($30,924 average adjusted gross income)
Here:
7.04%
Maine average:
6.39%
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.
Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
