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Morgan County

Population in July 2007: 2,752.
Males: 1,372  (49.9%)
Females: 1,380  (50.1%)
Median resident age:  34.1 years
Kentucky median age:  35.9 years

Estimated median household income in 2007: $18,700 (it was $17,083 in 2000)
Paint Creek  $18,700
Kentucky:  $40,267

Estimated median house/condo value in 2007: $50,400 (it was $47,100 in 2000)
Paint Creek  $50,400
Kentucky:  $114,300

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Races in Paint Creek:

  • White Non-Hispanic (99.5%)
  • Hispanic (0.6%)

2008 cost of living index in Paint Creek: 78.7 (low, U.S. average is 100)

Current Local Time: EST time zone

Elevation: 800 feet

Land area: 110.0 square miles.

Population density: 25 people per square mile 
 
 (very low).




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For population 25 years and over in Paint Creek

  • High school or higher: 41.4%
  • Bachelor's degree or higher: 3.9%
  • Graduate or professional degree: 1.4%
  • Unemployed: 7.8%
  • Mean travel time to work: 36.1 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Paint Creek CCD

  • Never married: 19.5%
  • Now married: 69.4%
  • Separated: 0.8%
  • Widowed: 6.0%
  • Divorced: 5.0%

21 residents are foreign born

This place:  0.8%
Kentucky:  2.0%

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000:

Paint Creek:  0.7% ($343)
Kentucky:  0.7% ($610)
Paint Creek satellite photo by USGS

Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Huntington, WV (56.1 miles , pop. 51,475).

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Lexington-Fayette, KY (96.4 miles , pop. 260,512).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Chicago, IL (414.9 miles , pop. 2,896,016).

Nearest cities: Flatgap, KY (10.7 miles ), Sandy Hook, KY (10.9 miles ), West Liberty, KY (11.6 miles ), Isonville, KY (13.1 miles ), Salyersville, KY (13.3 miles ), Wrigley, KY (15.4 miles ), Cannel City, KY (16.3 miles ), Blaine, KY (17.6 miles ).

Latitude: 37.94 N, Longitude: 83.09 W


16 people in other workers' dormitories
5 people in other group homes

Paint Creek household income distribution Paint Creek home values distribution



Most common industries for males:



  • Construction (17%)
  • Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (11%)
  • Mining (7%)
  • Repair and maintenance (6%)
  • Wood products (6%)
  • Public administration (5%)
  • Furniture and related products (5%)


Most common industries for females:



  • Educational services (15%)
  • Health care (10%)
  • Publishing, and motion picture and sound recording industries (10%)
  • Public administration (10%)
  • Accommodation and food services (10%)
  • Social assistance (7%)
  • Finance and insurance (6%)


Most common occupations for males



  • Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (10%)
  • Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (8%)
  • Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (8%)
  • Other sales and related workers including supervisors (7%)
  • Agricultural workers including supervisors (6%)
  • Carpenters (6%)
  • Construction laborers (6%)


Most common occupations for females



  • Cooks and food preparation workers (9%)
  • Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (7%)
  • Counselors, social workers, and other community and social service specialists (6%)
  • Registered nurses (6%)
  • Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (5%)
  • Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
  • Media and communication equipment workers (5%)


Paint Creek-area historical tornado activity is significantly below Kentucky state average. It is 50% smaller than the overall U.S. average.

On 4/23/1968, a category 5 (max. wind speeds 261-318 mph) tornado 56.5 miles away from the Paint Creek place center killed 7 people and injured 93 people and caused between $500,000 and $5,000,000 in damages.

On 9/29/1972, a category 2 (max. wind speeds 113-157 mph) tornado 4.0 miles away from the place center injured 3 people and caused between $5000 and $50,000 in damages.


Hospitals/medical centers near Paint Creek:
  • MORGAN COUNTY ARH CRITICAL ACCESS HOSP (about 10 miles; WEST LIBERTY, KY)
  • PAUL B HALL REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER (about 24 miles; PAINTSVILLE, KY)
  • ST CLAIRE MEDICAL CENTER (about 30 miles; MOREHEAD, KY)

Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to Paint Creek:
  • TRI-STATE/MILTON J. FERGUSON FIELD (about 48 miles; HUNTINGTON, WV; ID: HTS)
  • BLUE GRASS (about 105 miles; LEXINGTON, KY; ID: LEX)
  • YEAGER (about 109 miles; CHARLESTON, WV; ID: CRW)
Other public-use airports nearest to Paint Creek:
  • WEST LIBERTY (about 12 miles; WEST LIBERTY, KY; ID: 9I3)
  • OLIVE HILL-SELLERS' FIELD (about 22 miles; OLIVE HILL, KY; ID: 2I2)
  • PAINTSVILLE-PRESTONSBURG-COMBS FIELD (about 27 miles; PAINTSVILLE, KY; ID: 3I6)

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Paint Creek:
  • MOREHEAD STATE UNIVERSITY (about 30 miles; MOREHEAD, KY; Full-time enrollment: 6,866)
  • MARSHALL UNIVERSITY (about 57 miles; HUNTINGTON, WV; FT enrollment: 12,361)
  • SHAWNEE STATE UNIVERSITY (about 60 miles; PORTSMOUTH, OH; FT enrollment: 2,849)
  • EASTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY (about 84 miles; RICHMOND, KY; FT enrollment: 11,214)
  • UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY (about 98 miles; LEXINGTON, KY; FT enrollment: 20,492)
  • LEXINGTON COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 98 miles; LEXINGTON, KY; FT enrollment: 5,437)
  • SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 107 miles; RICHLANDS, VA; FT enrollment: 2,412)

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Churches in Paint Creek include: Union Church (A), Old Paint Primitive Baptist Church (B), The Bertha Church (C), Sulphur Spring Church (D), Elk Fork Church (E), Smith Creek Valley Church (F), Bethany Church (G), Williams Creek Church (H), Pendelton Church (I). Display/hide their locations on the map

Cemeteries: Adkins Cemetery (1), Kennard Cemetery (2), Cold Iron Cemetery (3), Conley Cemetery (4), Beculhimer Cemetery (5), Daniel Cemetery (6), Jenkins Cemetery (7). Display/hide their locations on the map

Streams, rivers, and creeks: Muddy Branch (A), Big Mandy Creek (B), Birch Fork (C), Bolin Branch (D), Browns Branch (E), Browns Fork (F), Buck Branch (G), Open Fork Paint Creek (H), Osborne Branch (I). Display/hide their locations on the map

 

Average household size:
This place:  2.8 people
Kentucky:  2.5 people

Percentage of family households:
This place:  72.2%
Whole state:  69.4%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
This place:  2.6%
Whole state:  4.5%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
  • Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
  • Gay men: 0.2% of all households

Residents with income below the poverty level in 1999:
This place:  37.3%
Whole state:  15.8%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 1999:
This place:  11.4%
Whole state:  6.6%

Paint Creek compared to Kentucky state average:
  • Median household income significantly below state average.
  • Median house value significantly below state average.
  • Unemployed percentage above state average.
  • Black race population percentage significantly below state average.
  • Hispanic race population percentage significantly below state average.
  • Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average.
  • Renting percentage significantly below state average.
  • House age significantly below state average.
  • Number of college students below state average.
  • Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher significantly below state average.


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2004 Presidential Election results in Morgan County Kentucky:




Most commonly used house heating fuel:


4.61% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($25,335 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  4.61%
Kentucky average:  6.98%

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:
from Wolfe County, KY  0.54% ($27,500 average AGI)
from Rowan County, KY  0.43% ($28,938)
from Fayette County, KY  0.30% ($25,545)


5.36% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($23,241 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  5.36%
Kentucky average:  6.74%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.

Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
to Rowan County, KY  1.05% ($25,590 average AGI)
to Wolfe County, KY  0.40% ($17,267)
to Elliott County, KY  0.35% ($22,308)


Strongest AM radio stations in Paint Creek:
  • WKYH (600 AM; 5 kW; PAINTSVILLE, KY; Owner: HIGHLANDS BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
  • WPRT (960 AM; 5 kW; PRESTONSBURG, KY; Owner: EAST KENTUCKY RADIO NETWORK, INC.)
  • WTVN (610 AM; 50 kW; COLUMBUS, OH; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)
  • WMTC (730 AM; 5 kW; VANCLEVE, KY; Owner: THE KENTUCKY MOUNTAIN HOLINESS ASSN.)
  • WEKG (810 AM; daytime; 5 kW; JACKSON, KY; Owner: INTERMOUNTAIN B/CING CO., INC.)
  • WRLV (1140 AM; daytime; 1 kW; SALYERSVILLE, KY; Owner: WALLINGFORD BROADCASTING COMPANY, INC)
  • WDOC (1310 AM; 5 kW; PRESTONSBURG, KY)
  • WGOH (1370 AM; 5 kW; GRAYSON, KY; Owner: CARTER COUNTY BROADCASTING CO., INC.)
  • WLKS (1450 AM; 1 kW; WEST LIBERTY, KY; Owner: MORGAN COUNTY INDUSTRIES, INC.)
  • WLW (700 AM; 50 kW; CINCINNATI, OH; Owner: JACOR BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
  • WKVL (850 AM; daytime; 50 kW; KNOXVILLE, TN; Owner: HORNE RADIO, LLC)
  • WHAS (840 AM; 50 kW; LOUISVILLE, KY; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
  • WVHU (800 AM; 5 kW; HUNTINGTON, WV; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)

Strongest FM radio stations in Paint Creek:
  • WRLV-FM (106.5 FM; SALYERSVILLE, KY; Owner: WALLINGFORD BROADCASTING COMPANY, INC.)
  • WKLW-FM (94.7 FM; PAINTSVILLE, KY; Owner: B & G BROADCASTING, INC.)
  • WQHY (95.5 FM; PRESTONSBURG, KY; Owner: WDOC, INC.)
  • WMKY (90.3 FM; MOREHEAD, KY; Owner: MOREHEAD STATE UNIVERSITY)
  • WSIP-FM (98.9 FM; PAINTSVILLE, KY; Owner: SIP BROADCASTING, INC.)
  • WSGS (101.1 FM; HAZARD, KY; Owner: MOUNTAIN BROADCASTING SERVICE, INC.)
  • WJSN-FM (106.5 FM; JACKSON, KY; Owner: INTERMOUNTAIN BROADCASTING CO.)
  • WPAY-FM (104.1 FM; PORTSMOUTH, OH; Owner: RADIO STATIONS WPAY/WPFB, INC.)
  • WZQQ (97.9 FM; HYDEN, KY; Owner: LESLIE COUNTY BROADCASTING, INC.)
  • WLKS-FM (102.9 FM; WEST LIBERTY, KY; Owner: MORGAN COUNTY INDUSTRIES, INC.)
  • WJMD (104.7 FM; HAZARD, KY; Owner: HAZARD BROADCASTING SERVICES)
  • WBMK (88.5 FM; MOREHEAD, KY; Owner: AMERICAN FAMILY ASSOCIATION)

TV broadcast stations around Paint Creek:
  • W26BK (Channel 26; TALBERT, KY; Owner: MS COMMUNICATIONS, LLC)
  • WUPX-TV (Channel 67; MOREHEAD, KY; Owner: PAXSON LEXINGTON LICENSE, INC.)
  • W16BI (Channel 16; TALBERT, KY; Owner: MS COMMUNICATIONS, LLC)
  • WKMR (Channel 38; MOREHEAD, KY; Owner: KENTUCKY AUTHORITY FOR EDUCATIONAL TV)




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