Pine Mountain, Kentucky

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Population (year 2000): 1,632

Males: 807	(49.4%)
Females: 825	(50.6%)

Harlan County

Median resident age:	35.7 years
Kentucky median age:	35.9 years

Estimated median household income in 2005: $17,700 (it was $17,838 in 2000)

Pine Mountain	$17,700
Kentucky:	$37,369

Estimated median house/condo value in 2005: $35,800 (it was $37,500 in 2000)

Pine Mountain	$35,800
Kentucky:	$103,900

Pine Mountain, KY residents, houses, and apartments details

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Races in Pine Mountain:

White Non-Hispanic (99.3%)

2008 cost of living index in Pine Mountain: 76.4 (low, U.S. average is 100)

Current Local Time: EST time zone

Elevation: 1760 feet

Land area: 68.0 square miles.

Population density: 24 people per square mile

(very low).

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For population 25 years and over in Pine Mountain

High school or higher: 58.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher: 4.8%
Graduate or professional degree: 0.6%
Unemployed: 18.8%
Mean travel time to work: 46.5 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Pine Mountain CCD

Never married: 20.7%
Now married: 62.5%
Separated: 2.4%
Widowed: 9.3%
Divorced: 7.5%

21 residents are foreign born

This place:	1.3%
Kentucky:	2.0%

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

Pine Mountain:	0.9% ($333)
Kentucky:	0.7% ($610)

Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Johnson City, TN (76.7 miles , pop. 55,469).

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Lexington-Fayette, KY (111.3 miles , pop. 260,512).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Chicago, IL (453.3 miles , pop. 2,896,016).

Nearest cities: Loyall, KY (4.9 miles ), Harlan, KY (5.2 miles ), Mozelle, KY (8.3 miles ), Wallins Creek, KY (8.7 miles ), South Wallins, KY (9.2 miles ), Evarts, KY (9.6 miles ), Poor Fork, KY (10.2 miles ), Cawood, KY (11.9 miles ).

Latitude: 36.92 N, Longitude: 83.32 W

2 people in other nonhousehold living situations

Area code commonly used in this area: 606

Most common industries for males:

Mining (46%)
Construction (21%)
Textile mills and textile products (5%)
Petroleum and petroleum products merchant wholesalers (5%)
Wood products (4%)
Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
Health care (4%)

Most common industries for females:

Educational services (27%)
Health care (20%)
Accommodation and food services (11%)
Public administration (10%)
Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
Apparel (5%)
Other transportation, and support activities, and couriers (3%)

Most common occupations for males

Extraction workers (20%)
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (16%)
Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (12%)
Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (11%)
Engineers (5%)
Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
Material moving workers except laborers and material movers, hand (5%)

Most common occupations for females

Secretaries and administrative assistants (11%)
Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (10%)
Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (9%)
Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
Cooks and food preparation workers (6%)
Registered nurses (5%)
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (5%)

Pine Mountain-area historical tornado activity is significantly below Kentucky state average. It is 57% smaller than the overall U.S. average.

On 5/9/1988, a category 3 (max. wind speeds 158-206 mph) tornado 31.3 miles away from the Pine Mountain place center killed one person and injured 15 people and caused between $5,000,000 and $50,000,000 in damages.

On 7/6/1980, a category 2 (max. wind speeds 113-157 mph) tornado 23.9 miles away from the place center caused between $50,000 and $500,000 in damages.

Hospitals/medical centers near Pine Mountain:

HARLAN ARH HOSPITAL (about 7 miles; HARLAN, KY)
MARY BRECKINRIDGE HOSPITAL (about 19 miles; HYDEN, KY)
LEE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER (about 23 miles; PENNINGTON GAP, VA)

Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to Pine Mountain:

TRI-CITIES RGNL TN/VA (about 72 miles; BRISTOL/JOHNSON/KINGSPORT, TN; ID: TRI)
MC GHEE TYSON (about 90 miles; KNOXVILLE, TN; ID: TYS)
TRI-STATE/MILTON J. FERGUSON FIELD (about 114 miles; HUNTINGTON, WV; ID: HTS)

Other public-use airports nearest to Pine Mountain:

TUCKER-GUTHRIE MEMORIAL (about 5 miles; HARLAN, KY; ID: I35)
LEE COUNTY (about 20 miles; JONESVILLE, VA; ID: 0VG)
WENDELL H FORD (about 33 miles; HAZARD, KY; ID: K20)

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Pine Mountain:

WALTERS STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 51 miles; MORRISTOWN, TN; Full-time enrollment: 3,893)
CARSON-NEWMAN COLLEGE (about 57 miles; JEFFERSON CITY, TN; FT enrollment: 2,073)
NORTHEAST STATE TECHNICAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 72 miles; BLOUNTVILLE, TN; FT enrollment: 2,729)
EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY (about 75 miles; JOHNSON CITY, TN; FT enrollment: 9,498)
THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE (about 78 miles; KNOXVILLE, TN; FT enrollment: 23,333)
PELLISSIPPI STATE TECHNICAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 78 miles; KNOXVILLE, TN; FT enrollment: 5,196)
EASTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY (about 88 miles; RICHMOND, KY; FT enrollment: 11,214)

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Churches in Pine Mountain include: Straight Creek Church (A), Grace Church (B), Pine Mountain Church (C), Bledsoe Church (D), Little Laurel Community Church (E). Display/hide their locations on the map

Cemeteries: Nolan Cemetery (1), Napier Cemetery (2), Holbrook Cemetery (3), Green Cemetery (4), Middleton Cemetery (5), Green Hill Cemetery (6). Display/hide their locations on the map

Streams, rivers, and creeks: Betseys Branch (A), Big Laurel Creek (B), Big Run (C), Bill Branch (D), Nick Branch (E), Buck Branch (F), Old House Branch (G), Bullhorn Branch (H), Pace Branch (I). Display/hide their locations on the map

Drinking water stations with addresses in Pine Mountain and their reported violations in the past:

PINE MT SETTLEMENT SCHOOL (Population served: 45, Surface_water):

Past monitoring violations:

Monitoring and Reporting Stage 1 - Between JAN-2004 and DEC-2004, Contaminant: TTHM. Follow-up actions: St Public Notif requested (MAR-02-2005), St Formal NOV issued (MAR-02-2005), St Public Notif received (MAY-09-2005)

Monitoring and Reporting Stage 1 - Between JAN-2004 and DEC-2004, Contaminant: Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5). Follow-up actions: St Public Notif requested (MAR-02-2005), St Formal NOV issued (MAR-02-2005), St Public Notif received (MAY-09-2005)

Monitoring, Routine/Repeat (SWTR-Filter) - In MAR-1999. Follow-up actions: St Violation/Reminder Notice (APR-23-1999), St Public Notif requested (APR-23-1999), St Compliance achieved (MAY-27-1999)

Initial Tap Sampling for Pb and Cu - Between JUL-01-1993 and JUN-03-1995, Contaminant: Lead & Copper Rule. Follow-up actions: St Public Notif requested (JUL-01-1993), St Formal NOV issued (JUL-01-1993), St Compliance achieved (JUN-03-1995), St Violation/Reminder Notice (NOV-03-1999), St Public Notif requested (NOV-03-1999), St Public Notif issued (2 times from NOV-17-1999 to MAR-07-2000), St Compliance achieved (MAR-07-2000)

One minor monitoring violation

33 regular monitoring violations

Average household size:

This place:	2.6 people
Kentucky:	2.5 people

Percentage of family households:

This place:	60.4%
Whole state:	69.4%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:

This place:	1.6%
Whole state:	4.5%

No gay or lesbian households reported

Residents with income below the poverty level in 1999:

This place:	29.2%
Whole state:	15.8%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 1999:

This place:	9.4%
Whole state:	6.6%

Pine Mountain compared to Kentucky state average:

Median household income significantly below state average.
Median house value significantly below state average.
Unemployed percentage significantly 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.
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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Educational Attainment

School Enrollment by Level of School

2004 Presidential Election results in Harlan County Kentucky:

Most commonly used house heating fuel:

3.72% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($24,572 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	3.72%
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 Letcher County, KY	0.23% ($29,947 average AGI)
from Bell County, KY	0.22% ($25,944)
from Fayette County, KY	0.21% ($11,588)

3.70% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($30,387 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	3.70%
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 Madison County, KY	0.28% ($16,478 average AGI)
to Fayette County, KY	0.26% ($23,905)
to Bell County, KY	0.23% ($36,158)

Strongest AM radio stations in Pine Mountain:

WFSR (970 AM; 5 kW; HARLAN, KY; Owner: EASTERN BROADCASTING COMPAY)
WHLN (1410 AM; 5 kW; HARLAN, KY)
WKVL (850 AM; daytime; 50 kW; KNOXVILLE, TN; Owner: HORNE RADIO, LLC)
WKIC (1390 AM; 5 kW; HAZARD, KY)
WFGW (1010 AM; 50 kW; BLACK MOUNTAIN, NC; Owner: BLUE RIDGE BROADCASTING CORP.)
WMIK (560 AM; 3 kW; MIDDLESBORO, KY; Owner: GATEWAY BROADCASTING, INC.)
WKLB (1290 AM; 5 kW; MANCHESTER, KY; Owner: BARKER BROADCASTING COMPANY, INC.)
WGOC (640 AM; 10 kW; BLOUNTVILLE, TN; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
WLFJ (660 AM; daytime; 50 kW; GREENVILLE, SC; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
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.)
WSWV (1570 AM; 2 kW; PENNINGTON GAP, VA; Owner: IBS COMMUNICATIONS, L.L.C.)
WTCW (920 AM; 4 kW; WHITESBURG, KY; Owner: T.C.W. BROADCASTING , INC.)

Strongest FM radio stations in Pine Mountain:

WTUK (105.1 FM; HARLAN, KY; Owner: EASTERN BROADCASTING COMPANY)
WSEH (102.7 FM; CUMBERLAND, KY; Owner: CUMBERLAND CITY BROADCASTING, INC.)
WSGS (101.1 FM; HAZARD, KY; Owner: MOUNTAIN BROADCASTING SERVICE, INC.)
WAXM (93.5 FM; BIG STONE GAP, VA; Owner: VALLEY BROADCASTING, INC.)
WEKH (90.9 FM; HAZARD, KY; Owner: EASTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY)
WZQQ (97.9 FM; HYDEN, KY; Owner: LESLIE COUNTY BROADCASTING, INC.)
WJMD (104.7 FM; HAZARD, KY; Owner: HAZARD BROADCASTING SERVICES)
W217AB (91.3 FM; HARLAN, KY; Owner: APPALSHOP, INC.)
WJDT (106.5 FM; ROGERSVILLE, TN; Owner: C & S BROADCASTING)
W223AA (92.5 FM; BIG STONE GAP, VA; Owner: VALLEY BROADCASTING, INC.)
WMIK-FM (92.7 FM; MIDDLESBORO, KY; Owner: GATEWAY BROADCASTING, INC.)
WIFX-FM (94.3 FM; JENKINS, KY; Owner: LETCHER COUNTY BROADCASTING, INC)
WTFM (98.5 FM; KINGSPORT, TN; Owner: HOLSTON VALLEY BROADCASTING CORP.)
WXKQ-FM (103.9 FM; WHITESBURG, KY; Owner: T.C.W. BROADCASTING , INC.)
WMMT (88.7 FM; WHITESBURG, KY; Owner: APPALSHOP, INCORPORATED)
WBGQ (100.7 FM; BULLS GAP, TN; Owner: CHEROKEE BROADCASTING)
WRIL (106.3 FM; PINEVILLE, KY; Owner: PINE HILLS BROADCASTING, INC.)
WCTU (105.9 FM; TAZEWELL, TN; Owner: STAIR COMPANY, INC)
WJNV (99.1 FM; JONESVILLE, VA; Owner: REGINA KAY MOORE)
WDXC (102.3 FM; POUND, VA; Owner: WDXC RADIO, INC.)

TV broadcast stations around Pine Mountain:

WAGV (Channel 44; HARLAN, KY; Owner: LIVING FAITH MINISTRIES, INC.)
WYMT-TV (Channel 57; HAZARD, KY; Owner: WYMT LICENSEE CORP.)
W24BT (Channel 24; TALBERT, KY; Owner: MS COMMUNICATIONS, LLC)
WKHA (Channel 35; HAZARD, KY; Owner: KENTUCKY AUTHORITY FOR EDUCATIONAL TV)
W31BU (Channel 31; TALBERT, KY; Owner: MS COMMUNICATIONS, LLC)
W53BQ (Channel 53; TALBERT, KY; Owner: MS COMMUNICATIONS, LLC)
W69ED (Channel 69; TALBERT, KY; Owner: MS COMMUNICATIONS, LLC)
W26BK (Channel 26; TALBERT, KY; Owner: MS COMMUNICATIONS, LLC)
W16BI (Channel 16; TALBERT, KY; Owner: MS COMMUNICATIONS, LLC)

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