Air Quality Index (AQI) level in 2010 was 30.4. This is about average.
Particulate Matter (PM10) [µ/m3] level in 2008 was 28.5. This is about average. Closest monitor was 18.6 miles away from the city center.
Particulate Matter (PM2.5) [µ/m3] level in 2010 was 9.31. This is about average. Closest monitor was 19.3 miles away from the city center.
Sulfur Dioxide (SO2) [ppb] level in 2003 was 1.08. This is significantly better than average. Closest monitor was 18.0 miles away from the city center.
Percentage of residents living in poverty in 2009: 2.4%
(1.0% for White Non-Hispanic residents, 100.0% for American Indian residents, 0.0% for two or more races residents)
Average household size:
| This city: | 2.5 people | | Kentucky: | 2.5 people |
Percentage of family households:
| This city: | 62.5% | | Whole state: | 69.4% |
Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
| This city: | 0.0% | | Whole state: | 4.5% |
No gay or lesbian households reported
Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Pippa Passes, KY
175 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
Pippa Passes compared to Kentucky state average:
- Median household income 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.
- Median age significantly below state average.
- Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average.
- Renting percentage above state average.
- House age below state average.
- Number of college students significantly above state average.
- Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher significantly above state average.
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Educational Attainment (%)
School Enrollment by Level of School (%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (61%)
- Utility gas (39%)
2004 Presidential Election results in Knott County Kentucky:
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Religion statistics for Pippa Passes:
Percentage of population affiliated with a religious congregations: 21.37%
| Here |  | 21.4% |
| USA |  | 50.2% |
Breakdown of population affiliated with a religious congregations
| Name | Southern Baptist Convention | United Methodist Church | Evangelical Free Church of America | Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) | Other |
| Adherents | 83.6% | 5.9% | 2.9% | 2.5% | 5.0% |
| Congregations | 41.2% | 5.9% | 11.8% | 5.9% | 35.3% |
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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: 6 | Knott County: | 3.48 / 10,000 pop. | | Kentucky: | 2.19 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of convenience stores (no gas): 1 | Knott County: | 0.58 / 10,000 pop. | | Kentucky: | 0.74 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of convenience stores (with gas): 6 | Knott County: | 3.48 / 10,000 pop. | | State: | 4.36 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of full-service restaurants: 1 | Here: | 0.58 / 10,000 pop. | | State: | 5.74 / 10,000 pop. |
Adult diabetes rate: | This county: | 13.0% | | Kentucky: | 11.0% |
Adult obesity rate: | Knott County: | 32.0% | | Kentucky: | 30.0% |
Low-income preschool obesity rate: | This county: | 22.6% | | State: | 15.9% |
| Local government employment and payroll (March 2007) |
| Function |
Full-time employees |
Monthly full-time payroll |
Average yearly full-time wage |
Part-time employees |
Monthly part-time payroll |
| Financial Administration |
0 | $0 | | 3 | $3,600 |
| Judicial and Legal |
1 | $3,600 | $43,200 | 0 | $0 |
| Police Protection - Officers |
1 | $2,585 | $31,020 | 0 | $0 |
| Totals for Government |
2 | $6,185 | $37,110 | 3 | $3,600 |
Pippa Passes government finances in 2002:
- Current Operations - General - Other: $30,000 ($104.17)
Central Staff Services: $9,000 ($31.25)
- Miscellaneous - Rents: $8,000 ($27.78)
Interest Earnings: $2,000 ($6.94)
- Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $148,000 ($513.89)
- State Intergovernmental - All Other: $63,000 ($218.75)
Highways: $4,000 ($13.89)
- Total Salaries & Wages: $7,000 ($24.31)
5.08% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($26,408 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 5.08% | | 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:
6.17% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($28,325 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 6.17% | | 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:
Strongest AM radio stations in Pippa Passes:
- WTCW (920 AM; 4 kW; WHITESBURG, KY; Owner: T.C.W. BROADCASTING , INC.)
- WEZC (1480 AM; daytime; 5 kW; NEON, KY; Owner: JESUS COMMUNICATION ILNC.)
- WLSI (900 AM; 5 kW; PIKEVILLE, KY; Owner: EAST KENTUCKY BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
- WKCB (1340 AM; 1 kW; HINDMAN, KY; Owner: HINDMAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
- WPRT (960 AM; 5 kW; PRESTONSBURG, KY; Owner: EAST KENTUCKY RADIO NETWORK, INC.)
- WKIC (1390 AM; 5 kW; HAZARD, KY)
- WKYH (600 AM; 5 kW; PAINTSVILLE, KY; Owner: HIGHLANDS BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
- WDOC (1310 AM; 5 kW; PRESTONSBURG, KY)
- WEKG (810 AM; daytime; 5 kW; JACKSON, KY; Owner: INTERMOUNTAIN B/CING CO., INC.)
- WKVL (850 AM; daytime; 50 kW; KNOXVILLE, TN; Owner: HORNE RADIO, LLC)
- WMTC (730 AM; 5 kW; VANCLEVE, KY; Owner: THE KENTUCKY MOUNTAIN HOLINESS ASSN.)
- WNVA (1350 AM; 5 kW; NORTON, VA; Owner: RADIO-WISE, INC.)
- WDIC (1430 AM; daytime; 5 kW; CLINCHCO, VA; Owner: DICKENSON COUNTY BROADCASTING CORP.)
Strongest FM radio stations in Pippa Passes:
- WWJD (91.7 FM; PIPPA PASSES, KY; Owner: ALICE LLOYD COLLEGE)
- WKCB-FM (107.1 FM; HINDMAN, KY; Owner: HINDMAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
- WIFX-FM (94.3 FM; JENKINS, KY; Owner: LETCHER COUNTY BROADCASTING, INC)
- WXKQ-FM (103.9 FM; WHITESBURG, KY; Owner: T.C.W. BROADCASTING , INC.)
- WMMT (88.7 FM; WHITESBURG, KY; Owner: APPALSHOP, INCORPORATED)
- WSGS (101.1 FM; HAZARD, KY; Owner: MOUNTAIN BROADCASTING SERVICE, INC.)
- WDXC (102.3 FM; POUND, VA; Owner: WDXC RADIO, INC.)
- WZQQ (97.9 FM; HYDEN, KY; Owner: LESLIE COUNTY BROADCASTING, INC.)
- WSEH (102.7 FM; CUMBERLAND, KY; Owner: CUMBERLAND CITY BROADCASTING, INC.)
- WJMD (104.7 FM; HAZARD, KY; Owner: HAZARD BROADCASTING SERVICES)
- WEKH (90.9 FM; HAZARD, KY; Owner: EASTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY)
- WAXM (93.5 FM; BIG STONE GAP, VA; Owner: VALLEY BROADCASTING, INC.)
- WZLK (107.5 FM; VIRGIE, KY; Owner: EAST KENTUCKY BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
- WPKE-FM (103.1 FM; COAL RUN, KY; Owner: EAST KENTUCKY BROADCASTING CORP.)
- WDHR (93.1 FM; PIKEVILLE, KY; Owner: EAST KENTUCKY BROADCASTING CORP.)
- W223AA (92.5 FM; BIG STONE GAP, VA; Owner: VALLEY BROADCASTING, INC.)
- WQHY (95.5 FM; PRESTONSBURG, KY; Owner: WDOC, INC.)
- WXLR (104.9 FM; HAROLD, KY; Owner: ADAM D GEARHEART)
- WTFM (98.5 FM; KINGSPORT, TN; Owner: HOLSTON VALLEY BROADCASTING CORP.)
- WMDJ-FM (100.1 FM; ALLEN, KY; Owner: FLOYD COUNTY BROADCASTING CO., INC.)
TV broadcast stations around Pippa Passes:
- WYMT-TV (Channel 57; HAZARD, KY; Owner: WYMT LICENSEE CORP.)
- W24BT (Channel 24; TALBERT, KY; Owner: MS COMMUNICATIONS, LLC)
- W26BK (Channel 26; TALBERT, KY; Owner: MS COMMUNICATIONS, LLC)
- 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)
- WKHA (Channel 35; HAZARD, KY; Owner: KENTUCKY AUTHORITY FOR EDUCATIONAL TV)
- W16BI (Channel 16; TALBERT, KY; Owner: MS COMMUNICATIONS, LLC)
- W64CM (Channel 64; TALBERT, KY; Owner: MS COMMUNICATIONS, LLC)
- W66DA (Channel 66; TALBERT, KY; Owner: MS COMMUNICATIONS, LLC)
Pippa Passes fatal accident list:
May 17, 2009 05:10 AM, Sr-899, Lat: 37.35228333, Lon: -82.86116111, Vehicles: 1, Persons: 1, Fatalities: 1, Drunken drivers: 1
Sep 3, 2002 09:30 AM, Sr-899, Vehicles: 1, Persons: 4, Fatalities: 1
Sep 19, 2000 09:55 AM, Sr-899, Vehicles: 2, Persons: 5, Fatalities: 1
Sep 22, 1989 09:55 AM, 899, Vehicles: 1, Persons: 5, Fatalities: 1
Oct 15, 1986 10:30 AM, 899, Vehicles: 1, Persons: 5, Fatalities: 1
FCC Registered Private Land Mobile Towers: 2 - STONE FORK AREA PS, Stone Fork Area Ps 3911 Spruce Pine Rd. (Lat: 37.334167 Lon: -82.879444), Type: Tower, Structure height: 6.1 m, Call Sign: WQGU857
Assigned Frequencies: 154.471 MHz Grant Date: 04/23/2007, Expiration Date: 04/23/2017, Certifier: Steve Basham
Registrant: Micro-Comm, Inc., 15895 S. Pflumm Road, Olathe, KS 66062, Phone: (913) 390-4500, Fax: (913) 390-4550 - PIPPA PASSES TANK #1, Pippa Passes Tank #1 - 0.15mi Se Of Wtp (Lat: 37.333333 Lon: -82.873611), Type: Tank, Structure height: 13.7 m, Call Sign: WQJE200
Assigned Frequencies: 154.471 MHz Grant Date: 08/06/2008, Expiration Date: 08/06/2018, Certifier: Steve Basham
Registrant: Micro-Comm, Inc, 15895 S. Pflumm Road, Olathe, KS 66062, Phone: (913) 390-4500, Fax: (913) 390-4550, Email:
FCC Registered Paging Towers: 1 - 0.7 Miles Northwest Of (Lat: 37.341750 Lon: -82.883194), Call Sign: KNKJ649, Licensee ID: L00053898
Assigned Frequencies: 152.600 MHz Grant Date: 06/10/2008, Expiration Date: 07/01/2018
Registrant: Thacker-Grigsby Telephone Company, Inc., Hindman, KY 41822, Phone: (606) 785-9500
FCC Registered Amateur Radio Licenses: 2 - Call Sign: KG4UUT, Licensee ID: L00561699
Grant Date: 08/22/2002, Expiration Date: 08/22/2012, Certifier: Robert D Sparkman
Registrant: Robert D Sparkman, Pippa Passes, KY 41844 - Call Sign: KI4JYX, Licensee ID: L01011834
Grant Date: 05/02/2005, Expiration Date: 05/02/2015, Certifier: Jeffrey D Cornett
Registrant: Jeffrey D Cornett, 4039 Hwy 899, Pippa Passes, KY 41844
| Most common first names in Pippa Passes, KY among deceased individuals |
| Name | Count | Lived (average) |
| John | 5 | 82.6 years |
| James | 4 | 67.5 years |
| David | 3 | 65.6 years |
| Curtis | 3 | 71.3 years |
| Sarah | 3 | 83.7 years |
| Alice | 2 | 81.5 years |
| Odis | 2 | 80.5 years |
| Cora | 2 | 74.0 years |
| Hattie | 2 | 79.5 years |
| Dora | 2 | 73.0 years |
| Most common last names in Pippa Passes, KY among deceased individuals |
| Last name | Count | Lived (average) |
| Slone | 82 | 70.3 years |
| Jacobs | 41 | 66.4 years |
| Sparkman | 13 | 77.8 years |
| Watson | 8 | 67.1 years |
| Huff | 6 | 74.7 years |
| Gibson | 6 | 72.8 years |
| Hall | 6 | 79.2 years |
| Thornsberry | 6 | 77.3 years |
| Caudill | 4 | 68.2 years |
| Smith | 4 | 68.5 years |
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