Meigs County has a predicted average indoor radon screening level between 2 and 4 pCi/L (pico curies per liter) - Moderate Potential
Air Quality Index (AQI) level in 2010 was 21.0. This is significantly better than average.
Sulfur Dioxide (SO2) [ppb] level in 2010 was 3.05. This is worse than average. There were 21 monitors within city limits.
Nitrogen Dioxide (NO2) [ppb] level in 2010 was 4.26. This is significantly better than average. Closest monitor was 19.9 miles away from the city center.
Carbon Monoxide (CO) [ppm] level in 2009 was 0.439. This is worse than average. Closest monitor was 19.9 miles away from the city center.
Percentage of residents living in poverty in 2009: 31.5%
(32.0% for White Non-Hispanic residents, 14.9% for Black residents, 50.0% for Hispanic or Latino residents)
Average household size:
| This village: | 2.3 people | | Ohio: | 2.5 people |
Percentage of family households:
| This village: | 61.9% | | Whole state: | 67.3% |
Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
| This village: | 6.1% | | Whole state: | 5.2% |
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.4% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Pomeroy, OH
29 people in mental (psychiatric) hospitals or wards
Pomeroy compared to Ohio state average:
- Median household income below state average.
- Median house value significantly below state average.
- Unemployed percentage significantly above state average.
- Hispanic race population percentage significantly below state average.
- Foreign-born population percentage 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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Banks with branches in Pomeroy (2011 data):
- Peoples Bank, National Association: Pomeroy Branch at 115 Court Street, branch established on 01/01/1872; Pomeroy Motor Branch at Lynn And Second Streets, branch established on 04/26/1996. Info updated 11/29/2006: Bank assets: $1,875.3 mil, Deposits: $1,416.4 mil, headquarters in Marietta, OH, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 46 total offices, Holding Company: Peoples Bancorp Inc.
- The Farmers Bank and Savings Company: The Farmers Bank And Savings Company at 211 West Second Street, branch established on 12/04/1904. Info updated 11/03/2006: Bank assets: $25.1 mil, Deposits: $22.3 mil, local headquarters, positive income, Consumer Lending Specialization, 5 total offices, Holding Company: Farmers Bancshares, Inc.
- The Ohio Valley Bank Company: Pomeroy Branch at 700 West Main Street, branch established on 12/11/1998. Info updated 11/03/2006: Bank assets: $84.5 mil, Deposits: $70.1 mil, headquarters in Gallipolis, OH, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 15 total offices, Holding Company: Ohio Valley Banc Corp.
Educational Attainment (%)
School Enrollment by Level of School (%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (69%)
- Electricity (23%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (3%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (3%)
- Wood (1%)
2004 Presidential Election results in Meigs County Ohio:
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Religion statistics for Pomeroy:
Percentage of population affiliated with a religious congregations: 25.08%
| Here |  | 25.1% |
| USA |  | 50.2% |
Breakdown of population affiliated with a religious congregations
| Name | United Methodist Church | Christian Churches and Churches of Christ | Church of the Nazarene | Southern Baptist Convention | Churches of Christ |
| Adherents | 26.8% | 21.5% | 14.1% | 6.9% | 5.8% |
| Congregations | 34.8% | 12.1% | 13.6% | 3.0% | 10.6% |
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| Name | Catholic Church | Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) | American Baptist Churches in the USA | National Association of Congregational Christian Churches | Other |
| Adherents | 4.5% | 4.1% | 4.0% | 4.0% | 8.4% |
| Congregations | 1.5% | 3.0% | 4.5% | 1.5% | 15.2% |
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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: 4 | Here: | 1.75 / 10,000 pop. | | Ohio: | 1.89 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of convenience stores (no gas): 1 | Meigs County: | 0.44 / 10,000 pop. | | Ohio: | 1.25 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of convenience stores (with gas): 15 | This county: | 6.57 / 10,000 pop. | | State: | 2.93 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of full-service restaurants: 9 | Meigs County: | 3.94 / 10,000 pop. | | Ohio: | 6.25 / 10,000 pop. |
Adult diabetes rate: | Meigs County: | 9.7% | | State: | 10.3% |
Low-income preschool obesity rate: | This county: | 15.8% | | Ohio: | 11.9% |
| 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 | | 2 | $3,069 |
| Other Government Administration |
0 | $0 | | 7 | $886 |
| Judicial and Legal |
0 | $0 | | 2 | $1,001 |
| Police Protection - Officers |
5 | $11,063 | $26,551 | 3 | $4,548 |
| Police - Other |
5 | $7,120 | $17,088 | 1 | $122 |
| Streets and Highways |
5 | $7,736 | $18,566 | 0 | $0 |
| Water Supply |
5 | $9,799 | $23,518 | 0 | $0 |
| Totals for Government |
20 | $35,718 | $21,431 | 15 | $9,626 |
Pomeroy government finances in 2002:
- Charges - Sewerage: $83,000 ($42.65)
All Other: $21,000 ($10.79)
- Construction - Financial Administration: $40,000 ($20.55)
Parks & Recreation: $32,000 ($16.44)
- Current Operations - Water Utilities: $454,000 ($233.30)
Police Protection: $366,000 ($188.08)
Financial Administration: $192,000 ($98.66)
Regular Highways: $180,000 ($92.50)
General - Other: $77,000 ($39.57)
Fire Protection: $75,000 ($38.54)
Sewerage: $70,000 ($35.97)
Parks & Recreation: $26,000 ($13.36)
- General - Interest on Debt: $15,000 ($7.71)
- Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding - Water Utilities: $578,000 ($297.02)
Industrial Revenue: $75,000 ($38.54)
- Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding, NEC: $146,000 ($75.03)
- Long Term Debt Issue, Unspecified - Other NEC: $200,000 ($102.77)
- Long Term Debt Outstanding - Full Faith & Credit - Other, NEC: $160,000 ($82.22)
- Long Term Debt Outstanding Nonguaranteed - Water Utilities: $444,000 ($228.16)
Industrial Revenue: $68,000 ($34.94)
- Long Term Debt Retired Nonguaranteed - Industrial Revenue: $7,000 ($3.60)
- Long Term Debt Retired Unspecified - Other, NEC: $186,000 ($95.58)
Water Utilities: $134,000 ($68.86)
- Miscellaneous - Interest Earnings: $10,000 ($5.14)
- Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $79,000 ($40.60)
- Revenue - Water Utilities: $319,000 ($163.93)
- Sinking Fund - Cash & Deposits: $68,000 ($34.94)
- State Intergovernmental - Highways: $59,000 ($30.32)
- Tax - Individual Income: $603,000 ($309.87)
Property: $154,000 ($79.14)
- Total Salaries & Wages: $701,000 ($360.23)
- Water Utilities - Interest on Debt: $35,000 ($17.99)
4.84% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($26,824 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 4.84% | | Ohio average: | 5.31% |
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:
5.23% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($22,316 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 5.23% | | Ohio average: | 5.79% |
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 Pomeroy:
- WMPO (1390 AM; 5 kW; MIDDLEPORT-POMEROY, OH; Owner: POSITIVE RADIO GROUP, INC. OF OHIO)
- WBGS (1030 AM; daytime; 10 kW; POINT PLEASANT, WV; Owner: BIG RIVER RADIO, INC.)
- WTVN (610 AM; 50 kW; COLUMBUS, OH; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)
- WADC (1050 AM; 5 kW; PARKERSBURG, WV; Owner: BURBACH OF DE, LLC)
- WBRJ (910 AM; 5 kW; MARIETTA, OH; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
- WWVA (1170 AM; 53 kW; WHEELING, WV; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- WCAW (680 AM; 10 kW; CHARLESTON, WV; Owner: WEST VIRGINIA RADIO CORPORATION OF CHARLESTON)
- WLW (700 AM; 50 kW; CINCINNATI, OH; Owner: JACOR BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
- WRFD (880 AM; daytime; 23 kW; COLUMBUS-WORTHINGTON, OH; Owner: SALEM MEDIA OF OHIO, INC.)
- WCHS (580 AM; 5 kW; CHARLESTON, WV; Owner: WEST VIRGINIA RADIO CORPORATION OF CHARLESTON)
- WMOV (1360 AM; daytime; 1 kW; RAVENSWOOD, WV; Owner: HAROLD F. PARSHALL)
- WJEH (990 AM; 1 kW; GALLIPOLIS, OH; Owner: LEGEND COMMUNICATIONS OF OHIO, LLC)
- WVHU (800 AM; 5 kW; HUNTINGTON, WV; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
Strongest FM radio stations in Pomeroy:
- WYVK (92.1 FM; MIDDLEPORT, OH; Owner: POSITIVE RADIO GROUP, INC. OF OHIO)
- WRZZ (106.1 FM; ELIZABETH, WV; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
- WKLC-FM (105.1 FM; ST. ALBANS, WV; Owner: WKLC, INC.)
- WLWF (93.1 FM; RAVENSWOOD, WV; Owner: LEGEND COMMUNICATIONS OF WEST VIRGINIA, LLC)
- WBYG (99.5 FM; POINT PLEASANT, WV; Owner: BIG RIVER RADIO, INC.)
- WJKW (95.9 FM; ATHENS, OH; Owner: CHRISTIAN FAITH BROADCAST, INC.)
- WRYV (101.5 FM; GALLIPOLIS, OH; Owner: LEGEND COMMUNICATIONS OF OHIO, LLC)
- WVWV (89.9 FM; HUNTINGTON, WV; Owner: WEST VIRGINIA EDUCATIONAL BROADCASTING AUTHORITY)
- WPCN (88.1 FM; POINT PLEASANT, WV; Owner: POSITIVE ALTERNATIVE RADIO, INC.)
- WAMX (106.3 FM; MILTON, WV; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- WOUB-FM (91.3 FM; ATHENS, OH; Owner: OHIO UNIVERSITY)
- WGGE (99.1 FM; PARKERSBURG, WV; Owner: BURBACH OF DE, LLC)
- W211BT (90.1 FM; ATHENS, OH; Owner: THE CEDARVILLE UNIVERSITY)
- WVRP (90.7 FM; RIPLEY, WV; Owner: LOWER OHIO VALLEY EDUCATIONAL CORP.)
- WRVB (102.1 FM; MARIETTA, OH; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
- WXTQ (105.5 FM; ATHENS, OH; Owner: WATH, INC.)
TV broadcast stations around Pomeroy:
- WJOS-LP (Channel 58; POMEROY, OH; Owner: WILLIAM A. BARNHARDT)
- WOUB-TV (Channel 20; ATHENS, OH; Owner: OHIO UNIVERSITY)
- WVAH-TV (Channel 11; CHARLESTON, WV; Owner: WVAH LICENSEE, LLC)
- WPBY-TV (Channel 33; HUNTINGTON, WV; Owner: WEST VIRGINIA EDUCATIONAL BROADCASTING AUTHORITY)
- WSAZ-TV (Channel 3; HUNTINGTON, WV; Owner: EMMIS TELEVISION LICENSE CORPORATION)
- WCHS-TV (Channel 8; CHARLESTON, WV; Owner: WCHS LICENSEE, LLC)
- WOWK-TV (Channel 13; HUNTINGTON, WV; Owner: WEST VIRGINIA MEDIA HOLDINGS, LLC)
- WLPX-TV (Channel 29; CHARLESTON, WV; Owner: PAXSON CHARLESTON LICENSE, INC.)
Pomeroy fatal accident list:
Feb 3, 1997 02:27 AM, E Main St, Vehicles: 1, Persons: 1, Fatalities: 1, Drunken drivers: 1
Oct 9, 1982 10:59 AM, Mulberry, Vehicles: 1, Persons: 1, Fatalities: 1
National Bridge Inventory (NBI) Statistics
Number of bridges: 2
Total length: 70 meters (230ft)
Total average daily traffic: 10,210
Total average daily truck traffic: 841
FCC Registered Cell Phone Towers: 1 ( See the full list of FCC Registered Cell Phone Towers in Pomeroy)
FCC Registered Antenna Towers: 25 ( See the full list of FCC Registered Antenna Towers)
FCC Registered Private Land Mobile Towers: 10 ( See the full list of FCC Registered Private Land Mobile Towers in Pomeroy, OH)
FCC Registered Microwave Towers: 2 - POMEROY, 45 Anne St (Lat: 39.030333 Lon: -82.032639), Overall height: 64.6 m, Call Sign: WPNG838
Assigned Frequencies: 6034.15 MHz, 6795.00 MHz Grant Date: 01/09/2001, Expiration Date: 02/01/2011, Certifier: Carol L Tacker
Registrant: At&t Mobility LLC, 1120 20th Street, Nw, Suite 1000, Washington, DC 20036, Phone: (202) 457-2055, Fax: (202) 457-3074, Email:
- POMEROY, 1.5 Mi Nw On Mulberry Ave (Lat: 39.035889 Lon: -82.047083), Overall height: 86.9 m, Call Sign: KBE61
Assigned Frequencies: 6565.00 MHz, 6825.00 MHz Grant Date: 02/18/2009, Expiration Date: 03/18/2019
Registrant: Business Radio Licensing, 26941 Cabot Rd #134, Laguna Hills, CA 92653, Phone: (949) 348-8510, Fax: (949) 348-8514, Email:
FCC Registered Amateur Radio Licenses: 27 ( See the full list of FCC Registered Amateur Radio Licenses in Pomeroy)
FAA Registered Aircraft: 2 - Aircraft: M-62A (Category: Land, Seats: 2, Weight: Up to 12,499 Pounds, Speed: 97 mph), Engine: FAIRCHILD 6-440 SERIES (200 HP) (Reciprocating)
N-Number: 321Y , Serial Number: T40310, Year manufactured: 1940
Registrant (Individual): Era B Ebersbach, Box 431, Pomeroy, OH 45769 - Aircraft: KING COBRA (Category: Land, Seats: 2, Weight: Up to 12,499 Pounds), Engine: 2 Cycle
N-Number: 670DB , Serial Number: 829857
Registrant (Individual): David A Barner, 39334 Mudfork Rd, Pomeroy, OH 45769
2006 National Fire Incident Reporting System Incidents:
See full 2006 National Fire Incident Reporting System statistics for Pomeroy, OH
| Most common first names in Pomeroy, OH among deceased individuals |
| Name | Count | Lived (average) |
| Charles | 68 | 71.4 years |
| Mary | 65 | 78.1 years |
| William | 56 | 70.9 years |
| John | 51 | 75.9 years |
| James | 48 | 69.9 years |
| Robert | 45 | 71.5 years |
| George | 43 | 76.0 years |
| Harold | 26 | 69.9 years |
| Margaret | 24 | 76.7 years |
| Mildred | 23 | 76.1 years |
| Most common last names in Pomeroy, OH among deceased individuals |
| Last name | Count | Lived (average) |
| Smith | 51 | 76.3 years |
| Russell | 28 | 79.0 years |
| Hysell | 25 | 77.4 years |
| Miller | 23 | 74.3 years |
| Young | 22 | 74.5 years |
| Grueser | 21 | 81.0 years |
| King | 21 | 73.1 years |
| Will | 19 | 78.1 years |
| Moore | 19 | 74.8 years |
| Johnson | 15 | 73.7 years |
| Businesses in Pomeroy, OH |
| Name | Count | | Name | Count |
| AutoZone | 1 | | Pizza Hut | 1 |
| Domino's Pizza | 1 | | Rite Aid | 1 |
| H&R Block | 1 | | Subway | 1 |
| KFC | 1 | | Wendy's | 1 |
| McDonald's | 1 | | | |
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