Wise County has a predicted average indoor radon screening level between 2 and 4 pCi/L (pico curies per liter) - Moderate Potential
Drinking water stations with addresses in Pound that have no violations reported:
- BOLD CAMP (Address: P.O. Box 880, Population served: 876, Primary Water Source Type: Purch_surface_water)
Percentage of residents living in poverty in 2009: 28.6%
(29.2% for White Non-Hispanic residents, 0.0% for Black residents, 0.0% for Hispanic or Latino residents, 0.0% for other race residents, 88.9% for two or more races residents)
Average household size:
| This town: |  2.4 people | | Virginia: |  2.4 people |
| This town: | 70.1% | | Whole state: | 67.5% |
| This town: | 4.4% | | Whole state: | 4.7% |
Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Pound, VA
Pound compared to Virginia state average:
- Median household income below state average.
- Median house value 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 above state average.
- Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average.
- Length of stay since moving in above state average.
- Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher significantly below state average.
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Banks with branches in Pound (2011 data):
- New Peoples Bank, Inc.: Pound Branch at 11241 Indian Creek Road, branch established on 2006/03/30. Info updated 2007/08/21: Bank assets: $781.6 mil, Deposits: $709.1 mil, headquarters in Honaker, VA, negative income in the last year, Commercial Lending Specialization, 28 total offices, Holding Company: New Peoples Bankshares, Inc.
- First Community Bank: Pound Branch at 8044 Main Street, branch established on 1997/07/25. Info updated 2011/07/12: Bank assets: $2,144.1 mil, Deposits: $1,561.3 mil, headquarters in Bluefield, VA, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 58 total offices, Holding Company: First Community Bancshares, Inc.
- Branch Banking and Trust Company: Pound Branch at 11231 Indian Creek Road, branch established on 1976/05/03. Info updated 2010/03/29: Bank assets: $168,867.6 mil, Deposits: $127,549.5 mil, headquarters in Winston Salem, NC, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 1793 total offices, Holding Company: Bb&T Corporation
Educational Attainment (%)
School Enrollment by Level of School (%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (83%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (13%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (2%)
- Wood (2%)
- Coal or coke (1%)
2004 Presidential Election results in Wise County Virginia:
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Religion statistics for Pound (based on Wise County data)
Percentage of population affiliated with a religious congregations: 33.58%
| Here | | 33.6% |
| USA | | 50.2% |
Breakdown of population affiliated with a religious congregations
| Name | Southern Baptist Convention | United Methodist Church | National Association of Free Will Baptists | Assemblies of God | Independent Free Will Baptists Associations |
|---|
| Adherents | 37.8% | 20.7% | 12.7% | 7.3% | 2.8% |
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| Congregations | 16.7% | 17.7% | 17.7% | 5.2% | 5.2% |
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| Name | Presbyterian Church (USA) | Church of God of Prophecy | LDS (Mormon) Church | Christian Churches and Churches of Christ | Other |
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| Adherents | 2.7% | 2.2% | 2.0% | 1.9% | 9.8% |
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| Congregations | 7.3% | 6.3% | 1.0% | 2.1% | 20.8% |
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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: 10 | Wise County: | 2.40 / 10,000 pop. | | Virginia: | 2.03 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of convenience stores (no gas): 4 | Wise County: | 0.96 / 10,000 pop. | | Virginia: | 1.43 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of convenience stores (with gas): 55 | Wise County: | 13.19 / 10,000 pop. | | State: | 4.03 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of full-service restaurants: 16 | Here: | 3.84 / 10,000 pop. | | State: | 7.65 / 10,000 pop. |
Adult diabetes rate: | This county: | 10.7% | | Virginia: | 9.3% |
Adult obesity rate: | Wise County: | 30.6% | | Virginia: | 26.7% |
Low-income preschool obesity rate: | This county: | 12.0% | | State: | 18.6% |
| 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 |
2 | $4,760 | $28,560 | 0 | $0 |
| Other Government Administration |
1 | $3,230 | $38,760 | 1 | $935 |
| Police Protection - Officers |
4 | $14,110 | $42,330 | 1 | $1,190 |
| Streets and Highways |
2 | $2,720 | $16,320 | 0 | $0 |
| Solid Waste Management |
1 | $1,403 | $16,836 | 0 | $0 |
| Sewerage |
1 | $2,185 | $26,220 | 0 | $0 |
| Water Supply |
4 | $9,146 | $27,438 | 0 | $0 |
| Totals for Government |
15 | $37,554 | $30,043 | 2 | $2,125 |
Pound government finances in 2002:
- Charges - Sewerage: $540,000 ($520.23)
All Other: $43,000 ($41.43)
- Current Operations - Sewerage: $530,000 ($510.60)
Water Utilities: $275,000 ($264.93)
Police Protection: $242,000 ($233.14)
Financial Administration: $172,000 ($165.70)
Regular Highways: $39,000 ($37.57)
Solid Waste Management: $29,000 ($27.94)
Fire Protection: $25,000 ($24.08)
- Federal Intergovernmental - All Other: $540,000 ($520.23)
- General - Interest on Debt: $206,000 ($198.46)
- Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding - Water Utilities: $495,000 ($476.88)
- Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding, NEC: $2,943,000 ($2835.26)
- Long Term Debt Outstanding - Full Faith & Credit - Other, NEC: $2,560,000 ($2466.28)
- Long Term Debt Outstanding Nonguaranteed - Water Utilities: $442,000 ($425.82)
- Long Term Debt Retired Unspecified - Other, NEC: $383,000 ($368.98)
Water Utilities: $53,000 ($51.06)
- Miscellaneous - General Revenue, NEC: $27,000 ($26.01)
Interest Earnings: $1,000 ($0.96)
- Revenue - Water Utilities: $309,000 ($297.69)
- Short Term Debt Outstanding - End of Fiscal Year: $8,000 ($7.71)
- Sinking Fund - Cash & Deposits: $55,000 ($52.99)
- State Intergovernmental - All Other: $102,000 ($98.27)
- Tax - NEC: $143,000 ($137.76)
Property: $129,000 ($124.28)
Public Utilities: $50,000 ($48.17)
Other Selective Sales: $23,000 ($22.16)
Motor Vehicle License: $9,000 ($8.67)
- Total Salaries & Wages: $488,000 ($470.13)
- Water Utilities - Interest on Debt: $30,000 ($28.90)
4.56% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($34,980 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 4.56% | | Virginia average: | 11.06% |
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:
4.97% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($30,547 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 4.97% | | Virginia average: | 10.78% |
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 Pound:
- WKVG (1000 AM; daytime; 1 kW; JENKINS, KY; Owner: MARTINS & ASSOCIATES, INC.)
- WEZC (1480 AM; daytime; 5 kW; NEON, KY; Owner: JESUS COMMUNICATION ILNC.)
- WTCW (920 AM; 4 kW; WHITESBURG, KY; Owner: T.C.W. BROADCASTING , INC.)
- WNVA (1350 AM; 5 kW; NORTON, VA; Owner: RADIO-WISE, INC.)
- WDIC (1430 AM; daytime; 5 kW; CLINCHCO, VA; Owner: DICKENSON COUNTY BROADCASTING CORP.)
- WLSI (900 AM; 5 kW; PIKEVILLE, KY; Owner: EAST KENTUCKY BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
- WBPA (1460 AM; 5 kW; ELKHORN CITY, KY; Owner: EAST KENTUCKY BROADCASTING CORP)
- WGOC (640 AM; 10 kW; BLOUNTVILLE, TN; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
- WZAP (690 AM; 10 kW; BRISTOL, VA; Owner: RAM COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
- WNRG (940 AM; 5 kW; GRUNDY, VA; Owner: VIRGINIA-KENTUCKY BROADCASTING CO., INC)
- WKVL (850 AM; daytime; 50 kW; KNOXVILLE, TN; Owner: HORNE RADIO, LLC)
- WPWT (870 AM; daytime; 10 kW; COLONIAL HEIGHTS, TN; Owner: INFORMATION COMMUNICATIONS CORP.)
- WFGW (1010 AM; 50 kW; BLACK MOUNTAIN, NC; Owner: BLUE RIDGE BROADCASTING CORP.)
Strongest FM radio stations in Pound:
- WDXC (102.3 FM; POUND, VA; Owner: WDXC RADIO, INC.)
- 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)
- WPKE-FM (103.1 FM; COAL RUN, KY; Owner: EAST KENTUCKY BROADCASTING CORP.)
- WAXM (93.5 FM; BIG STONE GAP, VA; Owner: VALLEY BROADCASTING, INC.)
- WSEH (102.7 FM; CUMBERLAND, KY; Owner: CUMBERLAND CITY BROADCASTING, INC.)
- W223AA (92.5 FM; BIG STONE GAP, VA; Owner: VALLEY BROADCASTING, INC.)
- WNVA-FM (106.3 FM; NORTON, VA; Owner: RADIO WISE, INC.)
- WISE-FM (90.5 FM; WISE, VA; Owner: UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA'S COLLEGE AT WISE)
- WZLK (107.5 FM; VIRGIE, KY; Owner: EAST KENTUCKY BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
- WTFM (98.5 FM; KINGSPORT, TN; Owner: HOLSTON VALLEY BROADCASTING CORP.)
- WSGS (101.1 FM; HAZARD, KY; Owner: MOUNTAIN BROADCASTING SERVICE, INC.)
- WDIC-FM (92.1 FM; CLINCHCO, VA; Owner: DICKENSON COUNTY BROADCASTING CORP.)
- WDHR (93.1 FM; PIKEVILLE, KY; Owner: EAST KENTUCKY BROADCASTING CORP.)
- WHCB (91.5 FM; BRISTOL, TN; Owner: APPALACHIAN EDUC. COMMUNICATION CORP)
- WZQQ (97.9 FM; HYDEN, KY; Owner: LESLIE COUNTY BROADCASTING, INC.)
- WETS-FM (89.5 FM; JOHNSON CITY, TN; Owner: EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY)
- WXBQ-FM (96.9 FM; BRISTOL, TN; Owner: BRISTOL BROADCASTING COMPANY, INC.)
- WXLR (104.9 FM; HAROLD, KY; Owner: ADAM D GEARHEART)
TV broadcast stations around Pound:
- WYMT-TV (Channel 57; HAZARD, KY; Owner: WYMT LICENSEE CORP.)
- W24BT (Channel 24; 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)
- WSBN-TV (Channel 47; NORTON, VA; Owner: BLUE RIDGE PUBLIC TELEVISION, INC.)
- WKPI-TV (Channel 22; PIKEVILLE, KY; Owner: KENTUCKY AUTHORITY FOR EDUCATIONAL TV)
Pound fatal accident list:
May 10, 1987 09:50 PM, Vehicles: 2, Persons: 2, Fatalities: 1, Drunken drivers: 1
Jun 7, 1982 00:02 AM, Vehicles: 1, Persons: 2, Fatalities: 2, Drunken drivers: 1
May 5, 1979 01:30 AM, Vehicles: 1, Persons: 1, Fatalities: 1, Drunken drivers: 1
National Bridge Inventory (NBI) Statistics
Number of bridges: 1
Total length: 1 meters (3ft)
Total costs: $78,000
Total average daily traffic: 2
Total future (year 2027) average daily traffic: 3
FCC Registered Antenna Towers: 2 - James E McDonald, Pilkenton Pass (Pound 196506777) (Lat: 37.117222 Lon: -82.608972), Type: Tower, Structure height: 59 m, Overall height: 61 m, Licensee ID: L01362301
Registrant: Alltel Communications Of Virginia No. 1, LLC, One Allied Drive, B1f02-D, Little Rock, AR 72202, Phone: (501) 905-8555, Email:
- Pamelia Y Hoof, Pilkenton Pass (Pound 196506777) (Lat: 37.117222 Lon: -82.608972), Type: Tower, Structure height: 59 m, Overall height: 61 m, Licensee ID: L01362301
Registrant: Alltel Communications Of Virginia No. 1, LLC, One Allied Drive, B1f02-D, Little Rock, AR 72202, Phone: (501) 905-8555, Email:
FCC Registered Commercial Land Mobile Towers: 1 - Atop Pine Mtn (Lat: 37.157056 Lon: -82.524611), Type: Tower, Structure height: 18 m, Call Sign: WPQJ300
Assigned Frequencies: 462.875 MHz, 462.900 MHz, 462.750 MHz
Grant Date: 07/06/2005, Expiration Date: 08/04/2015, Certifier: Signature On File
Registrant: Lukas, Nace, Gutierrez & Sachs, LLP, 8300 Greensboro Drive, Mclean, VA 22102, Phone: (703) 584-8665, Fax: (703) 584-8695, Email:
FCC Registered Private Land Mobile Towers: 4 - Indian Gap 7.49 Mi S (Lat: 37.015111 Lon: -82.597389), Call Sign: KNAE646, Licensee ID: L00069544
Assigned Frequencies: 169.500 MHz
Grant Date: 11/04/2000, Expiration Date: 11/02/2005, Cancellation Date: 01/07/2006
Registrant: County Of Wise, Wise, VA 24293, Phone: (804) 674-2492 - Georges Fork Gap 3.43 Mi E (Lat: 37.125111 Lon: -82.542389), Call Sign: WNUJ478
Assigned Frequencies: 169.500 MHz
Grant Date: 11/02/2005, Expiration Date: 10/15/2015
Registrant: Dickenson County, 5444 Dickenson Highway, Clintwood, VA 24228, Phone: (276) 926-6330, Fax: (276) 926-4991, Email:
- Pine Mountain (Lat: 37.156944 Lon: -82.524444), Type: Tower, Structure height: 35 m, Overall height: 45 m, Call Sign: WPZR379, Licensee ID: L00760919
Assigned Frequencies: 157.740 MHz
Grant Date: 02/25/2004, Expiration Date: 02/25/2014, Certifier: Steve Blankenbecler
Registrant: Steve Blankenbecler, Wise, VA 24293, Phone: (276) 679-3221, Fax: (276) 679-3082, Email:
- South Fork BPS, South Fork Bps; Dewey Rd - On Rte 620, Up The Rd A Piece From Dewey Cemetary Rd (Lat: 37.083056 Lon: -82.656944), Type: Pole, Structure height: 9.2 m, Call Sign: WQFD684
Assigned Frequencies: 154.478 MHz
Grant Date: 06/21/2006, Expiration Date: 06/21/2016, Certifier: Danny S Buchanan
Registrant: Siemens Water Technologies, 1239 Willow Lake Boulevard, Vadnais Heights, MN 55110, Phone: (651) 766-2700, Fax: (651) 766-2743, Email:
FCC Registered Microwave Towers: 1 - Pound Gap Hwy 23 (Lat: 37.155639 Lon: -82.629028), Overall height: 12.2 m, Call Sign: WFW639
Assigned Frequencies: 949.500 MHz
Grant Date: 08/09/1984, Expiration Date: 10/01/2011
Registrant: Wdxc Radio, Inc., P.O. Box 877, Pound, VA 24279
FCC Registered Paging Towers: 1 - Jenkins Mountain (Lat: 37.166472 Lon: -82.622083), Overall height: 21.3 m, Call Sign: KNKC693
Assigned Frequencies: 158.700 MHz, 158.100 MHz, 459.325 MHz
Grant Date: 03/03/2009, Expiration Date: 04/01/2019
Registrant: Hall, Estill, Hardwick, Gable, Golden & Nelson, P.C., 1120 20th Street, Nw, Suite 700 North, Washington, DC 20036, Phone: (202) 973-1210, Fax: (202) 973-1212, Email:
FCC Registered Amateur Radio Licenses: 14 ( See the full list of FCC Registered Amateur Radio Licenses in Pound)
FAA Registered Aircraft: 1 - Aircraft: CESSNA 172R (Category: Land, Seats: 4, Weight: Up to 12,499 Pounds), Engine: LYCOMING I0-360-B1E (180 HP) (Reciprocating)
N-Number: 2125M , Serial Number: 17280905, Year manufactured: 2000, Airworthiness Date: 06/19/2000
Registrant (Corporation): Isabella Properties LLC, 12293 Gary Powers Rd, Pound, VA 24279
2006 National Fire Incident Reporting System Incidents:
See full 2006 National Fire Incident Reporting System statistics for Pound, VA
| Most common first names in Pound, VA among deceased individuals |
| Name | Count | Lived (average) |
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| James | 47 | 71.8 years |
| William | 29 | 76.5 years |
| John | 28 | 70.6 years |
| Mary | 22 | 77.3 years |
| Henry | 13 | 70.6 years |
| Joseph | 12 | 70.9 years |
| Roy | 12 | 72.1 years |
| Ernest | 10 | 71.4 years |
| Sarah | 9 | 77.8 years |
| Frank | 8 | 76.0 years |
| Most common last names in Pound, VA among deceased individuals |
| Last name | Count | Lived (average) |
|---|
| Mullins | 156 | 71.4 years |
| Boggs | 70 | 76.5 years |
| Sturgill | 50 | 75.6 years |
| Meade | 44 | 71.1 years |
| Baker | 41 | 76.1 years |
| Bolling | 37 | 76.1 years |
| Cantrell | 36 | 77.1 years |
| Vanover | 30 | 69.0 years |
| Hubbard | 26 | 76.3 years |
| Stallard | 26 | 76.5 years |
Businesses in Pound, VA
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