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Population (year 2000): 1,545. Estimated population in July 2006: 1,495 (-3.2% change)
 

Males: 698  (45.2%)
Females: 847  (54.8%)

Greenbrier County

Median resident age:  45.9 years
West Virginia median age:  38.9 years

Zip codes: 25962.


Estimated median household income in 2005: $20,700 (it was $19,491 in 2000)
Rainelle  $20,700
West Virginia:  $33,452

Estimated median house/condo value in 2005: $43,900 (it was $39,400 in 2000)
Rainelle  $43,900
West Virginia:  $84,400

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Races in Rainelle:

  • White Non-Hispanic (96.6%)
  • American Indian (1.6%)
  • Two or more races (0.8%)
  • Black (0.7%)
  • Hispanic (0.6%)

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Ancestries: United States (16.9%), Irish (13.0%), German (12.7%), English (8.6%), Dutch (2.6%), Italian (2.3%).

Current Local Time: EST time zone

Elevation: 2380 feet

Land area: 1.10 square miles.

Population density: 1363 people per square mile 
 
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For population 25 years and over in Rainelle

  • High school or higher: 64.0%
  • Bachelor's degree or higher: 9.9%
  • Graduate or professional degree: 2.0%
  • Unemployed: 14.1%
  • Mean travel time to work: 24.8 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Rainelle town

  • Never married: 20.6%
  • Now married: 49.4%
  • Separated: 1.6%
  • Widowed: 15.0%
  • Divorced: 13.5%

19 residents are foreign born

This town:  1.2%
West Virginia:  1.1%



According to our research there were 4 registered sex offenders living in Rainelle, West Virginia in early 2007.
The ratio of number of residents in Rainelle to the number of sex offenders is 376 to 1.

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

Rainelle:  0.6% ($228)
West Virginia:  0.5% ($378)
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Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Charleston, WV (65.0 miles , pop. 53,421).

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Greensboro, NC (146.0 miles , pop. 223,891).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Philadelphia, PA (411.0 miles , pop. 1,517,550).

Nearest cities: Rupert, WV (5.4 miles ), Quinwood, WV (7.5 miles ), Meadow Bridge, WV (9.6 miles ), Alderson, WV (18.8 miles ), Thurmond, WV (21.6 miles) , Summersville, WV (22.3 miles ), Hinton, WV (22.5 miles ), Richwood, WV (23.7 miles ).


Single-family new house construction building permits:
  • 1996: 0 buildings
  • 1997: 0 buildings
  • 1998: 0 buildings
  • 1999: 4 buildings, average cost: $25,300
  • 2000: 1 building, cost: $55,000
  • 2001: 0 buildings
  • 2002: 0 buildings
  • 2003: 0 buildings
  • 2004: 0 buildings
  • 2005: 0 buildings
  • 2006: 0 buildings

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Latitude: 37.97 N, Longitude: 80.77 W


55 people in nursing homes

Area code: 304

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Population change in the 1990s: -282 (-15.4%).



Most common industries for males:



  • Construction (11%)
  • Wood products (6%)
  • Educational services (6%)
  • Public administration (5%)
  • Furniture and home furnishings, and household appliance stores (5%)
  • Metal and metal products (5%)
  • Food and beverage stores (4%)


Most common industries for females:



  • Health care (21%)
  • Food and beverage stores (15%)
  • Educational services (11%)
  • Accommodation and food services (11%)
  • Social assistance (6%)
  • Public administration (3%)
  • Finance and insurance (3%)


Most common occupations for males



  • Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
  • Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
  • Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
  • Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
  • Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
  • Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (5%)
  • Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)


Most common occupations for females



  • Cashiers (13%)
  • Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (11%)
  • Cooks and food preparation workers (9%)
  • Child care workers (7%)
  • Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
  • Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
  • Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)


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Crime in Rainelle (2003):
  • 0 murders (0.0 per 100,000)
  • 0 rapes (0.0 per 100,000)
  • 0 robberies (0.0 per 100,000)
  • 0 assaults (0.0 per 100,000)
  • 0 burglaries (0.0 per 100,000)
  • 0 thefts (0.0 per 100,000)
  • 0 auto thefts (0.0 per 100,000)
  • City-data.com crime index = 0.0 (higher means more crime, US average = 321.8)

Crime in Rainelle (2005):
  • 0 murders (0.0 per 100,000)
  • 0 rapes (0.0 per 100,000)
  • 0 robberies (0.0 per 100,000)
  • 0 assaults (0.0 per 100,000)
  • 0 burglaries (0.0 per 100,000)
  • 0 thefts (0.0 per 100,000)
  • 0 auto thefts (0.0 per 100,000)
  • City-data.com crime index = 0.0 (higher means more crime, US average = 312.7)

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Hospitals/medical centers near Rainelle:
  • SUMMERS COUNTY ARH HOSPITAL (about 22 miles; HINTON, WV)
  • RICHWOOD AREA COMMUNITY HOSPITAL (about 23 miles; RICHWOOD, WV)
  • SUMMERSVILLE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 25 miles; SUMMERSVILLE, WV)

Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to Rainelle:
  • RALEIGH COUNTY MEMORIAL (about 28 miles; BECKLEY, WV; ID: BKW)
  • GREENBRIER VALLEY (about 28 miles; LEWISBURG, WV; ID: LWB)
  • YEAGER (about 63 miles; CHARLESTON, WV; ID: CRW)
Other public-use airports nearest to Rainelle:
  • SUMMERSVILLE (about 19 miles; SUMMERSVILLE, WV; ID: SXL)
  • RICHWOOD MUNI (about 21 miles; RICHWOOD, WV; ID: 3I4)
  • BRAXTON COUNTY (about 50 miles; SUTTON, WV; ID: 48I)

Amtrak station near Rainelle:
  • 19 miles: ALDERSON (1 C&O PLAZA AT RAILROAD AVE.). Services: enclosed waiting area, public payphones, free short-term parking, free long-term parking.

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Rainelle:
  • CONCORD COLLEGE (about 40 miles; ATHENS, WV; Full-time enrollment: 2,723)
  • BLUEFIELD STATE COLLEGE (about 57 miles; BLUEFIELD, WV; FT enrollment: 2,096)
  • RADFORD UNIVERSITY (about 60 miles; RADFORD, VA; FT enrollment: 8,034)
  • WEST VIRGINIA STATE COLLEGE (about 60 miles; INSTITUTE, WV; FT enrollment: 3,688)
  • NEW RIVER COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 60 miles; DUBLIN, VA; FT enrollment: 2,262)
  • VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIV (about 62 miles; BLACKSBURG, VA; FT enrollment: 25,754)
  • NATIONAL BUSINESS COLLEGE (about 68 miles; SALEM, VA; FT enrollment: 2,382)
Public elementary/middle school in Rainelle:
  • RAINELLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students: 270; Location: 701 KANAWHA AVE; Grades: PK - 06)
Library in Rainelle:
  • RAINELLE PUBLIC LIBRARY (Operating income: $50,230; Location: 312 7TH STREET; 22,967 books; 395 audio materials; 573 video materials; 34 serial subscriptions)

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Hotel: Rainelle Motor Lodge (906 Main Street).

 

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

RAINELLE WATER DEPT (Population served: 2178, Groundwater):
Past monitoring violations:
  • PN Violation for NPDWR Violation - Between MAR-24-2006 and DEC-31-2025, Contaminant: Public Notice
  • CCR Complete Failure to Report - Between JUL-01-2004 and AUG-18-2004, Consumer Confidence Rule. Follow-up actions: St Formal NOV issued (AUG-04-2004), St Compliance achieved (AUG-18-2004)
  • CCR Complete Failure to Report - Between JUL-01-2001 and JUL-09-2001, Consumer Confidence Rule. Follow-up actions: Fed Compliance achieved (JUL-09-2001)
  • CCR Complete Failure to Report - Between JUL-01-2000 and JUL-20-2000, Consumer Confidence Rule. Follow-up actions: Fed Compliance achieved (JUL-20-2000)
  • One routine major monitoring violation
  • One regular monitoring violation
GREENBRIER COUNTY PSD #2 (Population served: 1330, Groundwater):
Past monitoring violations:
  • CCR Complete Failure to Report - Between JUL-01-2004 and AUG-18-2004, Consumer Confidence Rule. Follow-up actions: St Formal NOV issued (AUG-04-2004), St Compliance achieved (AUG-18-2004)
  • CCR Complete Failure to Report - Between JUL-01-2001 and JUL-09-2001, Consumer Confidence Rule. Follow-up actions: Fed Compliance achieved (JUL-09-2001)
RAINELLE WATER TREATMENT PLANT #2 (Population served: 325, Groundwater):
Past health violations:
  • MCL, Monthly (TCR) - In OCT-2001, Contaminant: Coliform. Follow-up actions: St Compliance achieved (NOV-01-2001), St Formal NOV issued (NOV-29-2001), St Public Notif requested (NOV-29-2001), St Public Notif received (DEC-28-2001)
Past monitoring violations:
  • PN Violation for NPDWR Violation - Between MAR-24-2006 and MAY-05-2006, Contaminant: Public Notice. Follow-up actions: St Compliance achieved (MAY-05-2006)
  • PN Violation for NPDWR Violation - Between FEB-10-2006 and DEC-31-2025, Contaminant: Public Notice
  • Follow-up and Routine Tap Sampling - Between OCT-2004 and DEC-2004, Contaminant: Lead & Copper Rule. Follow-up actions: St Compliance achieved (DEC-30-2004), St Public Notif requested (FEB-10-2005), St Formal NOV issued (FEB-10-2005)
  • CCR Complete Failure to Report - Between JUL-01-2004 and JUN-26-2003, Consumer Confidence Rule. Follow-up actions: St Compliance achieved (JUN-26-2003), St Formal NOV issued (AUG-04-2004)
  • CCR Complete Failure to Report - Between JUL-01-2002 and NOV-08-2002, Consumer Confidence Rule. Follow-up actions: Fed Formal NOV issued (SEP-06-2002), Fed Compliance achieved (NOV-08-2002)
  • One routine major monitoring violation
  • One minor monitoring violation
  • 2 regular monitoring violations
  • One other older monitoring violation
BELLWOOD COMMUNITY FACIL IMP (Population served: 122, Groundwater):
Past monitoring violations:
  • CCR Complete Failure to Report - Between JUL-01-2004 and AUG-14-2004, Consumer Confidence Rule. Follow-up actions: St Formal NOV issued (AUG-04-2004), St Compliance achieved (AUG-14-2004)
  • CCR Complete Failure to Report - Between JUL-01-2002 and OCT-23-2002, Consumer Confidence Rule. Follow-up actions: Fed Formal NOV issued (SEP-04-2002), Fed Compliance achieved (OCT-23-2002)
  • CCR Complete Failure to Report - Between JUL-01-2001 and SEP-20-2001, Consumer Confidence Rule. Follow-up actions: Fed Formal NOV issued (AUG-31-2001), Fed Compliance achieved (SEP-20-2001)
  • CCR Complete Failure to Report - Between JUL-01-2000 and JUL-24-2000, Consumer Confidence Rule. Follow-up actions: Fed Compliance achieved (JUL-24-2000)
  • 3 routine major monitoring violations
  • One regular monitoring violation

Average household size:
This town:  2.1 people
West Virginia:  2.4 people

Percentage of family households:
This town:  60.5%
Whole state:  68.4%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
This town:  4.0%
Whole state:  4.7%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
  • Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
  • Gay men: 0.4% of all households

Residents with income below the poverty level in 1999:
This town:  28.7%
Whole state:  17.9%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 1999:
This town:  11.1%
Whole state:  7.6%

Rainelle compared to West Virginia state average:

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  • 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.
  • Median age above state average.
  • Institutionalized population percentage above state average.
  • Number of college students significantly below state average.
  • Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher below state average.


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Banks with branches in Rainelle (2007 data):
  • Summit Community Bank, Inc: Rainelle Branch at 28 Main Street, branch established on 1999-04-26. Info updated 2006-11-03: Bank assets: $754.5 mil, Deposits: $502.7 mil, headquarters in Moorefield, WV, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 8 total offices, Holding Company: Summit Financial Group, Inc.
  • City National Bank of West Virginia: 1218 Main Street Branch at 1218 Main Street, branch established on 1973-07-26. Info updated 2006-11-03: Bank assets: $2,502.9 mil, Deposits: $2,028.2 mil, headquarters in Charleston, WV, positive income, Mortgage Lending Specialization, 70 total offices, Holding Company: City Holding Company



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2004 Presidential Election results in Greenbrier County West Virginia:




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Local government employment and payroll (March 2002)

Function Full-time employees Monthly full-time payroll Average yearly full-time wage Part-time employees Monthly part-time payroll
Police Protection - Officers 3$8,497$33,9880$0
Streets and Highways 2$2,823$16,9380$0
Solid Waste Management 2$2,347$14,0820$0
Water Supply 4$8,486$25,4581$883
Other Government Administration 0$0 8$3,830
Totals for Government 11$22,153$24,1679$4,714



5.26% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($34,472 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  5.26%
West Virginia average:  5.78%

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 Monroe County, WV  0.48% ($25,707 average AGI)
from Fayette County, WV  0.28% ($32,353)
from Summers County, WV  0.19% ($29,913)


4.98% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($34,889 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  4.98%
West Virginia average:  5.65%

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 Monroe County, WV  0.41% ($25,878 average AGI)
to Summers County, WV  0.24% ($30,138)
to Fayette County, WV  0.23% ($21,107)


Strongest AM radio stations in Rainelle:
  • WRRL (1130 AM; daytime; 1 kW; RAINELLE, WV; Owner: FAITH MOUNTAIN COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
  • WYKM (1250 AM; 5 kW; RUPERT, WV; Owner: MT. STATE B. CO., INC.)
  • WOAY (860 AM; 10 kW; OAK HILL, WV; Owner: COMMISSIONED COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
  • WJLS (560 AM; 5 kW; BECKLEY, WV; Owner: FIRST MEDIA RADIO, LLC)
  • WIWS (1070 AM; daytime; 10 kW; BECKLEY, WV; Owner: SOUTHERN COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION)
  • WWNR (620 AM; 5 kW; BECKLEY, WV; Owner: DYNASTAR COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
  • WCAW (680 AM; 10 kW; CHARLESTON, WV; Owner: WEST VIRGINIA RADIO CORPORATION OF CHARLESTON)
  • WSLW (1310 AM; daytime; 5 kW; WHITE SULPHUR SPRING, WV; Owner: QUORUM RADIO PARTNERS OF VIRGINIA, INC.)
  • WTRU (830 AM; 50 kW; KERNERSVILLE, NC; Owner: TRUTH BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
  • WFNR (710 AM; daytime; 10 kW; BLACKSBURG, VA; Owner: PERCEPTION MEDIA GROUP, INC.)
  • WKNV (890 AM; daytime; 10 kW; FAIRLAWN, VA; Owner: POSITIVE RADIO GROUP, INC.)
  • WNRV (990 AM; 5 kW; NARROWS-PEARISBURG, VA; Owner: PERCEPTION MEDIA GROUP, INC.)
  • WTVN (610 AM; 50 kW; COLUMBUS, OH; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)

Strongest FM radio stations in Rainelle:
  • WRLB (95.3 FM; RAINELLE, WV; Owner: FAITH COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK, INC.)
  • WMLJ (90.5 FM; SUMMERSVILLE, WV; Owner: GRACE MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH)
  • WVPB (91.7 FM; BECKLEY, WV; Owner: WEST VIRGINIA EDUCATIONAL BROADCASTING AUTHORITY)
  • WMTD-FM (102.3 FM; HINTON, WV; Owner: SOUTHERN COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION)
  • WDBS (97.1 FM; SUTTON, WV; Owner: SUMMIT MEDIA BROADCASTING, L.L.C.)
  • WKCJ (103.1 FM; LEWISBURG, WV; Owner: QUORUM RADIO PARTNERS OF VIRGINIA, INC.)
  • WRON-FM (97.7 FM; RONCEVERTE, WV; Owner: RADIO GREENBRIER, INC.)
  • WCIR-FM (103.7 FM; BECKLEY, WV; Owner: SOUTHERN COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION)
  • WCWV (92.9 FM; SUMMERSVILLE, WV; Owner: R-S BROADCASTING COMPANY, INC.)
  • KHPR (88.1 FM; HONOLULU, HI; Owner: HAWAII PUBLIC RADIO)
  • WJLS-FM (99.5 FM; BECKLEY, WV; Owner: FIRST MEDIA RADIO, LLC)
  • WAXS (94.1 FM; OAK HILL, WV; Owner: PLATEAU BROADCASTING, INC.)
  • WTNJ (105.9 FM; MOUNT HOPE, WV; Owner: WEST VIRGINIA BROADCASTING, INC.)

TV broadcast stations around Rainelle:
  • WSWP-TV (Channel 9; GRANDVIEW, WV; Owner: WEST VIRGINIA EDUCATIONAL BROADCASTING AUTHORITY)
  • WOAY-TV (Channel 4; OAK HILL, WV; Owner: THOMAS BROADCASTING CO.)
  • WVNS-TV (Channel 59; LEWISBURG, WV; Owner: WEST VIRGINIA MEDIA HOLDINGS, LLC)

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