Average household size:
| This town: |  2.3 people | | Texas: |  2.7 people |
Percentage of family households:
| This town: | 61.7% | | Whole state: | 71.0% |
Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
| This town: | 4.1% | | Whole state: | 4.4% |
No gay or lesbian households reported
Residents with income below the poverty level in 2007:
| This town: | 24.4% | | Whole state: | 15.4% |
Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2007:
| This town: | 10.9% | | Whole state: | 6.7% |
Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Rising Star, TX
38 people in nursing homes
4 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
Rising Star compared to Texas state average:
- Median household income below state average.
- Median house value significantly below state average.
- Black race population percentage significantly below state average.
- Hispanic race population percentage significantly above state average.
- Foreign-born population percentage above state average.
- Length of stay since moving in below state average.
- Institutionalized population percentage above state average.
- Number of college students below state average.
- Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher below state average.
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Banks with branches in Rising Star (2009 data):
- First Financial Bank, National Association: Rising Star Branch at West College And Anderson Streets, branch established on 1909-01-01. Info updated 2006-11-03: Bank assets: $153.0 mil, Deposits: $127.1 mil, headquarters in Eastland, TX, positive income, 3 total offices, Holding Company: First Financial Bankshares, Inc.
School Enrollment by Level of School
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2004 Presidential Election results in Eastland County Texas:
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Most commonly used house heating fuel:
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- Utility gas (65%)
- Electricity (30%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (3%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)
- Wood (1%)
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Religion statistics for Rising Star
| Name | Southern Baptist Convention | United Methodist Church | Churches of Christ | Catholic Church | Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) |
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| Adherents | 63.5% | 12.0% | 11.1% | 3.6% | 3.4% |
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| Congregations | 42.4% | 7.6% | 16.7% | 4.5% | 3.0% |
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| Name | Lutheran Church | Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) | Presbyterian Church (USA) | Church of the Nazarene | Other religions |
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| Adherents | 1.7% | 0.8% | 0.8% | 0.8% | 2.5% |
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| Congregations | 1.5% | 3.0% | 3.0% | 1.5% | 16.7% |
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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.
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Local government employment and payroll (March 2007)
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| Function |
Full-time employees |
Monthly full-time payroll |
Average yearly full-time wage |
Part-time employees |
Monthly part-time payroll |
| Financial Administration |
1 | $2,890 | $34,680 | 0 | $0 |
| Judicial and Legal |
0 | $0 | | 1 | $459 |
| Streets and Highways |
0 | $0 | | 1 | $748 |
| Sewerage |
1 | $1,445 | $17,340 | 0 | $0 |
| Water Supply |
1 | $2,380 | $28,560 | 0 | $0 |
| Other and Unallocable |
1 | $1,360 | $16,320 | 0 | $0 |
| Totals for Government |
4 | $8,075 | $24,225 | 2 | $1,207 |
Rising Star government finances in 2002:
- Charges - Sewerage: $67,000
All Other: $19,000
- Current Operations - Gas Utilities: $190,000
Police Protection: $65,000
Regular Highways: $53,000
Water Utilities: $48,000
Financial Administration: $48,000
Solid Waste Management: $47,000
Sewerage: $36,000
General - Other: $12,000
Parks & Recreation: $2,000
- Gas Utilities - Interest on Debt: $6,000
- Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding - Water Utilities: $438,000
Gas Utilities: $95,000
- Long Term Debt Outstanding Nonguaranteed - Water Utilities: $438,000
Gas Utilities: $95,000
- Miscellaneous - Interest Earnings: $5,000
- Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $85,000
- Revenue - Gas Utilities: $224,000
Water Utilities: $112,000
- Sinking Fund - Cash & Deposits: $0
- State Intergovernmental - All Other: $185,000
- Tax - Property: $64,000
Total General Sales: $25,000
- Total Salaries & Wages: $145,000
- Water Utilities - Interest on Debt: $14,000
7.47% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($31,543 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 7.47% | | Texas average: | 8.37% |
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:
8.07% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($26,823 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 8.07% | | Texas average: | 7.44% |
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 Rising Star:
- WBAP (820 AM; 50 kW; FORT WORTH, TX; Owner: WBAP-KSCS OPERATING, LTD.)
- KAHZ (1360 AM; 50 kW; HURST, TX)
- KESS (1270 AM; 50 kW; FORT WORTH, TX; Owner: KESS-AM LICENSE CORP.)
- KRLD (1080 AM; 50 kW; DALLAS, TX; Owner: TEXAS INFINITY BROADCASTING L.P.)
- KKYX (680 AM; 50 kW; SAN ANTONIO, TX; Owner: CXR HOLDINGS, INC.)
- KZMP (1540 AM; 50 kW; UNIVERSITY PARK, TX; Owner: ENTRAVISION HOLDINGS, LLC)
- KTKR (760 AM; 50 kW; SAN ANTONIO, TX; Owner: CCB TEXAS LICENSES, L.P.)
- KFXR (1190 AM; 50 kW; DALLAS, TX; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
- KSKY (660 AM; 20 kW; BALCH SPRINGS, TX; Owner: BISON MEDIA, INC.)
- KBIS (1150 AM; 25 kW; HIGHLAND PARK, TX; Owner: DALLAS AM RADIO PARTNERS, L.P.)
- KEAN (1470 AM; 5 kW; ABILENE, TX; Owner: CCB TEXAS LICENSES, L.P.)
- WOAI (1200 AM; 50 kW; SAN ANTONIO, TX; Owner: CCB TEXAS LICENSES, L.P.)
- KXYL (1240 AM; 1 kW; BROWNWOOD, TX; Owner: WATTS COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
Strongest FM radio stations in Rising Star:
- KYOX (94.3 FM; COMANCHE, TX; Owner: 377 BROADCASTING, INC)
- KXYL-FM (96.9 FM; BROWNWOOD, TX; Owner: WATTS COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
- KOXE (101.3 FM; BROWNWOOD, TX; Owner: BROWN COUNTY BROADCASTING CO.)
- KHPU (91.7 FM; BROWNWOOD, TX; Owner: HOWARD PAYNE UNIVERSITY)
- KXCT (102.3 FM; COLEMAN, TX; Owner: WATTS COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
- KNCE (95.1 FM; BAIRD, TX; Owner: DOUD MEDIA GROUP, LLC)
- KEYJ-FM (107.9 FM; ABILENE, TX; Owner: CCB TEXAS LICENSES, L.P.)
- KPSM (99.3 FM; BROWNWOOD, TX; Owner: LIVING WORD CHURCH OF BROWNWOOD, INC.)
- KPBE (89.3 FM; BROWNWOOD, TX; Owner: PAULINO BERNAL EVANGELISM)
TV broadcast stations around Rising Star:
- K61CV (Channel 61; MULLIN, TX; Owner: MAKO COMMUNICATIONS, LLC)
- K65BC (Channel 65; MULLIN, TX; Owner: MAKO COMMUNICATIONS, LLC)
- KPTC-LP (Channel 48; CISCO, TX; Owner: PRIME TIME CHRISTIAN B/CING., INC.)
- KXVA (Channel 15; ABILENE, TX; Owner: STAR BROADCASTING LIMITED)
- KIDU-LP (Channel 56; BROWNWOOD, TX; Owner: SAGE BROADCASTING CORP.)
Rising Star fatal accident list:
Dec 11, 2006 12:15 AM, Us-183, Lat: 32.101708, Lon: -98.964381, Vehicles: 1, Persons: 2, Fatalities: 2, Drunken drivers: 1
Mar 25, 1990 03:20 AM, 183, Vehicles: 1, Persons: 2, Fatalities: 1
Aug 7, 1988 08:15 AM, 183, Vehicles: 1, Persons: 1, Fatalities: 1, Drunken drivers: 1
Aug 6, 1984 08:10 AM, 36, Vehicles: 1, Persons: 2, Fatalities: 1
Aug 17, 1978 08:05 AM, Vehicles: 2, Persons: 2, Fatalities: 1
FCC Registered Cell Phone Towers: 1- City Of Rising Star Water Tank, Structure height: 48.8 m, Call Sign: KNKN457, Licensee ID: L00128694
Assigned Frequencies : 869.040 MHz, 890.010 MHz, 834.390 MHz, 879.390 MHz, 824.040 MHz, 845.010 MHz
Grant Date: 10/30/2001, Expiration Date: 10/01/2011, Certifier: David C Jatlow
Registrant: Dobson Cellular Systems, LLC
FCC Registered Antenna Towers: 2- Lisa M Minney, .7 Miles South Of Highway 183, Type: Tower, Structure height: 97.5 m, Overall height: 100.5 m
Registrant: Crown Communication Inc., 2000 Corporate Drive, Canonsburg, PA 15317, Phone: (724) 416-2516, Email:
- b b carter, 1945 Highway 36 (35998), Type: Tower, Structure height: 76.2 m, Overall height: 79.2 m
Registrant: American Towers, Inc., 1898 Leland Drive, Marietta, GA 30067, Phone: (678) 265-6770
FCC Registered Commercial Land Mobile Towers: 1- 3 Mi. S. Rising Star 0.7 Mi. E.Hwy, Type: Tower, Structure height: 55 m, Overall height: 60 m, Call Sign: WPLR486
Assigned Frequencies : 152.480 MHz
Grant Date: 10/30/2007, Expiration Date: 12/17/2017, Certifier: Louie N Blount
Registrant: Bennet & Bennet, Pllc, 4350 East West Highway, Suite 201, Bethesda, MD 20814, Phone: (202) 371-1500, Fax: (202) 371-1558, Email:
FCC Registered Private Land Mobile Towers: 2- 212 West St, Call Sign: KEF280
Assigned Frequencies : 42.9600 MHz
Grant Date: 02/24/1997, Expiration Date: 05/07/2002, Cancelation Date: 09/08/2002
Registrant: Bernie Barnes, Box 254, Rising Star, TX 76471 - Rt 1, Call Sign: WNBZ863, Licensee ID: L00104825
Assigned Frequencies : 151.565 MHz
Grant Date: 04/24/2000, Expiration Date: 04/24/2005, Cancelation Date: 06/25/2005
Registrant: Pioneer Farmers Co Op, Rr 1, Rising Star, TX 76471, Phone: (817) 725-6564
FCC Registered Microwave Towers: 3- RISING STAR, County Road 404, Type: Tower, Structure height: 54.9 m, Call Sign: WQCV999
Assigned Frequencies : 6345.49 MHz, 6197.24 MHz
Grant Date: 06/08/2005, Expiration Date: 06/08/2015, Certifier: Lori Dodd
Registrant: Radio Dynamics Corporation, 6701 Democracy Blvd, Suite 300, Bethesda, MD 20817, Phone: (301) 493-5171, Fax: (301) 493-5162, Email:
- 1227246, 1945 Highway 36 (35998), Type: Tower, Structure height: 76.2 m, Overall height: 79.2 m, Call Sign: WQIR472
Assigned Frequencies : 10835.0 MHz, 23025.0 MHz, 10795.0 MHz
Grant Date: 04/22/2008, Expiration Date: 04/22/2018, Certifier: Daniel S Suster
Registrant: Conterra Ultra Broadband, LLC, 2101 Rexford Rd Ste 200e, Charlotte, NC 28211, Phone: (704) 936-1777, Fax: (704) 936-1801, Email:
- Rising Star, Lat: 32.105111 Lon: -98.964944, Type: Bant, Structure height: 10.7 m, Call Sign: WQIR478
Assigned Frequencies : 21825.0 MHz
Grant Date: 04/22/2008, Expiration Date: 04/22/2018, Certifier: Daniel S Suster
Registrant: Conterra Ultra Broadband, LLC, 2101 Rexford Rd Ste 200e, Charlotte, NC 28211, Phone: (704) 936-1777, Fax: (704) 936-1801, Email:
FCC Registered Amateur Radio Licenses: 6- Call Sign: KA5LGM, Previous Call Sign:
Grant Date: 01/21/1992, Expiration Date: 01/21/2002, Cancelation Date: 01/22/2004
Registrant: Curtis O Henderson, Box 722, Rising Star, TX 76471 - Call Sign: KB5PZZ, Previous Call Sign: , Licensee ID: L00616120
Grant Date: 06/03/2004, Expiration Date: 06/03/2014
Registrant: Don P Collins, 500 W College, Rising Star, TX 76471 - Call Sign: KC5BKF, Previous Call Sign: , Licensee ID: L00740361
Grant Date: 09/09/2003, Expiration Date: 11/30/2013, Certifier: David E Hamby
Registrant: David E Hamby, 217 County Road 255, Rising Star, TX 76471 - Call Sign: KC5JAT, Previous Call Sign:
Grant Date: 08/16/1994, Expiration Date: 08/16/2004, Cancelation Date: 08/17/2006
Registrant: Mike Lancaster, 505 N Main St, Rising Star, TX 76471 - Call Sign: KE5ACO, Previous Call Sign: , Licensee ID: L00803598
Grant Date: 01/26/2004, Expiration Date: 01/26/2014, Cancelation Date: 10/19/2004, Certifier: Russell T Beggs
Registrant: Russell T Beggs, 404 N Main, Rising Star, TX 76471 - Call Sign: K5RTB, Previous Call Sign: KE5ACO, Licensee ID: L00803598
Grant Date: 10/19/2004, Expiration Date: 10/19/2014, Certifier: Russell T Beggs
Registrant: Russell T Beggs, 404 N Main, Rising Star, TX 76471
FAA Registered Aircrafts: 4- Aircraft: BELLANCA 17-31A (Fixed wing single engine, Category: Land, Seats: 4, Weight: Up to 12,499 Pounds, Speed: 169 mph), Engine: LYCOMING TI0-540 SER (310 HP) (Reciprocating)
N-Number: 4080B , Serial Number: 75-32-150, Year manufactured: 1974
Registrant (Corporation): Wejco Inc, Po Box 99, Rising Star, TX 76471 - Aircraft: BALLOON WORKS FIREFLY 8B (Balloon, Category: Land, Weight: Up to 12,499 Pounds), Engine: None
N-Number: 7420A , Serial Number: F8B-033, Airworthiness Date: 11/06/1985
Registrant (Individual): Reported Sale, Rt 1 Box 232, Rising Star, TX 76471 - Aircraft: MOONEY M20E (Fixed wing single engine, Category: Land, Seats: 4, Weight: Up to 12,499 Pounds, Speed: 127 mph), Engine: LYCOMING I0360 SER (180 HP) (Reciprocating)
N-Number: 9298M , Serial Number: 1231, Year manufactured: 1966, Airworthiness Date: 08/17/1966
Registrant (Individual): James L Mccoy, 13610 Highway 183, Rising Star, TX 76471 - Aircraft: PIPER PA-28-236 (Fixed wing single engine, Category: Land, Seats: 4, Weight: Up to 12,499 Pounds), Engine: LYCOMING 0-540 SERIES (250 HP) (Reciprocating)
N-Number: 97LR , Serial Number: 28-8011116, Year manufactured: 1980, Airworthiness Date: 05/14/1980
Registrant (Individual): Harlos R Guyton, 11300 Highway 183, Rising Star, TX 76471
2006 National Fire Incident Reporting System Incidents:
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