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Notable locations in Rock Spring: Walker Correctional Institute (A), Walker County Emergency Services Station 1 Rock Spring (B). Display/hide their locations on the map
Churches in Rock Spring include: Blessed Hope Mission (A), Grace Church (B), New Hope Church (C), Center Point Church (D), Center Grove Church (E), Peavine Church (F), Rock Spring United Methodist Church (G). Display/hide their locations on the map
Cemeteries: Lawrence Cemetery (1), McIntyre Cemetery (2), Center Point Cemetery (3), Crestlawn Memorial Park (4), Peavine Cemetery (5), Rock Spring Cemetery (6). Display/hide their locations on the map
Reservoirs: Whaley Lake (A), Shields Lake (B). Display/hide their locations on the map
Creek: Rock Spring Creek (A). Display/hide its location on the map
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Walker 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 34.9. This is about average.
Particulate Matter (PM10) [µ/m3] level in 2010 was 15.2. This is significantly better than average. Closest monitor was 12.4 miles away from the city center.
Particulate Matter (PM2.5) [µ/m3] level in 2010 was 10.7. This is about average. Closest monitor was 12.4 miles away from the city center.
Average household size:
| This place: | 2.6 people | | Georgia: | 2.6 people |
Percentage of family households:
| This place: | 68.8% | | Whole state: | 70.2% |
Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
| This place: | 3.0% | | Whole state: | 4.8% |
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.3% of all households
Residents with income below the poverty level in 2009:
| This place: | 7.2% | | Whole state: | 13.0% |
Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2009:
| This place: | 2.8% | | Whole state: | 6.1% |
Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Rock Spring, GA
399 people in state prisons
5 people in homes for the mentally ill
Rock Spring compared to Georgia state average:
- Median house value below 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.
- Renting percentage significantly below state average.
- Institutionalized population percentage significantly above 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 Rock Spring (2011 data):
- The Bank of La Fayette, Georgia: Rock Spring Branch at U.S. Highway 27 And Georgia Highway 95, branch established on 1985/10/10. Info updated 2006/06/15: Bank assets: $225.6 mil, Deposits: $191.5 mil, headquarters in La Fayette, GA, positive income, Mortgage Lending Specialization, 3 total offices, Holding Company: Lafayette Bankshares, Inc.
- Stearns Bank National Association: Covenant Bank & Trust Branch at 122 Highway 95, branch established on 2006/06/12. Info updated 2012/03/26: Bank assets: $1,174.7 mil, Deposits: $854.9 mil, headquarters in Saint Cloud, MN, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 13 total offices, Holding Company: Stearns Financial Services, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan
Educational Attainment (%)
School Enrollment by Level of School (%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (49%)
- Utility gas (27%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (19%)
- Wood (5%)
2004 Presidential Election results in Walker County Georgia:
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Religion statistics for Rock Spring (based on Walker County data)
Percentage of population affiliated with a religious congregations: 49.62%
| Here |  | 49.6% |
| USA |  | 50.2% |
Breakdown of population affiliated with a religious congregations
| Name | Southern Baptist Convention | United Methodist Church | Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) | Churches of Christ | Church of the Nazarene |
| Adherents | 68.6% | 9.5% | 7.6% | 4.6% | 2.2% |
| Congregations | 41.2% | 14.3% | 10.1% | 10.1% | 4.2% |
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| Name | Presbyterian Church in America | Assemblies of God | The Wesleyan Church | Church of God of Prophecy | Other |
| Adherents | 1.5% | 1.2% | 1.1% | 0.9% | 2.7% |
| Congregations | 3.4% | 2.5% | 1.7% | 4.2% | 8.4% |
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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: 11 | Walker County: | 1.71 / 10,000 pop. | | Georgia: | 1.91 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of supercenters and club stores: 1 | This county: | 0.16 / 10,000 pop. | | State: | 0.15 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of convenience stores (no gas): 7 | Walker County: | 1.09 / 10,000 pop. | | Georgia: | 0.86 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of convenience stores (with gas): 37 | Walker County: | 5.74 / 10,000 pop. | | State: | 5.12 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of full-service restaurants: 23 | Here: | 3.57 / 10,000 pop. | | State: | 7.41 / 10,000 pop. |
Adult diabetes rate: | This county: | 11.7% | | Georgia: | 10.4% |
Adult obesity rate: | Walker County: | 28.4% | | Georgia: | 27.8% |
Low-income preschool obesity rate: | This county: | 12.0% | | State: | 14.6% |
7.83% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($31,930 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 7.83% | | Georgia average: | 10.98% |
0.05% of residents moved from foreign countries ($87 average AGI)| Walker County: | 0.05% | | Georgia average: | 0.39% |
Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
7.07% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($30,247 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 7.07% | | Georgia average: | 9.55% |
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 Rock Spring:
- WFLI (1070 AM; 50 kW; LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN, TN; Owner: WFLI, INC.)
- WQCH (1590 AM; 5 kW; LAFAYETTE, GA; Owner: RADIX BROADCASTING, INC.)
- WWAM (820 AM; daytime; 50 kW; JASPER, TN; Owner: SHELTON BROADCASTING SYSTEM)
- WTTI (1530 AM; daytime; 10 kW; DALTON, GA; Owner: PYE WILSON BROADCASTING, INC.)
- WQRX (870 AM; daytime; 10 kW; VALLEY HEAD, AL; Owner: BARINOWSKI INVESTMENT COMPANY)
- WNOO (1260 AM; 5 kW; CHATTANOOGA, TN; Owner: PYE BROADCASTING, INC.)
- WDEF (1370 AM; 5 kW; CHATTANOOGA, TN; Owner: JACKSON TELECASTERS, INC)
- WGOW (1150 AM; 5 kW; CHATTANOOGA, TN; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
- WFTD (1080 AM; daytime; 50 kW; MARIETTA, GA; Owner: PRIETO ENTERPRISES, INC.)
- WNSI (810 AM; 50 kW; JACKSONVILLE, AL; Owner: UNITED BROADCASTING NETWORK, INC.)
- WCNN (680 AM; 50 kW; NORTH ATLANTA, GA; Owner: DICKEY BROADCASTING COMPANY)
- WGST (640 AM; 50 kW; ATLANTA, GA; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)
- WDOD (1310 AM; 5 kW; CHATTANOOGA, TN; Owner: WDOD OF CHATTANOOGA, INC.)
Strongest FM radio stations in Rock Spring:
- WBDX (102.7 FM; TRENTON, GA; Owner: PARTNERS FOR CHRISTIAN RADIO, INC.)
- WMBW (88.9 FM; CHATTANOOGA, TN; Owner: THE MOODY BIBLE INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO)
- W257AZ (99.3 FM; LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN, TN; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- WAWL-FM (91.5 FM; RED BANK, TN; Owner: CHATTANOOGA STATE TECHNICAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE)
- WMPZ (93.7 FM; RINGGOLD, GA; Owner: J.L. BREWER BROADCASTING, LLC)
- WUSY (100.7 FM; CLEVELAND, TN; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- W284AE (104.7 FM; ORCHARD HILLS, GA; Owner: WAY-FM MEDIA GROUP, INC.)
- WSGC-FM (101.9 FM; RINGGOLD, GA; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
- WLOV-FM1 (97.3 FM; CHATTANOOGA, TN; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- W260AJ (99.9 FM; RINGGOLD, GA; Owner: WCCV)
- W241AF (96.1 FM; ROSSVILLE, GA; Owner: IMMANUEL BROADCASTING NETWORK, INC.)
- WDEF-FM (92.3 FM; CHATTANOOGA, TN; Owner: JACKSON TELECASTERS, INC.)
- WRXR-FM (105.5 FM; ROSSVILLE, GA; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- W234AG (94.7 FM; CHATSWORTH, GA; Owner: IMMANUEL BROADCASTING NETWORK, INC.)
- WQMT (98.9 FM; CHATSWORTH, GA; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
- WDOD-FM (96.5 FM; CHATTANOOGA, TN; Owner: WDOD OF CHATTANOOGA, INC.)
- WSKZ (106.5 FM; CHATTANOOGA, TN; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
- WKXJ (98.1 FM; SIGNAL MOUNTAIN, TN; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- WOGT (107.9 FM; EAST RIDGE, TN; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
- W278AC (103.5 FM; WALDEN, TN; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
TV broadcast stations around Rock Spring:
- WFLI-TV (Channel 53; CLEVELAND, TN; Owner: CHATTANOOGA MEDIA HOLDINGS, L.L.C.)
- WELF (Channel 23; DALTON, GA; Owner: TRINITY BROADCASTING NETWORK)
- WLFW-LP (Channel 41; LAFAYETTE, GA; Owner: NORTH GEORGIA TELEVISION)
- W66CG (Channel 66; ACTON, TN; Owner: MS COMMUNICATIONS, LLC)
- WDEF-TV (Channel 12; CHATTANOOGA, TN; Owner: MEDIA GENERAL COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
- WDSI-TV (Channel 61; CHATTANOOGA, TN; Owner: WDSI LICENSE CORP.)
- WRCB-TV (Channel 3; CHATTANOOGA, TN; Owner: SARKES TARZIAN, INC.)
- WTCI (Channel 45; CHATTANOOGA, TN; Owner: THE GREATER CHATTANOOGA PUBLIC TELEVISION CORP)
- WRNG-LP (Channel 63; RINGGOLD, GA; Owner: NORTH GEORGIA TELEVISION)
- W35AA (Channel 35; La FAYETTE, GA; Owner: GEORGIA PUBLIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION)
FCC Registered Antenna Towers: 11 ( See the full list of FCC Registered Antenna Towers in Rock Spring)
FCC Registered Microwave Towers: 2 - Rock Springs GA 6, 321 Guy Williams Rd (Lat: 34.799500 Lon: -85.251361), Type: Tower, Structure height: 77.5 m, Overall height: 81.4 m, Call Sign: WQIW509
Assigned Frequencies: 6315.84 MHz Grant Date: 06/03/2008, Expiration Date: 06/03/2018, Certifier: William Chastain
Registrant: Radio Dynamics Corporation, Silver Spring, MD 20914, Phone: (301) 493-5171, Fax: (301) 576-4553, Email:
- ROCK SPRINGS, 8606 North Hwy 27 (Lat: 34.830556 Lon: -85.241667), Type: Tower, Structure height: 61 m, Call Sign: WQKG649
Assigned Frequencies: 6655.00 MHz Grant Date: 05/12/2009, Expiration Date: 05/12/2019, Certifier: Pamelia Y Hoof
Registrant: Verizon Wireless, 1120 Sanctuary Pkwy #150 Gasa5reg, Alpharetta, GA 30009-7630, Phone: (770) 797-1070, Fax: (770) 797-1036, Email:
FCC Registered Paging Towers: 1 - 0.5 Miles N. Of Rock Spring On Us Rt. 27 (Lat: 34.832000 Lon: -85.241611), Call Sign: WRV924
Assigned Frequencies: 158.100 MHz Expiration Date: 07/01/1998, Cancellation Date: 04/05/1999
Registrant: Chickamauga Telephone Corporation, Chickamauga, GA 30707
FCC Registered Amateur Radio Licenses: 21 ( See the full list of FCC Registered Amateur Radio Licenses in Rock Spring)
FAA Registered Aircraft: 2 - Aircraft: PEDERSEN PETE KR-2 KOLB FIRESTAR (Category: Land, Weight: Up to 12,499 Pounds), Engine: ROTAX SEE BOMBADIER (Reciprocating)
N-Number: 46357 , Serial Number: F1239, Year manufactured: 2006, Airworthiness Date: 01/20/2006
Registrant (Individual): Peter Pedersen, Po Box 693, Rock Spring, GA 30739 - Aircraft: PIPER PA-22-108 (Category: Land, Seats: 2, Weight: Up to 12,499 Pounds, Speed: 94 mph), Engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES (180 HP) (Reciprocating)
N-Number: 4980Z , Serial Number: 22-8588, Year manufactured: 1961, Airworthiness Date: 05/23/1961
Registrant (Individual): Charles Elliott, 186 Guy Williams Rd, Rock Spring, GA 30739
2006 National Fire Incident Reporting System Incidents:
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Rock Spring on our top lists:
- #80 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of females working in industry: Motor vehicle, parts and supplies merchant wholesalers"
- #83 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of males working in industry: Textile mills and textile products"
- #91 on the list of "Top 101 cities with the largest percentage of people in state prisons"
- #48 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest Particulate Matter (PM2.5) Annual air pollution readings in 2005 (µg/m3)"
- #69 on the list of "Top 101 counties with highest percentage of residents voting for Bush (Republican) in the 2004 Presidential Election, pop. 50,000+"
- #79 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest number of infant deaths per 1000 residents 2000-2003 (pop. 50,000+)"
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