Residents with income below the poverty level in 2008:
| This city: |  16.9% | | Whole state: |  13.0% |
Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2008:
| This city: | 5.8% | | Whole state: | 6.1% |
Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Rockmart, GA
70 people in nursing homes
Rockmart compared to Georgia state average:
- Median household income below state average.
- Median house value below 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 Rockmart (2009 data):
- SunTrust Bank: Rockmart Branch at 500 East Elm Street, branch established on 1900-10-30; United Bank & Trust Company Branch at 129 East Elm Street, branch established on 1990-01-16. Info updated 2009-03-30: Bank assets: $185,098.8 mil, Deposits: $120,116.4 mil, headquarters in Atlanta, GA, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 1782 total offices, Holding Company: Suntrust Banks, Inc.
- Community Bank of Rockmart: Community Bank Of Rockmart at 1400 Chattahoochee Drive, branch established on 2005-05-09. Info updated 2006-11-03: Bank assets: $72.0 mil, Deposits: $57.4 mil, local headquarters, negative income in the last year, Commercial Lending Specialization, 1 total offices
- The First National Bank of Polk County: Rockmart Branch at 131 West Elm Street, branch established on 1973-09-17. Info updated 2006-11-03: Bank assets: $168.3 mil, Deposits: $143.4 mil, headquarters in Cedartown, GA, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 3 total offices, Holding Company: Southcrest Financial Group, Inc.
- RBC Bank (USA): Rockmart Branch at 1201 Nathan Dean Parkway, branch established on 2006-09-21. Info updated 2008-12-08: Bank assets: $31,335.9 mil, Deposits: $22,003.4 mil, headquarters in Raleigh, NC, negative income in the last year, Commercial Lending Specialization, 441 total offices, Holding Company: Royal Bank Of Canada
- Regions Bank: Rockmart Branch at 110 South Piedmont Avenue, branch established on 1990-03-01. Info updated 2009-02-09: Bank assets: $142,084.0 mil, Deposits: $95,926.0 mil, headquarters in Birmingham, AL, negative income in the last year, Commercial Lending Specialization, 1946 total offices, Holding Company: Regions Financial Corporation
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2004 Presidential Election results in Polk County Georgia:
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Most commonly used house heating fuel:
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- Utility gas (77%)
- Electricity (20%)
- No fuel used (2%)
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Religion statistics for Rockmart
Percentage of population affiliated with a religious congregations: 55.92%
| Here | | 55.9% |
| USA | | 50.2% |
Breakdown of population affiliated with a religious congregations.
| Name | Southern Baptist Convention | United Methodist Church | Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) | Catholic Church | Churches of Christ |
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| Adherents | 79.0% | 10.1% | 2.6% | 2.1% | 1.8% |
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| Congregations | 55.6% | 14.3% | 4.8% | 1.6% | 4.8% |
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| Name | Presbyterian Church (USA) | New Hope Baptist Association | LDS (Mormon) Church | International Pentecostal Holiness Church | Other |
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| Adherents | 1.5% | 1.2% | 0.6% | 0.5% | 0.8% |
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| Congregations | 3.2% | 3.2% | 1.6% | 1.6% | 9.5% |
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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 |
| Other Government Administration |
12 | $32,000 | $32,000 | 6 | $1,900 |
| Judicial and Legal |
0 | $0 | | 1 | $300 |
| Police Protection - Officers |
16 | $46,921 | $35,191 | 0 | $0 |
| Police - Other |
2 | $4,704 | $28,224 | 0 | $0 |
| Firefighters |
18 | $46,115 | $30,743 | 1 | $842 |
| Streets and Highways |
4 | $9,110 | $27,330 | 4 | $4,655 |
| Solid Waste Management |
4 | $9,110 | $27,330 | 5 | $4,655 |
| Sewerage |
7 | $41,500 | $71,143 | 0 | $0 |
| Parks and Recreation |
3 | $6,382 | $25,528 | 1 | $1,488 |
| Water Supply |
6 | $21,357 | $42,714 | 2 | $1,727 |
| Local Libraries |
0 | $0 | | 1 | $394 |
| Other and Unallocable |
1 | $3,233 | $38,796 | 0 | $0 |
| Totals for Government |
73 | $220,432 | $36,235 | 21 | $15,961 |
Rockmart government finances in 2002:
- Charges - Sewerage: $621,000
Solid Waste Management: $289,000
All Other: $45,000
Parks & Recreation: $11,000
- Construction - Water Utilities: $473,000
Sewerage: $315,000
- Current Operations - Police Protection: $642,000
Water Utilities: $501,000
Fire Protection: $445,000
Regular Highways: $366,000
Solid Waste Management: $341,000
Sewerage: $334,000
Central Staff Services: $264,000
General - Other: $144,000
Libraries: $70,000
Parks & Recreation: $50,000
General Public Buildings: $45,000
Protective Inspection and Regulation, NEC: $40,000
Health Services - Other: $36,000
Welfare - Other: $36,000
Judicial and Legal Services: $28,000
Housing & Community Development: $14,000
Corrections - Other: $1,000
- General - Interest on Debt: $0
- Intergovernmental to Local NEC - Solid Waste Management: $82,000
Elementary and Secondary Education: $14,000
Corrections: $1,000
- Local Intergovernmental - All Other: $791,000
General Support: $453,000
- Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding - Water Utilities: $3,745,000
- Long Term Debt Outstanding Nonguaranteed - Water Utilities: $3,629,000
- Long Term Debt Retired Unspecified - Water Utilities: $115,000
- Miscellaneous - General Revenue, NEC: $100,000
Interest Earnings: $61,000
Special Assessments: $20,000
- Other Capital Outlay - General - Other: $993,000
Fire Protection: $50,000
Regular Highways: $48,000
Police Protection: $33,000
Central Staff: $28,000
Parks & Recreation: $23,000
Water Utilities: $6,000
Protective Inspection & Regulation, NEC: $5,000
Sewerage: $4,000
Libraries: $2,000
- Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $3,513,000
- Revenue - Water Utilities: $932,000
- State Intergovernmental - All Other: $701,000
Housing & Community Development: $117,000
- Tax - Property: $859,000
Public Utilities: $319,000
Other Selective Sales: $150,000
Alcoholic Beverage Sales: $89,000
NEC: $68,000
- Total Salaries & Wages: $1,541,000
- Water Utilities - Interest on Debt: $225,000
6.04% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($30,141 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 6.04% | | Georgia average: | 10.98% |
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:
5.54% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($27,683 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 5.54% | | 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 Rockmart:
- WZOT (1220 AM; 1 kW; ROCKMART, GA; Owner: BROADCAST INVESTMENT ASSOCIATES, INC)
- WKNG (1060 AM; daytime; 50 kW; TALLAPOOSA, GA; Owner: WKNG, INC.)
- WFTD (1080 AM; daytime; 50 kW; MARIETTA, GA; Owner: PRIETO ENTERPRISES, INC.)
- WMLB (1160 AM; 50 kW; EAST POINT, GA; Owner: ATLANTA AREA BROADCASTING, INC.)
- WGST (640 AM; 50 kW; ATLANTA, GA; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)
- WCNN (680 AM; 50 kW; NORTH ATLANTA, GA; Owner: DICKEY BROADCASTING COMPANY)
- WAZX (1550 AM; 50 kW; SMYRNA, GA; Owner: GA-MEX BROADCASTING, INC.)
- WNSI (810 AM; 50 kW; JACKSONVILLE, AL; Owner: UNITED BROADCASTING NETWORK, INC.)
- WSB (750 AM; 50 kW; ATLANTA, GA; Owner: CXR HOLDINGS, INC.)
- WAOK (1380 AM; 50 kW; ATLANTA, GA; Owner: INFINITY BROADCASTING OPERATIONS, INC.)
- WGUN (1010 AM; 50 kW; ATLANTA, GA; Owner: WGUN, INC.)
- WQXI (790 AM; 28 kW; ATLANTA, GA; Owner: JEFFERSON-PILOT COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY OF GEORGIA)
- WAOS (1600 AM; 20 kW; AUSTELL, GA; Owner: LA FAVORITA, INC.)
Strongest FM radio stations in Rockmart:
- WJCK (88.3 FM; PIEDMONT, AL; Owner: IMMANUEL BROADCASTING NETWORK, INC.)
- W215BA (90.9 FM; ROME, GA; Owner: PENSACOLA CHRISTIAN COLLEGE, INC.)
- WCCV (91.7 FM; CARTERSVILLE, GA; Owner: IMMANUEL BROADCASTING NETWORK, INC.)
- WKCX (97.7 FM; ROME, GA; Owner: BRIAR CREEK BROADCASTING CORP.)
- WQTU (102.3 FM; ROME, GA; Owner: MCDOUGALD BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
- W212AR (90.3 FM; LINDALE, GA; Owner: WAY-FM MEDIA GROUP, INC.)
- W214AS (90.7 FM; WALESKA, GA; Owner: CALVARY CHAPEL OF TWIN FALLS, INC.)
- W221AW (92.1 FM; NORTH CANTON, GA; Owner: IMMANUEL BROADCASTING NETWORK, INC.)
- WTSH-FM (107.1 FM; ROCKMART, GA; Owner: BROADCAST INVESTMENT ASSOCIATES, INC)
- WMAX-FM (105.3 FM; BOWDON, GA; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
- WALR-FM (104.1 FM; LA GRANGE, GA; Owner: CXR HOLDINGS, INC.)
- WTBJ (91.3 FM; OXFORD, AL; Owner: TRINITY CHRISTIAN ACADEMY)
- WRHY (105.9 FM; CENTRE, AL; Owner: WILLIAMS COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
- WWWQ (100.5 FM; ANNISTON, AL; Owner: WNNX LICO, INC.)
- WNNX (99.7 FM; ATLANTA, GA; Owner: WNNX LICO, INC.)
- W234AG (94.7 FM; CHATSWORTH, GA; Owner: IMMANUEL BROADCASTING NETWORK, INC.)
- WLCL (105.7 FM; CANTON, GA; Owner: CHEROKEE BROADCASTING CO., INC.)
- WLJS-FM (91.9 FM; JACKSONVILLE, AL; Owner: BD. OF TRUSTEES/JACKSONVILLE STATE UNIVERSITY)
- WKHX-FM (101.5 FM; MARIETTA, GA; Owner: ABC, INC.)
- WCKS (102.7 FM; FRUITHURST, AL; Owner: WCKS, INC.)
TV broadcast stations around Rockmart:
- WUVG (Channel 34; ATHENS, GA; Owner: UNIVISION ATLANTA LLC)
- WAGA (Channel 5; ATLANTA, GA; Owner: FOX TELEVISION STATIONS, INC.)
- WSB-TV (Channel 2; ATLANTA, GA; Owner: WSB-TV HOLDINGS, INC.)
- WSKC-LP (Channel 59; ATLANTA, GA; Owner: KM LPTV OF ATLANTA, L.L.C.)
- WXIA-TV (Channel 11; ATLANTA, GA; Owner: GANNETT GEORGIA, L.P.)
- WPXA (Channel 14; ROME, GA; Owner: PAXSON ATLANTA LICENSE, INC.)
- WATL (Channel 36; ATLANTA, GA; Owner: WATL, LLC)
- WTBS (Channel 17; ATLANTA, GA; Owner: SUPERSTATION, INC.)
- WGCL-TV (Channel 46; ATLANTA, GA; Owner: MEREDITH CORPORATION)
- W04DB (Channel 4; ATLANTA, GA; Owner: VVILPTV, INC.)
- WHSG (Channel 63; MONROE, GA; Owner: TRINITY BROADCASTING NETWORK)
- WANN-LP (Channel 32; ATLANTA, GA; Owner: PRISM BROADCASTING NETWORK, INC.)
- WDTA-LP (Channel 53; FAYETTEVILLE, GA; Owner: WORD OF GOD FELLOWSHIP, INC.)
- WUPA (Channel 69; ATLANTA, GA; Owner: VIACOM STATIONS GROUP OF ATLANTA INC.)
- WPBA (Channel 30; ATLANTA, GA; Owner: BOARD OF EDUCATION OF THE CITY OF ATLANTA)
- WTHC-LP (Channel 42; ATLANTA, GA; Owner: THE ATLANTA CHANNEL, INC.)
Fatal accident statistics for 1975 - 2008 (per 100,000 population)
Rockmart, Georgia:
- Fatal accident count: 20
- Vehicles involved in fatal accidents: 34
- Fatal accidents caused by drunken drivers: 5
- Fatalities: 23
- Persons involved in fatal accidents: 47
- Pedestrians involved in fatal accidents: 1
Georgia average:
- Fatal accident count: 92
- Vehicles involved in fatal accidents: 143
- Fatal accidents caused by drunken drivers: 26
- Fatalities: 100
- Persons involved in fatal accidents: 239
- Pedestrians involved in fatal accidents: 13
See more detailed statistics of Rockmart fatal car crashes and road traffic accidents for 1975 - 2008 here
National Bridge Inventory (NBI) Statistics
Number of bridges: 15
Total length: 78 meters (256ft)
Total costs: $367,000
Total average daily traffic: 118,110
Total average daily truck traffic: 2,431
Total future (year 2017) average daily traffic: 177,165
New bridges - Historical Statistics
- 1920-1929: 1
- 1930-1939: 2
- 1940-1949: 0
- 1950-1959: 1
- 1960-1969: 3
- 1970-1979: 3
- 1980-1989: 0
- 1990-1999: 0
- 2000-2009: 5
See Full National Bridge Inventory Statistics for Rockmart, GA
FCC Registered Cell Phone Towers: 2 (See the full list of FCC Registered Cell Phone Towers in Rockmart)
FCC Registered Antenna Towers: 7 (See the full list of FCC Registered Antenna Towers)
FCC Registered Commercial Land Mobile Towers: 1 (See the full list of FCC Registered Commercial Land Mobile Towers in Rockmart, GA)
FCC Registered Private Land Mobile Towers: 14 (See the full list of FCC Registered Private Land Mobile Towers)
FCC Registered Broadcast Land Mobile Towers: 1 (See the full list of FCC Registered Broadcast Land Mobile Towers)
FCC Registered Microwave Towers: 6- CEDARTOWN, 192 Knight Rd, Overall height: 77.4 m, Call Sign: WMM483, Licensee ID: L00129894
Assigned Frequencies : 2112.00 MHz
Grant Date: 01/23/2001, Expiration Date: 02/01/2011, Cancelation Date: 10/14/2008, Certifier: Brian D Kidney
Registrant: Verizon Wireless (Vaw) LLC - ROCKMART, 64 14 Hwy 278, Overall height: 95.4 m, Call Sign: WMS703
Assigned Frequencies : 2128.00 MHz
Grant Date: 02/06/2001, Expiration Date: 02/01/2011, Cancelation Date: 04/10/2001
Registrant: Cingular Wireless LLC, 17330 Preston Road, Suite 100a, Dallas, TX 75252, Phone: (972) 733-2349, Fax: (972) 733-2852 - TAYLORSVILLE, Davis Town Road, Type: Mast, Structure height: 106.7 m, Overall height: 109.7 m, Call Sign: WPSP596
Assigned Frequencies : 6034.15 MHz, 6093.45 MHz, 6063.80 MHz, 6123.10 MHz
Grant Date: 07/05/2001, Expiration Date: 07/05/2011, Certifier: Richard A Craig
Registrant: Verizon Wireless, 1120 Sanctuary Pkwy, #150 Gasa5reg, Alpharetta, GA 30004, Phone: (770) 797-1070, Fax: (770) 797-1036, Email:
- Rockmart, Lat: 33.999889 Lon: -85.069306, Call Sign: WPZA411
Assigned Frequencies : 956.256 MHz
Grant Date: 12/12/2003, Expiration Date: 12/12/2013, Certifier: Pam Herring
Registrant: Invensys Metering, 450 N Gallatin Ave, Uniontown, PA 15401, Phone: (800) 638-3748, Fax: (800) 888-2403, Email:
- CEDARTOWN, 192 Knight Rd, Type: Tower, Structure height: 73.8 m, Overall height: 78.9 m, Call Sign: WQKD366
Assigned Frequencies : 6034.15 MHz
Grant Date: 04/07/2009, Expiration Date: 04/07/2019, Certifier: Pamelia Y Hoof
Registrant: Verizon Wireless, 1120 Sanctuary Pkwy., Ste 150 Mc: Gasa5reg, Alpharetta, GA 30009-7630, Phone: (770) 797-1070, Fax: (770) 797-1036, Email:
- STATION, Near Goodyear Rubber Plant, Overall height: 54.9 m, Call Sign: KBR64, Licensee ID: L00008014
Assigned Frequencies : 6828.75 MHz
Grant Date: 07/26/2001, Expiration Date: 09/19/2011
Registrant: Norfolk Southern Railway Company, 1200 Peachtree St. Ne - Box 123, Atlanta, GA 30309, Phone: (404) 529-1493, Fax: (404) 527-2914, Email:
FCC Registered Amateur Radio Licenses: 48 (See the full list of FCC Registered Amateur Radio Licenses in Rockmart)
FAA Registered Aircrafts: 13 (See the full list of FAA Registered Aircrafts in Rockmart)
2006 National Fire Incident Reporting System Incidents:- Fire: 106
- Hazardous Condition: 44
- Service Call: 14
- Good Intent Call: 16
Incident types - Rockmart
See Full 2006 National Fire Incident Reporting System Statistics for Rockmart, GA
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