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Rowlesburg, WV map Population (year 2000): 613. Estimated population in July 2006: 621 (+1.3% change)
 

Males: 288  (47.0%)
Females: 325  (53.0%)

Preston County

Median resident age:  41.5 years
West Virginia median age:  38.9 years

Zip codes: 26425.


Estimated median household income in 2005: $29,800 (it was $28,125 in 2000)
Rowlesburg  $29,800
West Virginia:  $33,452

Estimated median house/condo value in 2005: $38,700 (it was $34,800 in 2000)
Rowlesburg  $38,700
West Virginia:  $84,400

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Races in Rowlesburg:

  • White Non-Hispanic (98.5%)
  • Two or more races (1.0%)
  • American Indian (0.8%)

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Ancestries: German (26.4%), United States (15.5%), Irish (12.4%), English (6.5%), Polish (3.6%), Dutch (2.8%).

Current Local Time: EST time zone

Elevation: 1406 feet

Land area: 1.05 square miles.

Population density: 588 people per square mile 
 
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For population 25 years and over in Rowlesburg

  • High school or higher: 71.7%
  • Bachelor's degree or higher: 7.2%
  • Graduate or professional degree: 2.8%
  • Unemployed: 8.1%
  • Mean travel time to work: 33.9 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Rowlesburg town

  • Never married: 21.2%
  • Now married: 52.4%
  • Separated: 0.9%
  • Widowed: 12.2%
  • Divorced: 13.2%

0 residents are foreign born

This town:  0.0%
West Virginia:  1.1%



According to our research there was one registered sex offender living in Rowlesburg, West Virginia in early 2007.
The ratio of number of residents in Rowlesburg to the number of sex offenders is 619 to 1.
The number of registered sex offenders compared to the number of residents in this town is near the state average.

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

Rowlesburg:  0.6% ($199)
West Virginia:  0.5% ($378)
Rowlesburg satellite photo by USGS

Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Pittsburgh, PA (78.3 miles , pop. 334,563).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Philadelphia, PA (314.3 miles , pop. 1,517,550).

Nearest cities: Tunnelton, WV (5.9 miles ), Kingwood, WV (8.4 miles ), Albright, WV (10.2 miles ), Terra Alta, WV (11.0 miles ), Newburg, WV (12.5 miles ), Reedsville, WV (14.0 miles ), Masontown, WV (16.5 miles ), Parsons, WV (17.6 miles ).


Single-family new house construction building permits:
  • 1996: 1 building, cost: $45,000
  • 1997: 0 buildings
  • 1998: 3 buildings, average cost: $30,700
  • 1999: 0 buildings
  • 2000: 2 buildings, average cost: $60,000
  • 2001: 2 buildings, average cost: $117,400
  • 2002: 0 buildings
  • 2003: 0 buildings
  • 2004: 1 building, cost: $95,000
  • 2005: 0 buildings
  • 2006: 0 buildings

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Latitude: 39.35 N, Longitude: 79.67 W


Area code: 304

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Population change in the 1990s: -35 (-5.4%).



Most common industries for males:



  • Metal and metal products (18%)
  • Construction (16%)
  • Wood products (16%)
  • Mining (5%)
  • Health care (5%)
  • Lumber and other construction materials merchant wholesalers (4%)
  • Motor vehicle and parts dealers (4%)


Most common industries for females:



  • Health care (18%)
  • Public administration (14%)
  • Finance and insurance (10%)
  • Apparel, piece goods, and notions merchant wholesalers (7%)
  • Accommodation and food services (7%)
  • Food and beverage stores (6%)
  • Educational services (6%)


Most common occupations for males



  • Other production occupations including supervisors (15%)
  • Metal workers and plastic workers (10%)
  • Extraction workers (6%)
  • Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
  • Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
  • Other health diagnosing and treating practitioners and technical occupations (4%)
  • Supervisors, construction and extraction workers (4%)


Most common occupations for females



  • Cooks and food preparation workers (11%)
  • Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (11%)
  • Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (7%)
  • Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
  • Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (7%)
  • Supervisors and other personal care and service workers except personal appearance, transportation, and child care workers (6%)
  • Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)


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Crime in Rowlesburg by Year

Type 2002 2003 2004 2005
Murders 0000
    per 100,000 0.00.00.00.0
Rapes 0000
    per 100,000 0.00.00.00.0
Robberies 0000
    per 100,000 0.00.00.00.0
Assaults 0004
    per 100,000 0.00.00.0649.4
Burglaries 2110
    per 100,000 327.3162.9163.10.0
Thefts 1021
    per 100,000 163.70.0326.3162.3
Auto thefts 0000
    per 100,000 0.00.00.00.0
Arson 0000
    per 100,000 0.00.00.00.0
City-data.com crime index (higher means more crime, U.S. average = 159.8) 29.511.424.5136.4

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Average climate in Rowlesburg, West Virginia

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Rowlesburg-area historical tornado activity is slightly above West Virginia state average. It is 55% smaller than the overall U.S. average.

On 6/3/1980, a category 3 (max. wind speeds 158-206 mph) tornado 20.0 miles away from the Rowlesburg town center injured 19 people and caused between $500,000 and $5,000,000 in damages.

On 5/19/1967, a category 3 tornado 23.6 miles away from the town center killed one person and caused between $5000 and $50,000 in damages.


Rowlesburg topographic map
Hospitals/medical centers near Rowlesburg:
  • PRESTON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 9 miles; KINGWOOD, WV)
  • GARRETT COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 20 miles; OAKLAND, MD)
  • GRAFTON CITY HOSPITAL (about 24 miles; GRAFTON, WV)

Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to Rowlesburg:
  • MORGANTOWN MUNI-WALTER L. BILL HART FLD (about 26 miles; MORGANTOWN, WV; ID: MGW)
  • HARRISON/MARION REGIONAL (about 38 miles; CLARKSBURG, WV; ID: CKB)
  • ARNOLD PALMER REGIONAL (about 66 miles; LATROBE, PA; ID: LBE)
Other public-use airports nearest to Rowlesburg:
  • TITUS FIELD (about 16 miles; ARTHURDALE, WV; ID: 70D)
  • ROY AIRFIELD (about 20 miles; GRAFTON, WV; ID: 71D)
  • GARRETT COUNTY (about 28 miles; OAKLAND, MD; ID: 2G4)

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Rowlesburg:
  • WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY (about 29 miles; MORGANTOWN, WV; Full-time enrollment: 19,666)
  • FAIRMONT STATE COLLEGE (about 40 miles; FAIRMONT, WV; FT enrollment: 5,317)
  • CALIFORNIA UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA (about 52 miles; CALIFORNIA, PA; FT enrollment: 5,183)
  • FROSTBURG STATE UNIVERSITY (about 55 miles; FROSTBURG, MD; FT enrollment: 4,672)
  • WESTMORELAND COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 63 miles; YOUNGWOOD, PA; FT enrollment: 3,223)
  • CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY (about 78 miles; PITTSBURGH, PA; FT enrollment: 7,903)
  • ART INSTITUTE PITTSBURGH (about 79 miles; PITTSBURGH, PA; FT enrollment: 2,246)
Public elementary/middle school in Rowlesburg:
  • ROWLESBURG SCHOOL (Students: 163; Location: RR 1 BOX 255; Grades: PK - 08)

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Notable location: Rowlesburg Town Hall (A). Display/hide its location on the map

Churches in Rowlesburg include: Saint Philomena Catholic Church (A), Christ United Methodist Church (B). Display/hide their locations on the map

Cemetery: Riverview Cemetery (1). Display/hide its location on the map

Creek: Saltlick Creek (A). Display/hide its location on the map

Post office: Rowlesburg Post Office (A). Display/hide its location on the map

Tourist attraction: VMD Studios Inc (Museums; 80 West Catherine St).

 

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

ROWLESBURG WATER WORKS (Population served: 712, Surface_water):
Past health violations:
  • MCL, Average - Between JAN-2006 and MAR-2006, Contaminant: Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5). Follow-up actions: St Public Notif requested (MAY-27-2006), St Formal NOV issued (MAY-27-2006)
  • MCL, Average - Between OCT-2005 and DEC-2005, Contaminant: Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5). Follow-up actions: St Public Notif requested (FEB-14-2006), St Formal NOV issued (FEB-14-2006), St Public Notif received (APR-04-2006)
  • MCL, Average - Between JUL-2005 and SEP-2005, Contaminant: TTHM. Follow-up actions: St Public Notif requested (FEB-14-2006), St Formal NOV issued (FEB-14-2006)
Past monitoring violations:
  • CCR Complete Failure to Report - Between JUL-2001 and SEP-2001, Consumer Confidence Rule. Follow-up actions: Fed Formal NOV issued (AUG-29-2001), Fed Compliance achieved (SEP-27-2001)
  • Operations Report - In JUN-1997, Contaminant: Turbidity. Follow-up actions: St Compliance achieved (JUL-01-1997), St Formal NOV issued (AUG-01-1997), St Public Notif requested (AUG-01-1997)
  • Operations Report - In MAY-1997, Contaminant: Turbidity. Follow-up actions: St Compliance achieved (JUL-01-1997), St Formal NOV issued (JUL-02-1997), St Public Notif requested (JUL-02-1997)
  • Operations Report - In APR-1997, Contaminant: Turbidity. Follow-up actions: St Formal NOV issued (MAY-31-1997), St Public Notif requested (MAY-31-1997), St Compliance achieved (JUL-01-1997)
  • Record Keeping - In OCT-1996, Contaminant: Turbidity. Follow-up actions: St Compliance achieved (NOV-01-1996), St Formal NOV issued (NOV-30-1996), St Public Notif requested (NOV-30-1996)
  • One regular monitoring violation

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

Percentage of family households:
This town:  63.1%
Whole state:  68.4%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
This town:  5.4%
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: 0.8% of all households

Residents with income below the poverty level in 1999:
This town:  12.6%
Whole state:  17.9%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 1999:
This town:  4.2%
Whole state:  7.6%

Rowlesburg compared to West Virginia state average:
  • Median house value below state average.
  • Black race population percentage significantly below state average.
  • Hispanic race population percentage significantly below state average.
  • Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average.
  • Renting percentage below state average.
  • Number of college students significantly 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 Rowlesburg (2007 data):
  • First Community Bank, National Association: Rowlesburg Branch at Main Street, branch established on 1912-01-01. Info updated 2006-11-03: Bank assets: $2,023.1 mil, Deposits: $1,394.8 mil, headquarters in Bluefield, VA, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 53 total offices, Holding Company: First Community Bancshares, Inc.



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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
Local Libraries 0$0 1$150
Police Protection - Officers 1$1,346$16,1522$300
Other Government Administration 0$0 8$890
Water Supply 1$2,480$29,7604$705
Streets and Highways 1$1,160$13,9200$0
Totals for Government 3$4,986$19,94415$2,045


Rowlesburg government finances in 2002:
  • Charges - Sewerage: $72,000
    Solid Waste Management: $55,000
    All Other: $10,000
  • Current Operations - Water Utilities: $87,000
    Sewerage: $67,000
    Solid Waste Management: $60,000
    Parks & Recreation: $50,000
    Police Protection: $26,000
    Regular Highways: $25,000
    General - Other: $6,000
    Financial Administration: $4,000
    Libraries: $4,000
  • Local Intergovernmental - General Support: $14,000
  • Other Capital Outlay - General - Other: $5,000
  • Revenue - Water Utilities: $87,000
  • Tax - Property: $32,000
    Public Utilities: $15,000
    NEC: $3,000
  • Total Salaries & Wages: $90,000

5.31% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($36,738 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  5.31%
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 Monongalia County, WV  1.50% ($36,659 average AGI)
from Garrett County, MD  0.52% ($22,632)
from Marion County, WV  0.16% ($25,471)


4.42% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($30,288 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  4.42%
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 Monongalia County, WV  1.48% ($28,006 average AGI)
to Marion County, WV  0.29% ($28,032)
to Garrett County, MD  0.26% ($20,750)


Strongest AM radio stations in Rowlesburg:
  • WFSP (1560 AM; daytime; 1 kW; KINGWOOD, WV; Owner: WFSP, INC.)
  • KDKA (1020 AM; 50 kW; PITTSBURGH, PA; Owner: INFINITY BROADCASTING OPERATIONS, INC.)
  • WWVA (1170 AM; 53 kW; WHEELING, WV; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
  • WMMN (920 AM; 5 kW; FAIRMONT, WV; Owner: FANTASIA BROADCASTING, INC.)
  • WAJR (1440 AM; 5 kW; MORGANTOWN, WV; Owner: WEST VIRGINIA RADIO CORPORATION)
  • WFRB (560 AM; 5 kW; FROSTBURG, MD; Owner: WTBO-WKGO CORPORATION, L.L.C.)
  • WVSC (990 AM; 10 kW; SOMERSET, PA; Owner: FOREVER OF JOHNSTOWN, INC.)
  • WMSG (1050 AM; 1 kW; OAKLAND, MD; Owner: OAKLAND MEDIA GROUP, INC)
  • WSVA (550 AM; 10 kW; HARRISONBURG, VA; Owner: M. BELMONT VERSTANDIG, INC.)
  • WCLG (1300 AM; 3 kW; MORGANTOWN, WV; Owner: BOWERS BROADCASTING CORP.)
  • WKHB (620 AM; 6 kW; IRWIN, PA; Owner: BROADCAST COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
  • WLYE (850 AM; 10 kW; JOHNSTOWN, PA; Owner: FOREVER OF JOHNSTOWN, INC.)
  • WCBM (680 AM; 50 kW; BALTIMORE, MD; Owner: WCBM MARYLAND, INC.)

Strongest FM radio stations in Rowlesburg:
  • WKMM (96.7 FM; KINGWOOD, WV; Owner: MARPAT CORPORATION)
  • WFSP-FM (107.7 FM; KINGWOOD, WV; Owner: WFSP, INC.)
  • WWHC (92.3 FM; OAKLAND, MD; Owner: OAKLAND MEDIA GROUP, INC)
  • WVPM (90.9 FM; MORGANTOWN, WV; Owner: WEST VIRGINIA EDUCATIONAL BROADCASTING AUTHORITY)
  • WRIJ (106.9 FM; MASONTOWN, PA; Owner: HE'S ALIVE INC.)
  • WOGG (94.9 FM; OLIVER, PA; Owner: KEYMARKET LICENSES, LLC)
  • W242AD (96.3 FM; OAKLAND, MD; Owner: FROSTBURG STATE UNIVERSITY)
  • WBHZ (91.9 FM; ELKINS, WV; Owner: AMERICAN FAMILY ASSOCIATION)
  • WWPN (101.1 FM; WESTERNPORT, MD; Owner: ERNEST F. SANTMYIRE)
  • WQWV (103.7 FM; FISHER, WV; Owner: MCGUIRE BROADCASTING, L.L.C.)
  • WKHJ (104.5 FM; MOUNTAIN LAKE PARK, MD; Owner: SOUTHERN HIGHLANDS, INC.)
  • WKKW (97.9 FM; FAIRMONT, WV; Owner: DESCENDANTS TRUST, LAUREN M.KELLEY, TRUSTEE)
  • WELK (94.7 FM; ELKINS, WV; Owner: ELKINS RADIO CORPORATION)
  • WDNE-FM (98.9 FM; ELKINS, WV; Owner: WEST VIRGINIA RADIO CORPORATION OF ELKINS)
  • WVAQ (101.9 FM; MORGANTOWN, WV; Owner: WEST VIRGINIA RADIO CORPORATION)
  • WDKL (95.9 FM; GRAFTON, WV; Owner: EDUCATIONAL MEDIA FOUNDATION)
  • WZST (100.9 FM; WESTOVER, WV; Owner: TSCHUDY BROADCASTING CORP.)

TV broadcast stations around Rowlesburg:
  • WNPB-TV (Channel 24; MORGANTOWN, WV; Owner: WEST VIRGINIA EDUCATIONAL BROADCASTING AUTHORITY)
  • WGPT (Channel 36; OAKLAND, MD; Owner: MARYLAND PUBLIC BROADCASTING COMMISSION)

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