Greenbrier County has a predicted average indoor radon screening level greater than 4 pCi/L (pico curies per liter) - Highest Potential
Air pollution and air quality trends (lower is better)
AQI
Ozone
Particulate Matter (PM10) [µ/m3] level in 2002 was 26.5. This is about average. There were 8 monitors within city limits.
Particulate Matter (PM2.5) [µ/m3] level in 2005 was 9.86. This is about average. Closest monitor was 13.3 miles away from the city center.
Drinking water stations with addresses in Rupert and their reported violations in the past:
RUPERT WATER (Address: DRAWER B , Population served: 1462, Groundwater):
Past monitoring violations:
- One regular monitoring violation
DUO WATER WORKS (Population served: 45, Groundwater_under_infl_of_surface_water):
Past health violations:
- Treatment Technique (SWTR) - In JUN-2004. Follow-up actions: St Public Notif requested (JUL-23-2004), St Formal NOV issued (JUL-23-2004)
- Treatment Technique (SWTR) - In APR-2004. Follow-up actions: St Public Notif requested (JUL-23-2004), St Formal NOV issued (JUL-23-2004)
- Treatment Technique (SWTR) - In MAR-2004. Follow-up actions: St Public Notif requested (JUL-23-2004), St Formal NOV issued (JUL-23-2004)
- Treatment Technique (SWTR) - In FEB-2004. Follow-up actions: St Public Notif requested (JUL-23-2004), St Formal NOV issued (JUL-23-2004)
- Treatment Technique (SWTR) - In JAN-2004. Follow-up actions: St Public Notif requested (JUL-23-2004), St Formal NOV issued (JUL-23-2004)
- Treatment Technique (SWTR) - In DEC-2003. Follow-up actions: St Public Notif requested (JAN-13-2004), St Formal NOV issued (JAN-13-2004)
- 45 other older health violations
Past monitoring violations:
- PN Violation for NPDWR Violation - Between JUN-29-2006 and DEC-31-2025, Contaminant: Public Notice
- PN Violation for NPDWR Violation - Between JUN-28-2006 and DEC-31-2025, Contaminant: Public Notice
- PN Violation for NPDWR Violation - Between JUN-02-2006 and DEC-31-2025, Contaminant: Public Notice
- PN Violation for NPDWR Violation - Between MAY-25-2006 and DEC-31-2025, Contaminant: Public Notice
- Monitoring, Routine/Repeat (SWTR-Filter) - In MAY-2006. Follow-up actions: St Public Notif requested (JUN-17-2006), St Formal NOV issued (JUN-17-2006)
- 114 routine major monitoring violations
- 1904 regular monitoring violations
- 142 other older monitoring violations
Percentage of residents living in poverty in 2009: 23.6%
(22.2% for White Non-Hispanic residents, 100.0% for Black residents, 100.0% for Hispanic or Latino residents)
Average household size:
| This town: | 2.2 people | | West Virginia: | 2.4 people |
Percentage of family households:
| This town: | 56.4% | | Whole state: | 68.1% |
Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
| This town: | 5.7% | | Whole state: | 4.7% |
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.5% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Rupert, WV
26 people in nursing homes
Rupert compared to West Virginia state average:
- Black race population percentage significantly below state average.
- Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average.
- Renting percentage 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 Rupert (2011 data):
- Summit Community Bank, Inc: Rupert Branch at 910 Clay Street, branch established on 1985/12/30. Info updated 2007/06/26: Bank assets: $1,442.6 mil, Deposits: $1,025.3 mil, headquarters in Moorefield, WV, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 17 total offices, Holding Company: Summit Financial Group, Inc.
- City National Bank of West Virginia: Rupert Branch at 709 Nicholas Street, branch established on 1982/10/18. Info updated 2008/01/10: Bank assets: $2,753.2 mil, Deposits: $2,223.1 mil, headquarters in Charleston, WV, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 68 total offices, Holding Company: City Holding Company
Educational Attainment (%)
School Enrollment by Level of School (%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (51%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (28%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (11%)
- Wood (9%)
- Utility gas (1%)
2004 Presidential Election results in Greenbrier County West Virginia:
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Religion statistics for Rupert (based on Greenbrier County data)
Percentage of population affiliated with a religious congregations: 39.62%
| Here |  | 39.6% |
| USA |  | 50.2% |
Breakdown of population affiliated with a religious congregations
| Name | United Methodist Church | American Baptist Churches in the USA | Presbyterian Church (USA) | Catholic Church | Southern Baptist Convention |
| Adherents | 27.4% | 22.6% | 10.3% | 8.9% | 8.0% |
| Congregations | 32.0% | 15.2% | 8.0% | 4.0% | 4.0% |
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| Name | Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) | International Pentecostal Holiness Church | Episcopal Church | Church of the Nazarene | Other |
| Adherents | 6.2% | 3.0% | 2.4% | 2.0% | 9.1% |
| Congregations | 8.0% | 4.8% | 3.2% | 1.6% | 19.2% |
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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: 8 | Greenbrier County: | 2.32 / 10,000 pop. | | West Virginia: | 2.41 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of supercenters and club stores: 1 | This county: | 0.29 / 10,000 pop. | | State: | 0.28 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of convenience stores (no gas): 3 | Greenbrier County: | 0.87 / 10,000 pop. | | West Virginia: | 1.09 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of convenience stores (with gas): 33 | Greenbrier County: | 9.55 / 10,000 pop. | | State: | 5.38 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of full-service restaurants: 22 | Here: | 6.37 / 10,000 pop. | | State: | 6.22 / 10,000 pop. |
Adult diabetes rate: | This county: | 13.1% | | West Virginia: | 12.2% |
Adult obesity rate: | Greenbrier County: | 28.7% | | West Virginia: | 31.1% |
Low-income preschool obesity rate: | This county: | 12.8% | | State: | 13.1% |
| Local government employment and payroll (March 2007) |
| Function |
Full-time employees |
Monthly full-time payroll |
Average yearly full-time wage |
Part-time employees |
Monthly part-time payroll |
| Financial Administration |
1 | $2,511 | $30,132 | 0 | $0 |
| Other Government Administration |
0 | $0 | | 3 | $2,394 |
| Water Supply |
5 | $8,812 | $21,149 | 1 | $1,646 |
| Totals for Government |
6 | $11,323 | $22,646 | 4 | $4,040 |
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:
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:
Strongest AM radio stations in Rupert:
- WYKM (1250 AM; 5 kW; RUPERT, WV; Owner: MT. STATE B. CO., INC.)
- WRRL (1130 AM; daytime; 1 kW; RAINELLE, WV; Owner: FAITH MOUNTAIN COMMUNICATIONS, 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)
- WSLW (1310 AM; daytime; 5 kW; WHITE SULPHUR SPRING, WV; Owner: QUORUM RADIO PARTNERS OF VIRGINIA, INC.)
- 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)
- 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.)
- WTVN (610 AM; 50 kW; COLUMBUS, OH; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)
- WNRV (990 AM; 5 kW; NARROWS-PEARISBURG, VA; Owner: PERCEPTION MEDIA GROUP, INC.)
Strongest FM radio stations in Rupert:
- WRLB (95.3 FM; RAINELLE, WV; Owner: FAITH COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK, INC.)
- WMLJ (90.5 FM; SUMMERSVILLE, WV; Owner: GRACE MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH)
- WKCJ (103.1 FM; LEWISBURG, WV; Owner: QUORUM RADIO PARTNERS OF VIRGINIA, INC.)
- WDBS (97.1 FM; SUTTON, WV; Owner: SUMMIT MEDIA BROADCASTING, L.L.C.)
- WRON-FM (97.7 FM; RONCEVERTE, WV; Owner: RADIO GREENBRIER, INC.)
- WVPB (91.7 FM; BECKLEY, WV; Owner: WEST VIRGINIA EDUCATIONAL BROADCASTING AUTHORITY)
- WMTD-FM (102.3 FM; HINTON, WV; Owner: SOUTHERN COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION)
- WCIR-FM (103.7 FM; BECKLEY, WV; Owner: SOUTHERN COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION)
- WCWV (92.9 FM; SUMMERSVILLE, WV; Owner: R-S BROADCASTING COMPANY, INC.)
- WXCF-FM (103.9 FM; CLIFTON FORGE, VA; Owner: IMPACT BROADCASTING, 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.)
- WXLK (92.3 FM; ROANOKE, VA; Owner: MEL WHEELER, INC.)
- WSLQ (99.1 FM; ROANOKE, VA; Owner: MEL WHEELER, INC.)
- WSLC-FM (94.9 FM; ROANOKE, VA; Owner: MEL WHEELER, INC.)
- WVTF (89.1 FM; ROANOKE, VA; Owner: VIRGINIA TECH FOUNDATION INC)
- WCHG (107.1 FM; HOT SPRINGS, VA; Owner: POCAHONTAS COMMUNICATIONS COOPERATIVE CORP.)
- WIQO-FM (100.9 FM; COVINGTON, VA; Owner: WKEY, INC.)
- WTNJ (105.9 FM; MOUNT HOPE, WV; Owner: WEST VIRGINIA BROADCASTING, INC.)
TV broadcast stations around Rupert:
- 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)
Rupert fatal accident list:
Jul 6, 1975 12:03 AM, Vehicles: 2, Persons: 4, Fatalities: 1
National Bridge Inventory (NBI) Statistics
Number of bridges: 1
Total length: 2 meters (7ft)
Total costs: $1,057,000
Total average daily traffic: 7,450
Total average daily truck traffic: 596
Total future (year 2026) average daily traffic: 12,140
FCC Registered Cell Phone Towers: 2 ( See the full list of FCC Registered Cell Phone Towers in Rupert)
FCC Registered Antenna Towers: 7 ( See the full list of FCC Registered Antenna Towers)
FCC Registered Commercial Land Mobile Towers: 1 - Beech Ridge (Lat: 38.111500 Lon: -80.598417), Structure height: 46 m, Call Sign: WNPA492, Licensee ID: L00329429
Assigned Frequencies: 157.740 MHz Grant Date: 06/23/1997, Expiration Date: 05/08/2007, Cancellation Date: 10/23/2006
Registrant: Beech Ridge Telemetry Inc, Beckley, WV 25802-1182, Phone: (304) 846-2405
FCC Registered Private Land Mobile Towers: 3 - Co Ofc Us Hwy 60 (Lat: 37.940111 Lon: -80.678139), Type: Building, Structure height: 14 m, Call Sign: WCB450, Licensee ID: L00003804
Assigned Frequencies: 457.050 MHz Grant Date: 05/28/2005, Expiration Date: 05/23/2015, Certifier: Charles W Shaver
Registrant: Westvaco Development Corporation, Summerville, SC 29484, Phone: (803) 871-6710 - Office Us Rt 60 (Lat: 37.966222 Lon: -80.694528), Call Sign: WZW776, Licensee ID: L00115360
Assigned Frequencies: 35.8000 MHz Grant Date: 08/19/1996, Expiration Date: 09/26/2001, Cancellation Date: 02/24/2002
Registrant: Rupert Oil Co Inc, Po Drawer N, Rupert, WV 25984, Phone: (304) 392-6760 - Beech Ridge Mountain Near (Lat: 38.111500 Lon: -80.598417), Type: Tower, Structure height: 46 m, Call Sign: WQFV921
Assigned Frequencies: 157.740 MHz Grant Date: 10/18/2006, Expiration Date: 10/18/2016, Certifier: Jeffrey K Newman
Registrant: Two Way Radio Inc, 435 Mussers Mill Rd, Crockett, VA 24323, Phone: (276) 620-4289, Fax: (413) 653-2013
FCC Registered Microwave Towers: 2 - ALTA, 2.5 Km Wnw (Lat: 37.953333 Lon: -80.575278), Type: Tower, Structure height: 85.3 m, Overall height: 88.4 m, Call Sign: WPJF606
Assigned Frequencies: 6635.62 MHz, 5945.20 MHz, 6034.15 MHz Grant Date: 02/13/2001, Expiration Date: 02/01/2011, Certifier: Michael P Goggin
Registrant: At&t Mobility LLC, 1120 20th Street, Nw, Suite 1000, Washington, DC 20036, Phone: (202) 457-2055, Fax: (202) 457-3074, Email:
- RAINELLE, Route 20/1 (Lat: 37.973056 Lon: -80.739167), Type: Tower, Structure height: 121.9 m, Overall height: 126.5 m, Call Sign: WPTX502
Assigned Frequencies: 6745.00 MHz, 6765.00 MHz, 6840.00 MHz Grant Date: 01/08/2002, Expiration Date: 01/08/2012, Certifier: John E Rooney
Registrant: Holland & Knight LLP, 2099 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W., Suite #100, Washington, DC 20006-6801, Phone: (202) 955-3000, Fax: (202) 955-5564, Email:
FCC Registered Amateur Radio Licenses: 9 ( See the full list of FCC Registered Amateur Radio Licenses in Rupert)
2006 National Fire Incident Reporting System Incidents:
See full 2006 National Fire Incident Reporting System statistics for Rupert, WV
| Most common first names in Rupert, WV among deceased individuals |
| Name | Count | Lived (average) |
| James | 33 | 68.5 years |
| William | 30 | 73.8 years |
| John | 22 | 74.8 years |
| Mary | 21 | 77.5 years |
| Robert | 16 | 69.3 years |
| Charles | 14 | 70.4 years |
| George | 11 | 78.1 years |
| Albert | 8 | 76.9 years |
| Mildred | 8 | 77.0 years |
| Roy | 7 | 75.4 years |
| Most common last names in Rupert, WV among deceased individuals |
| Last name | Count | Lived (average) |
| Mcclung | 25 | 74.4 years |
| Robinson | 13 | 69.9 years |
| Crane | 10 | 75.8 years |
| Dorsey | 10 | 75.9 years |
| Martin | 9 | 70.9 years |
| Hinkle | 9 | 77.3 years |
| Hall | 9 | 77.5 years |
| Crookshanks | 8 | 74.3 years |
| Deitz | 8 | 73.4 years |
| Johnson | 8 | 69.8 years |
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