Residents with income below the poverty level in 2007:
| This town: |  11.2% | | Whole state: |  9.6% |
Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2007:
| This town: | 1.3% | | Whole state: | 4.3% |
Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Rural Retreat, VA
Rural Retreat compared to Virginia state average:
- Median household income below 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.
- Length of stay since moving in above state average.
- House age 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 Rural Retreat (2009 data):
- Branch Banking and Trust Company: Rural Retreat Branch at 100 West Buck Avenue, branch established on 1973-06-14. Info updated 2008-12-12: Bank assets: $147,483.6 mil, Deposits: $98,507.9 mil, headquarters in Winston Salem, NC, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 1514 total offices, Holding Company: Bb&T Corporation
- The Bank of Marion: Rural Retreat Branch at State Route 90 East, branch established on 1995-12-04. Info updated 2006-11-03: Bank assets: $332.0 mil, Deposits: $293.0 mil, headquarters in Marion, VA, negative income in the last year, Commercial Lending Specialization, 13 total offices, Holding Company: Southwest Virginia Bankshares, Inc.
School Enrollment by Level of School
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2004 Presidential Election results in Wythe County Virginia:
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Most commonly used house heating fuel:
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- Electricity (41%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (38%)
- Utility gas (10%)
- Wood (8%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (3%)
- No fuel used (1%)
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Religion statistics for Rural Retreat
| Name | United Methodist Church | International Pentecostal Holiness Church | Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) | Southern Baptist Convention | Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
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| Adherents | 37.1% | 16.5% | 9.3% | 9.2% | 9.2% |
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| Congregations | 36.6% | 16.8% | 8.9% | 5.0% | 8.9% |
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| Name | Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) | Presbyterian Church (USA) | Catholic Church | Church of God of Prophecy | Other religions |
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| Adherents | 3.7% | 3.3% | 3.1% | 2.3% | 6.4% |
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| Congregations | 3.0% | 4.0% | 1.0% | 5.9% | 9.9% |
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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 |
2 | $4,309 | $25,854 | 0 | $0 |
| Other Government Administration |
1 | $3,929 | $47,148 | 7 | $60 |
| Judicial and Legal |
0 | $0 | | 7 | $890 |
| Police Protection - Officers |
1 | $2,830 | $33,960 | 0 | $0 |
| Sewerage |
3 | $6,772 | $27,088 | 0 | $0 |
| Water Supply |
3 | $6,298 | $25,192 | 0 | $0 |
| Other and Unallocable |
0 | $0 | | 1 | $120 |
| Totals for Government |
10 | $24,138 | $28,966 | 15 | $1,070 |
Rural Retreat government finances in 2002:
- Charges - Sewerage: $217,000
- Current Operations - Water Utilities: $204,000
Sewerage: $187,000
Financial Administration: $150,000
Police Protection: $64,000
Solid Waste Management: $50,000
Fire Protection: $45,000
General - Other: $8,000
- General - Interest on Debt: $0
- Local Intergovernmental - All Other: $39,000
- Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding - Water Utilities: $2,797,000
- Long Term Debt Outstanding Nonguaranteed - Water Utilities: $2,702,000
- Long Term Debt Retired Unspecified - Water Utilities: $95,000
- Miscellaneous - Interest Earnings: $60,000
- Revenue - Water Utilities: $224,000
- Short Term Debt Outstanding - Beginning: $65,000
- Sinking Fund - Cash & Deposits: $1,502,000
- State Intergovernmental - General Support: $75,000
- Tax - Property: $197,000
Other Selective Sales: $50,000
Motor Vehicle License: $25,000
- Total Salaries & Wages: $217,000
- Water Utilities - Interest on Debt: $168,000
5.77% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($38,403 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 5.77% | | Virginia average: | 11.06% |
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:
5.28% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($31,902 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 5.28% | | Virginia average: | 10.78% |
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 Rural Retreat:
- WCRR (660 AM; daytime; 1 kW; RURAL RETREAT, VA; Owner: ORA ROBERT SMALLWOOD III)
- WYVE (1280 AM; 3 kW; WYTHEVILLE, VA; Owner: THREE RIVERS MEDIA CORPORATION)
- WBDY (1190 AM; daytime; 10 kW; BLUEFIELD, VA; Owner: MONTEREY LICENSES, LLC)
- WTRU (830 AM; 50 kW; KERNERSVILLE, NC; Owner: TRUTH BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
- WKNV (890 AM; daytime; 10 kW; FAIRLAWN, VA; Owner: POSITIVE RADIO GROUP, INC.)
- WTZE (1470 AM; daytime; 5 kW; TAZEWELL, VA; Owner: MONTEREY LICENSES, LLC)
- WYRV (770 AM; daytime; 5 kW; CEDAR BLUFF, VA; Owner: FAITH CHRISTIAN MUSIC BROADCASTING MINISTRIES, INC.)
- WPAQ (740 AM; 10 kW; MOUNT AIRY, NC; Owner: RALPH D. EPPERSON)
- WKSK (580 AM; 5 kW; W.JEFFERSON, NC; Owner: CADDELL BROADCASTING, INC.)
- WHKY (1290 AM; 50 kW; HICKORY, NC; Owner: LONG COMMUNICATIONS, LLC.)
- WMEV (1010 AM; 1 kW; MARION, VA; Owner: HOLSTON VALLEY BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
- WWWJ (1360 AM; 5 kW; GALAX, VA; Owner: TWIN COUNTY BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
- WHIS (1440 AM; 5 kW; BLUEFIELD, WV; Owner: MONTEREY LICENSES, LLC)
Strongest FM radio stations in Rural Retreat:
- WXBX (95.3 FM; RURAL RETREAT, VA; Owner: THREE RIVERS MEDIA CORPORATION)
- WVTR (91.9 FM; MARION, VA; Owner: VIRGINIA TECH FOUNDATION INC)
- WMEV-FM (93.9 FM; MARION, VA; Owner: HOLSTON VALLEY BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
- WOLD-FM (102.5 FM; MARION, VA; Owner: EMERALD SOUND, INC.)
- WZVA (103.5 FM; MARION, VA; Owner: T.E.C.O. BROADCASTING, INC.)
- WHAJ (104.5 FM; BLUEFIELD, WV; Owner: MONTEREY LICENSES, LLC)
- WHKX (106.3 FM; BLUEFIELD, VA; Owner: MONTEREY LICENSES, LLC)
- WKOY-FM (100.9 FM; PRINCETON, WV; Owner: MONTEREY LICENSES, LLC)
- WPIB (91.1 FM; BLUEFIELD, WV; Owner: POSITIVE ALTERNATIVE RADIO, INC.)
- WBRF (98.1 FM; GALAX, VA; Owner: BLUE RIDGE RADIO, INC.)
- WSTG (95.9 FM; PRINCETON, WV; Owner: PRINCETON BROADCASTING, INC.)
- WPIN-FM (91.5 FM; DUBLIN, VA; Owner: POSITIVE ALTERNATIVE RADIO, INC.)
- WPSK-FM (107.1 FM; PULASKI, VA; Owner: NEW RIVER VALLEY RADIO PARTNERS, LLC)
- W267AN (101.3 FM; WILKESBORO, NC; Owner: TRIAD FAMILY NETWORK, INC.)
- WHQX (107.7 FM; CEDAR BLUFF, VA; Owner: MONTEREY LICENSES, LLC)
- KHPR (88.1 FM; HONOLULU, HI; Owner: HAWAII PUBLIC RADIO)
- WHCB (91.5 FM; BRISTOL, TN; Owner: APPALACHIAN EDUC. COMMUNICATION CORP)
- WCQR-FM (88.3 FM; KINGSPORT, TN; Owner: POSITIVE ALTERNATIVE RADIO, INC.)
- WETS-FM (89.5 FM; JOHNSON CITY, TN; Owner: EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY)
- WXBQ-FM (96.9 FM; BRISTOL, TN; Owner: BRISTOL BROADCASTING COMPANY, INC.)
TV broadcast stations around Rural Retreat:
- WKPZ-LP (Channel 3; WYTHEVILLE, ETC., VA; Owner: HOLSTON VALLEY BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
- WMSY-TV (Channel 52; MARION, VA; Owner: BLUE RIDGE PUBLIC TELEVISION, INC.)
Rural Retreat fatal accident list:
Jan 31, 1975 01:40 AM, Vehicles: 1, Persons: 2, Fatalities: 1, Drunken drivers: 1
FCC Registered Cell Phone Towers: 1- Atkins Cell Site Wythe Raceway Off Sr679, Type: Tower, Structure height: 51.8 m, Overall height: 55.2 m, Call Sign: KNKN715
Assigned Frequencies : 869.040 MHz, 824.040 MHz, 890.010 MHz, 845.010 MHz, 834.390 MHz, 879.390 MHz
Grant Date: 10/10/2001, Expiration Date: 10/01/2011
Registrant: Holland & Knight LLP, 2099 Pennsylvania Ave, Nw. Ste. 100, Washington, DC 20006-6801, Phone: (202) 955-3000, Fax: (202) 955-5564, Email:
FCC Registered Antenna Towers: 4- Bonnie K Clark, Rt 2, Box 276 (Us 11 & Cr 682), Type: Tower, Structure height: 42.7 m, Overall height: 44.5 m
Registrant: Crown Castle Usa Inc., 2000 Corporate Drive, Canonsburg, PA 15317, Phone: (724) 416-2516, Email:
- Tim McDougall, 7510 West Lee Highway ( 015399 ), Type: Pole, Structure height: 44.8 m, Overall height: 47.2 m
Registrant: American Towers, Inc., 116 Huntington Ave, Boston, MA 02116, Phone: (617) 585-7600 - GARY W HAGERICH, 1.1 Km East Of Sr 680, Type: Tower, Structure height: 89.3 m, Overall height: 90.2 m
Registrant: Brooks, Pierce, Et Al., Raleigh, NC 27602, Phone: (919) 839-0304, Email:
- PETER M CONNOLLY, Wythe Raceway Off Sr679, Type: Tower, Structure height: 51.8 m, Overall height: 55.2 m, , Licensee ID: L00127162
Registrant: United States Cellular Corporation, 8410 W. Bryn Mawr Avenue, Suite 700, Chicago, IL 60631, Phone: (773) 399-8900
FCC Registered Private Land Mobile Towers: 4- Ns Mp Nb349.5, Type: Pole, Structure height: 13 m, Call Sign: WPJH353, Licensee ID: L00258361
Assigned Frequencies : 896.887 MHz, 896.937 MHz, 896.987 MHz, 897.887 MHz, 897.937 MHz, 897.987 MHz
Grant Date: 02/11/1998, Expiration Date: 02/11/2003, Cancelation Date: 05/18/2003
Registrant: Association Of American Railroads, 55500 Dot Rd, Pueblo, CO 81001, Phone: (202) 639-2217 - St Hwy 617 2.3 Mi Nne, Structure height: 26 m, Call Sign: KNJL400, Licensee ID: L00176723
Assigned Frequencies : 75.5000 MHz
Grant Date: 03/26/2002, Expiration Date: 04/16/2012
Registrant: Texas Eastern Communications Inc, 5400 Westhemier Ct, Houston, TX 77251-1642, Phone: (713) 757-3653 - Rural Retreat Water Tank On Sr90 Near, Type: Tank, Structure height: 34 m, Overall height: 37 m, Call Sign: WQDR556
Assigned Frequencies : 159.210 MHz
Grant Date: 10/19/2006, Expiration Date: 04/17/2007, Cancelation Date: 11/06/2006, Certifier: Todd Branscome
Registrant: Two Way Radio, Incorporated, 435 Mussers Mill Road, Crockett, VA 24323, Phone: (276) 620-4389, Fax: (413) 653-2013, Email:
- RURAL RETREAT, Water Tank On Sr 90, Type: Tank, Structure height: 34 m, Overall height: 38 m, Call Sign: WQGE872
Assigned Frequencies : 155.160 MHz
Grant Date: 12/27/2006, Expiration Date: 12/27/2016, Certifier: Todd Branscome
Registrant: Two Way Radio Inc, 435 Mussers Mill Rd, Crockett, VA 24323, Phone: (276) 620-4389, Fax: (413) 653-2013, Email:
FCC Registered Microwave Towers: 1- Various Locations, Overall height: 6.1 m, Call Sign: WPNH641
Assigned Frequencies : 956.443 MHz
Grant Date: 08/22/2002, Expiration Date: 09/25/2012
Registrant: Town Of Rural Retreat, 307 S. Main St, Rural Retreat, VA 24368, Phone: (276) 686-4221, Fax: (276) 686-4922, Email:
FCC Registered Amateur Radio Licenses: 24 (See the full list of FCC Registered Amateur Radio Licenses in Rural Retreat)
FAA Registered Aircrafts: 11 (See the full list of FAA Registered Aircrafts in Rural Retreat)
2006 National Fire Incident Reporting System Incidents:- Fire: 16
- Hazardous Condition: 8
- Good Intent Call: 1
Incident types - Rural Retreat
See Full 2006 National Fire Incident Reporting System Statistics for Rural Retreat, VA
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