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Notable locations in Rutherfordton: Rutherfordton Golf and Country Club (A), Rutherford County Courthouse (B). Display/hide their locations on the map
Churches in Rutherfordton include: Trinity Lutheran Church (A), Saint Francis Episcopal Church (B), Green Street Baptist Church (C). Display/hide their locations on the map
Cemetery: Saint Francis Cemetery (1). Display/hide its location on the map
Creek: Stonecutter Creek (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Tourist attraction: Green River Plantation (Tours & Charters; 6333 Coxe Road).
Hotel: Dogwood Motel (137 W Mountain St).
Courts: Rutherford County Offices - Clerk Of Superior Court- Criminal (229 North Main Street), Rutherford County Offices - Clerk Of Superior Court- Special Proceedings Est (229 North Main Street), Rutherford County Offices - Clerk Of Superior Court- Civil Small Claims Est (229 North Main Street), North Carolina State Government - Superior Court Judge (229 North Main Street), Trial Court Administrator (229 North Main Street), Rutherford County Offices - Clerk Of Superior Court- Child Support Cashier Bookkee (229 North Main Street).
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Rutherford County has a predicted average indoor radon screening level between 2 and 4 pCi/L (pico curies per liter) - Moderate Potential
Air pollution and air quality trends
(lower is better)
AQI
PM2.5
Ozone
Air Quality Index (AQI) level in 2010 was 29.9. This is about average.
Particulate Matter (PM10) [µ/m3] level in 2002 was 20.8. This is about average. Closest monitor was 22.2 miles away from the city center.
Particulate Matter (PM2.5) [µ/m3] level in 2010 was 9.06. This is about average. Closest monitor was 22.3 miles away from the city center.
Ozone [ppb] level in 2010 was 26.8. This is about average. Closest monitor was 18.2 miles away from the city center.
Drinking water stations with addresses in Rutherfordton and their reported violations in the past:
GREEN HILL CAFE (Population served: 300, Groundwater):
Past monitoring violations:
- Other Non-NPDWR Potential Health Risks - Between APR-02-2005 and DEC-31-2025, Contaminant: Public Notice
- Other Non-NPDWR Potential Health Risks - Between FEB-16-2005 and DEC-31-2025, Contaminant: Public Notice
- Other Non-NPDWR Potential Health Risks - Between NOV-09-2003 and DEC-31-2025, Contaminant: Public Notice
- Monitoring, Repeat Major (TCR) - In SEP-2002, Contaminant: Coliform (TCR). Follow-up actions: St Formal NOV issued (OCT-29-2002), St Public Notif requested (OCT-29-2002), St Compliance achieved (JUL-31-2004)
- 3 routine major monitoring violations
- One minor monitoring violation
- One regular monitoring violation
HOLLY SPRINGS BAPTIST CHURCH (Population served: 250, Groundwater):
Past monitoring violations:
- 2 regular monitoring violations
MT VIEW BAPTIST CHURCH (Population served: 200, Groundwater):
Past monitoring violations:
- Other Non-NPDWR Potential Health Risks - Between FEB-22-2003 and DEC-31-2025, Contaminant: Public Notice
- 4 routine major monitoring violations
- 2 regular monitoring violations
NEW HOPE UNITED METHODIST CH (Population served: 125, Groundwater):
Past monitoring violations:
- Other Non-NPDWR Potential Health Risks - Between FEB-22-2003 and DEC-31-2025, Contaminant: Public Notice
- Other Non-NPDWR Potential Health Risks - Between FEB-16-2003 and DEC-31-2025, Contaminant: Public Notice
- Other Non-NPDWR Potential Health Risks - Between AUG-19-2002 and DEC-31-2025, Contaminant: Public Notice
- Monitoring, Repeat Major (TCR) - In JUL-2001, Contaminant: Coliform (TCR). Follow-up actions: St Formal NOV issued (SEP-12-2001), St Public Notif requested (SEP-12-2001), St Public Notif received (OCT-25-2001), St Compliance achieved (JUL-31-2002)
- 13 routine major monitoring violations
- 4 regular monitoring violations
GREEN HILL BAPTIST CHURCH (Population served: 120, Groundwater):
Past monitoring violations:
- Other Non-NPDWR Potential Health Risks - Between FEB-29-2004 and DEC-31-2025, Contaminant: Public Notice
- Other Non-NPDWR Potential Health Risks - Between NOV-09-2003 and DEC-31-2025, Contaminant: Public Notice
- Monitoring, Repeat Major (TCR) - In SEP-2002, Contaminant: Coliform (TCR). Follow-up actions: St Formal NOV issued (OCT-29-2002), St Public Notif requested (OCT-29-2002), St Compliance achieved (APR-30-2003)
- 3 routine major monitoring violations
- One regular monitoring violation
MOUNTAIN CREEK BAPTIST CHURCH (Population served: 117, Groundwater):
Past health violations:
- MCL, Monthly (TCR) - In AUG-2001, Contaminant: Coliform. Follow-up actions: St Formal NOV issued (AUG-23-2001), St Public Notif requested (AUG-23-2001), St Compliance achieved (AUG-23-2004)
Past monitoring violations:
- Other Non-NPDWR Potential Health Risks - Between APR-02-2005 and DEC-31-2025, Contaminant: Public Notice
- Other Non-NPDWR Potential Health Risks - Between OCT-16-2004 and DEC-31-2025, Contaminant: Public Notice
- Other Non-NPDWR Potential Health Risks - Between MAY-18-2004 and DEC-31-2025, Contaminant: Public Notice
- Other Non-NPDWR Potential Health Risks - Between NOV-09-2003 and DEC-31-2025, Contaminant: Public Notice
- Other Non-NPDWR Potential Health Risks - Between AUG-13-2003 and DEC-31-2025, Contaminant: Public Notice
- 11 routine major monitoring violations
- One regular monitoring violation
- 3 other older monitoring violations
LITTLE WHITE COUNTRY CHURCH (Population served: 111, Groundwater):
Past monitoring violations:
- One routine major monitoring violation
MELVIN HILL CHURCH BRETHREN (Population served: 110, Groundwater):
Past health violations:
- MCL, Monthly (TCR) - In SEP-1997, Contaminant: Coliform. Follow-up actions: St Compliance achieved (APR-30-1998)
- MCL, Monthly (TCR) - In FEB-1997, Contaminant: Coliform. Follow-up actions: St Compliance achieved (APR-30-1998)
- MCL, Monthly (TCR) - In DEC-1996, Contaminant: Coliform. Follow-up actions: St Public Notif requested (DEC-31-1996), St Formal NOV issued (DEC-31-1996), St Compliance achieved (APR-30-1998)
Past monitoring violations:
- Monitoring, Repeat Major (TCR) - In AUG-1997, Contaminant: Coliform (TCR). Follow-up actions: St Compliance achieved (APR-30-1998)
- Monitoring, Repeat Major (TCR) - In NOV-1996, Contaminant: Coliform (TCR). Follow-up actions: St Public Notif requested (JAN-31-1997), St Formal NOV issued (JAN-31-1997), St Compliance achieved (APR-30-1998)
- One minor monitoring violation
- One regular monitoring violation
Percentage of residents living in poverty in 2009: 17.9%
(12.1% for White Non-Hispanic residents, 44.1% for Black residents, 26.5% for Hispanic or Latino residents, 0.0% for other race residents, 34.0% for two or more races residents)
Average household size:
| This town: |  2.3 people | | North Carolina: |  2.5 people |
| This town: | 65.4% | | Whole state: | 68.9% |
| This town: | 2.6% | | Whole state: | 4.6% |
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Rutherfordton, NC
People in group quarters in Rutherfordton:
- 158 people in nursing homes
- 150 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 76 people in orthopedic wards and institutions for the physically handicapped
- 13 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
Rutherfordton compared to North Carolina state average:
- Black race population percentage significantly above state average.
- Hispanic race population percentage below state average.
- Median age above state average.
- Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average.
- Institutionalized population percentage significantly above state average.
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Banks with branches in Rutherfordton (2011 data):
- Wells Fargo Bank, National Association: Rutherfordton Main Branch at 137 Charlotte Road, branch established on 08/01/1964. Info updated 12/01/2010: Bank assets: $1,070,489.0 mil, Deposits: $811,027.0 mil, headquarters in Sioux Falls, SD, positive income, 6537 total offices, Holding Company: Wells Fargo & Company
- TD Bank, National Association: Rutherfordton Branch at 340 Charlotte Road, branch established on 09/16/2002. Info updated 10/04/2010: Bank assets: $167,647.8 mil, Deposits: $133,688.8 mil, headquarters in Wilmington, DE, positive income, 1304 total offices, Holding Company: Toronto-Dominion Bank, The
- Branch Banking and Trust Company: Rutherfordton Branch at 134 Charlotte Road, branch established on 02/17/1930. Info updated 03/29/2010: Bank assets: $151,545.4 mil, Deposits: $105,623.4 mil, headquarters in Winston Salem, NC, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 1795 total offices, Holding Company: Bb&T Corporation
- RBC Bank (USA): Rutherfordton Branch at 507 N. Main Street, branch established on 12/31/1991. Info updated 12/08/2008: Bank assets: $27,111.8 mil, Deposits: $20,506.1 mil, headquarters in Raleigh, NC, negative income in the last year, Commercial Lending Specialization, 429 total offices, Holding Company: Royal Bank Of Canada
- Fifth Third Bank: Rutherfordton Branch at 112 North Main Street, branch established on 11/27/1987. Info updated 10/05/2009: Bank assets: $110,197.0 mil, Deposits: $83,619.5 mil, headquarters in Cincinnati, OH, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 1368 total offices, Holding Company: Fifth Third Bancorp
Educational Attainment (%)
School Enrollment by Level of School (%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (40%)
- Utility gas (35%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (17%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (6%)
- Wood (2%)
- Solar energy (1%)
2004 Presidential Election results in Rutherford County North Carolina:
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Religion statistics for Rutherfordton:
Percentage of population affiliated with a religious congregations: 70.21%
| Here | | 70.2% |
| USA | | 50.2% |
Breakdown of population affiliated with a religious congregations
| Name | Southern Baptist Convention | United Methodist Church | Presbyterian Church (USA) | Charismatic Churches Independent | Catholic Church |
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| Adherents | 76.5% | 12.3% | 1.9% | 1.6% | 1.3% |
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| Congregations | 60.7% | 16.7% | 5.3% | 0.7% | 0.7% |
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| Name | The Wesleyan Church | LDS (Mormon) Church | Episcopal Church | Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) | Other |
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| Adherents | 1.2% | 0.8% | 0.8% | 0.6% | 3.0% |
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| Congregations | 2.0% | 0.7% | 1.3% | 2.7% | 9.3% |
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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: 17 | Rutherford County: | 2.70 / 10,000 pop. | | North Carolina: | 2.05 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of supercenters and club stores: 1 | This county: | 0.16 / 10,000 pop. | | State: | 0.14 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of convenience stores (no gas): 4 | Rutherford County: | 0.64 / 10,000 pop. | | North Carolina: | 0.92 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of convenience stores (with gas): 48 | Rutherford County: | 7.63 / 10,000 pop. | | State: | 4.75 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of full-service restaurants: 46 | Here: | 7.31 / 10,000 pop. | | State: | 7.57 / 10,000 pop. |
Adult diabetes rate: | This county: | 11.0% | | North Carolina: | 9.8% |
Adult obesity rate: | Rutherford County: | 27.7% | | North Carolina: | 28.3% |
Low-income preschool obesity rate: | This county: | 15.2% | | State: | 15.6% |
| 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 | $3,824 | $45,888 | 0 | $0 |
| Other Government Administration |
2 | $7,552 | $45,312 | 5 | $972 |
| Police Protection - Officers |
15 | $43,228 | $34,582 | 0 | $0 |
| Firefighters |
7 | $18,759 | $32,158 | 1 | $777 |
| Solid Waste Management |
6 | $10,570 | $21,140 | 0 | $0 |
| Sewerage |
3 | $6,162 | $24,648 | 0 | $0 |
| Local Libraries |
3 | $6,693 | $26,772 | 0 | $0 |
| Other and Unallocable |
8 | $21,188 | $31,782 | 0 | $0 |
| Totals for Government |
45 | $117,976 | $31,460 | 6 | $1,749 |
Rutherfordton government finances in 2002:
- Charges - Sewerage: $325,000 ($80.07)
All Other: $276,000 ($68.00)
Parks & Recreation: $5,000 ($1.23)
- Current Operations - Liquor Stores: $1,139,000 ($280.61)
Police Protection: $632,000 ($155.70)
Solid Waste Management: $519,000 ($127.86)
Fire Protection: $342,000 ($84.26)
Parks & Recreation: $319,000 ($78.59)
Central Staff Services: $308,000 ($75.88)
Sewerage: $263,000 ($64.79)
Libraries: $208,000 ($51.24)
Water Utilities: $113,000 ($27.84)
General - Other: $90,000 ($22.17)
Judicial and Legal Services: $72,000 ($17.74)
Regular Highways: $48,000 ($11.83)
- Federal Intergovernmental - All Other: $9,000 ($2.22)
- General - Interest on Debt: $0 ($0.00)
- Intergovernmental to Local NEC - Health: $7,000 ($1.72)
- Intergovernmental to State - General: $11,000 ($2.71)
- Local Intergovernmental - General Support: $488,000 ($120.23)
- Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding - Water Utilities: $1,575,000 ($388.03)
- Long Term Debt Outstanding Nonguaranteed - Water Utilities: $1,471,000 ($362.40)
- Long Term Debt Retired Unspecified - Water Utilities: $104,000 ($25.62)
- Miscellaneous - General Revenue, NEC: $100,000 ($24.64)
Interest Earnings: $62,000 ($15.27)
- Other Capital Outlay - Solid Waste Management: $116,000 ($28.58)
Police Protection: $86,000 ($21.19)
Central Staff: $56,000 ($13.80)
Water Utilities: $33,000 ($8.13)
Fire Protection: $3,000 ($0.74)
Libraries: $1,000 ($0.25)
General - Other: $1,000 ($0.25)
- Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $1,991,000 ($490.51)
- Revenue - Liquor Stores: $1,289,000 ($317.57)
Water Utilities: $139,000 ($34.24)
- State Intergovernmental - General Support: $218,000 ($53.71)
Highways: $160,000 ($39.42)
- Tax - Property: $1,079,000 ($265.83)
NEC: $4,000 ($0.99)
Alcoholic Beverage Sales: $3,000 ($0.74)
Total General Sales: $1,000 ($0.25)
- Total Salaries & Wages: $1,791,000 ($441.24)
- Water Utilities - Interest on Debt: $77,000 ($18.97)
4.65% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($30,020 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 4.65% | | North Carolina average: | 8.53% |
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:
4.49% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($31,766 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 4.49% | | North Carolina average: | 7.27% |
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 Rutherfordton:
- WWOL (780 AM; daytime; 10 kW; FOREST CITY, NC; Owner: HOLLY SPRINGS BAPTIST BROADCASTING CO., INC.)
- WGMA (1520 AM; daytime; 1 kW; SPINDALE, NC; Owner: MOONGLOW BROADCASTING, INC.)
- WCAB (590 AM; 1 kW; RUTHERFORDTON, NC; Owner: ISOTHERMAL BROADCASTING COMPANY, INC)
- WFGW (1010 AM; 50 kW; BLACK MOUNTAIN, NC; Owner: BLUE RIDGE BROADCASTING CORP.)
- WAGY (1320 AM; 1 kW; FOREST CITY, NC; Owner: WAGY, INC.)
- WLFJ (660 AM; daytime; 50 kW; GREENVILLE, SC; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
- WCSZ (1070 AM; 50 kW; SANS SOUCI, SC; Owner: WHYZ RADIO, L.P.)
- WJFJ (1160 AM; 10 kW; TRYON, NC; Owner: COLUMBUS BROADCAST CORPORATION, INC.)
- WHKY (1290 AM; 50 kW; HICKORY, NC; Owner: LONG COMMUNICATIONS, LLC.)
- WBCU (1460 AM; 50 kW; UNION, SC)
- WKJV (1380 AM; 25 kW; ASHEVILLE, NC; Owner: INTERNATIONAL BAPTIST OUTREACH MISSIONS)
- WBT (1110 AM; 50 kW; CHARLOTTE, NC; Owner: JEFFERSON-PILOT COMMUNICATNS CO. OF NORTH CAROLINA)
- WWRN (1350 AM; 10 kW; BLACK MOUNTAIN, NC; Owner: BLACK MOUNTAIN BROADCASTING CORP.)
Strongest FM radio stations in Rutherfordton:
- WAGI-FM (105.3 FM; GAFFNEY, SC; Owner: GAFFNEY BROADCASTING, INC.)
- WTPT (93.3 FM; FOREST CITY, NC; Owner: UPSTATE BROADCASTING, LLC)
- WMIT (106.9 FM; BLACK MOUNTAIN, NC; Owner: BLUE RIDGE BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
- WNCW (88.7 FM; SPINDALE, NC; Owner: ISOTHERMAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE)
- WSPA-FM (98.9 FM; SPARTANBURG, SC; Owner: ENTERCOM GREENVILLE LICENSE, LLC)
- WFBC-FM (93.7 FM; GREENVILLE, SC; Owner: ENTERCOM GREENVILLE LICENSE, LLC)
- WQNQ (104.3 FM; OLD FORT, NC; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
- WKSF (99.9 FM; ASHEVILLE, NC; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- WMYI (102.5 FM; HENDERSONVILLE, NC; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- WESC-FM (92.5 FM; GREENVILLE, SC; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
- W220CD (91.9 FM; ENKA, NC; Owner: CALVARY CHAPEL OF TWIN FALLS, INC.)
- WSSL-FM (100.5 FM; GRAY COURT, SC; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- WBAV-FM (101.9 FM; GASTONIA, NC; Owner: INFINITY RADIO SUBSIDIARY OPERATIONS INC.)
- WYFG (91.1 FM; GAFFNEY, SC; Owner: BIBLE BROADCASTING NETWORK, INC.)
- WPEG (97.9 FM; CONCORD, NC; Owner: INFINITY RADIO SUBSIDIARY OPERATIONS INC.)
- WLNK (107.9 FM; CHARLOTTE, NC; Owner: JEFFERSON-PILOT COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY OF NORTH CAROLINA)
- WNKS (95.1 FM; CHARLOTTE, NC; Owner: INFINITY RADIO SUBSIDIARY OPERATIONS INC.)
- WLYT (102.9 FM; HICKORY, NC; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- WMUU-FM (94.5 FM; GREENVILLE, SC; Owner: WMUU, INC.)
- W237AR (95.3 FM; HAZELWOOD, ETC., NC; Owner: WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA PUBLIC RADIO)
TV broadcast stations around Rutherfordton:
- WASV-TV (Channel 62; ASHEVILLE, NC; Owner: MEDIA GENERAL BROADCASTING OF SOUTH CAROLINA HOLDINGS, INC.)
- WBTV (Channel 3; CHARLOTTE, NC; Owner: JEFFERSON-PILOT COMMUNICATIONS/WBTV, INC.)
- WCNC-TV (Channel 36; CHARLOTTE, NC; Owner: WCNC-TV, INC.)
- WJZY (Channel 46; BELMONT, NC; Owner: WJZY-TV, INC.)
- WWWB (Channel 55; ROCK HILL, SC; Owner: WWWB-TV, INC.)
- WHNS (Channel 21; ASHEVILLE, NC; Owner: MEREDITH CORPORATION)
- WSQY-LP (Channel 66; SPARTANBURG, SC; Owner: ASHEVILLE MEDIA GROUP, LLC)
- WSPA-TV (Channel 7; SPARTANBURG, SC; Owner: MEDIA GENERAL BROADCASTING OF SO. CAROLINA HOLDINGS, INC.)
- WRET-TV (Channel 49; SPARTANBURG, SC; Owner: SOUTH CAROLINA EDUCATIONAL TV COMMISSION)
- WYFF (Channel 4; GREENVILLE, SC; Owner: WYFF HEARST-ARGYLE TELEVISION, INC.)
Fatal road traffic accident statistics for 1975 - 2009 (per 100,000 population)
Rutherfordton, North Carolina:
- Fatal accident count: 16
- Vehicles involved in fatal accidents: 19
- Fatal accidents caused by drunken drivers: 4
- Fatalities: 23
- Persons involved in fatal accidents: 49
- Pedestrians involved in fatal accidents: 1
North Carolina average:
- Fatal accident count: 102
- Vehicles involved in fatal accidents: 157
- Fatal accidents caused by drunken drivers: 29
- Fatalities: 110
- Persons involved in fatal accidents: 273
- Pedestrians involved in fatal accidents: 16
See more detailed statistics of Rutherfordton fatal car crashes and road traffic accidents for 1975 - 2009 here
2006 National Fire Incident Reporting System Incidents:
Incident types - Rutherfordton
See full 2006 National Fire Incident Reporting System statistics for Rutherfordton, NC
| Businesses in Rutherfordton, NC |
| Name | Count | | Name | Count |
| CVS | 1 | | Rite Aid | 1 |
| Domino's Pizza | 1 | | U-Haul | 1 |
| FedEx | 1 | | U.S. Cellular | 1 |
| GNC | 1 | | UPS | 4 |
| KFC | 1 | | Waffle House | 1 |
| Lane Furniture | 1 | | | |
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