Average household size:
| This town: | 2.6 people | | Alabama: | 2.5 people |
Percentage of family households:
| This town: | 79.0% | | Whole state: | 70.0% |
Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
| This town: | 1.0% | | Whole state: | 3.4% |
No gay or lesbian households reported
Residents with income below the poverty level in 2008:
| This town: | 12.6% | | Whole state: | 16.1% |
Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2008:
| This town: | 2.9% | | Whole state: | 7.3% |
Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Sand Rock, AL
Sand Rock compared to Alabama state average:
- Median house value significantly below state average.
- Unemployed percentage significantly below state average.
- Black race population percentage significantly below state average.
- Hispanic race population percentage significantly below state average.
- Median age above state average.
- Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average.
- Renting 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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School Enrollment by Level of School
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2004 Presidential Election results in Cherokee County Alabama:
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Most commonly used house heating fuel:
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- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (45%)
- Electricity (34%)
- Utility gas (21%)
- Wood (1%)
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Religion statistics for Sand Rock
Percentage of population affiliated with a religious congregations: 52.58%
| Here |  | 52.6% |
| USA |  | 50.2% |
Breakdown of population affiliated with a religious congregations.
| Name | Southern Baptist Convention | United Methodist Church | Churches of Christ | Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) | Other |
| Adherents | 79.1% | 16.1% | 1.7% | 1.6% | 1.5% |
| Congregations | 61.3% | 27.5% | 5.0% | 2.5% | 3.8% |
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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 |
0 | $0 | | 7 | $773 |
| Totals for Government |
0 | $0 | | 7 | $773 |
Sand Rock government finances in 2002:
- Charges - All Other: $2,000
- Current Operations - Financial Administration: $26,000
Regular Highways: $9,000
Parks & Recreation: $8,000
General - Other: $1,000
- Federal Intergovernmental - General Support: $18,000
- General - Interest on Debt: $1,000
- Intergovernmental to Local NEC - Police Protection: $11,000
- Local Intergovernmental - General Support: $18,000
- Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding, NEC: $14,000
- Long Term Debt Outstanding - Full Faith & Credit - Other, NEC: $9,000
- Long Term Debt Retired Unspecified - Other, NEC: $5,000
- Miscellaneous - General Revenue, NEC: $6,000
Interest Earnings: $1,000
- Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $59,000
- State Intergovernmental - Highways: $37,000
General Support: $3,000
- Tax - Property: $26,000
Public Utilities: $17,000
NEC: $7,000
Motor Vehicle License: $3,000
Total General Sales: $1,000
- Total Salaries & Wages: $2,000
6.67% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($36,456 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 6.67% | | Alabama average: | 6.81% |
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:
5.57% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($28,802 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 5.57% | | Alabama average: | 6.16% |
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 Sand Rock:
- WNSI (810 AM; 50 kW; JACKSONVILLE, AL; Owner: UNITED BROADCASTING NETWORK, INC.)
- WKNG (1060 AM; daytime; 50 kW; TALLAPOOSA, GA; Owner: WKNG, INC.)
- WQRX (870 AM; daytime; 10 kW; VALLEY HEAD, AL; Owner: BARINOWSKI INVESTMENT COMPANY)
- WZOB (1250 AM; 5 kW; FORT PAYNE, AL; Owner: CENTRAL BROADCASTING COMPANY, INC.)
- WEIS (990 AM; 1 kW; CENTRE, AL; Owner: BAKER ENTERPRISES, INC.)
- WWAM (820 AM; daytime; 50 kW; JASPER, TN; Owner: SHELTON BROADCASTING SYSTEM)
- WAAX (570 AM; 5 kW; GADSDEN, AL; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- WFLI (1070 AM; 50 kW; LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN, TN; Owner: WFLI, INC.)
- WDJC (850 AM; 50 kW; BIRMINGHAM, AL; Owner: KIMTRON, INC.)
- WFTD (1080 AM; daytime; 50 kW; MARIETTA, GA; Owner: PRIETO ENTERPRISES, INC.)
- WGST (640 AM; 50 kW; ATLANTA, GA; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)
- WJBY (930 AM; 5 kW; RAINBOW CITY, AL; Owner: GADSDEN BROADCASTING COMPANY, INC.)
- WJOX (690 AM; 50 kW; BIRMINGHAM, AL; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
Strongest FM radio stations in Sand Rock:
- WRHY (105.9 FM; CENTRE, AL; Owner: WILLIAMS COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
- WQSB (105.1 FM; ALBERTVILLE, AL; Owner: SAND MOUNTAIN BROADCASTING SERVICE, INC.)
- WTBB (89.9 FM; GADSDEN, AL; Owner: TRINITY CHRISTIAN ACADEMY)
- WLJS-FM (91.9 FM; JACKSONVILLE, AL; Owner: BD. OF TRUSTEES/JACKSONVILLE STATE UNIVERSITY)
- WGMZ (93.1 FM; GLENCOE, AL; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- WSGN (91.5 FM; GADSDEN, AL; Owner: GADSDEN STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE)
- WJCK (88.3 FM; PIEDMONT, AL; Owner: IMMANUEL BROADCASTING NETWORK, INC.)
- WTBJ (91.3 FM; OXFORD, AL; Owner: TRINITY CHRISTIAN ACADEMY)
- W215BA (90.9 FM; ROME, GA; Owner: PENSACOLA CHRISTIAN COLLEGE, INC.)
- WKCX (97.7 FM; ROME, GA; Owner: BRIAR CREEK BROADCASTING CORP.)
- WKEA-FM (98.3 FM; SCOTTSBORO, AL; Owner: KEA RADIO, INC.)
- WBDX (102.7 FM; TRENTON, GA; Owner: PARTNERS FOR CHRISTIAN RADIO, INC.)
- WQTU (102.3 FM; ROME, GA; Owner: MCDOUGALD BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
- WVOK-FM (97.9 FM; OXFORD, AL; Owner: WOODARD BROADCASTING CO. INC.)
- W212AR (90.3 FM; LINDALE, GA; Owner: WAY-FM MEDIA GROUP, INC.)
- WKXX (102.9 FM; ATTALLA, AL; Owner: BROADCAST MEDIA LLC)
- WATG (95.7 FM; TRION, GA; Owner: TTA BROADCASTING, INC)
- WTWX-FM (95.9 FM; GUNTERSVILLE, AL; Owner: GUNTERSVILLE BROADCASTING CO., INC.)
TV broadcast stations around Sand Rock:
- WPXH (Channel 44; GADSDEN, AL; Owner: PAXSON COMMUNICATIONS LICENSE COMPANY, LLC)
- W64BJ (Channel 64; SCOTTSBORO, AL; Owner: TRINITY BROADCASTING NETWORK)
Sand Rock fatal accident list:
Jun 2, 2003 06:35 AM, Sr-68, Vehicles: 3, Persons: 5, Fatalities: 2
FCC Registered Paging Towers: 1- (Lat: 34.207028 Lon: -85.763833), Call Sign: KIM913
Assigned Frequencies : 152.750 MHz Expiration Date: 07/01/1998, Cancelation Date: 07/02/1998
Registrant: Tds Telecom, 301 S Westfield Road, Madison, WI 53717, Phone: (608) 845-4091
FCC Registered Amateur Radio Licenses: 1- Call Sign: KI4GCP, Previous Call Sign: , Licensee ID: L00882349
Grant Date: 06/23/2004, Expiration Date: 06/23/2014, Certifier: Beverly J Daniel
Registrant: Beverly J Daniel, 4285 Valley St, Sand Rock, AL 35983
2006 National Fire Incident Reporting System Incidents:
Sand Rock on our top lists:
- #12 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of females in occupations: Sales and office occupations:"
- #18 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of males working in industry: Florists"
- #25 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of males working in industry: Apparel"
- #29 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of males in occupations: Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks"
- #50 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of females working in industry: Fuel dealers"
- #70 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of females in occupations: Social scientists and related workers"
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