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Blount County

Population in July 2007: 1,935.
Males: 958  (49.5%)
Females: 977  (50.5%)

Median resident age:  40.3 years
Alabama median age:  35.8 years

Zip codes: 35180.


Estimated median household income in 2007: $69,444 (it was $56,295 in 2000)
Smoke Rise:  $69,444
Alabama:  $40,554

Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $192,181 (it was $125,000 in 2000)
Smoke Rise:  $192,181
Alabama:  $115,600

Mean prices in 2007: All housing units: $203,339; Detached houses: $207,700; Mobile homes: $62,959

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Races in Smoke Rise:

  • White Non-Hispanic (98.3%)
  • American Indian (1.4%)
  • Two or more races (1.0%)

2008 cost of living index in Smoke Rise: 78.0 (low, U.S. average is 100)

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Ancestries: United States (31.2%), Irish (16.5%), English (11.2%), French (5.7%), German (4.7%), Scotch-Irish (3.3%).

Current Local Time: CST time zone

Elevation: 1030 feet

Land area: 6.44 square miles.

Population density: 301 people per square mile 
 
 (very low).

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For population 25 years and over in Smoke Rise

  • High school or higher: 82.5%
  • Bachelor's degree or higher: 14.7%
  • Graduate or professional degree: 5.7%
  • Unemployed: 2.4%
  • Mean travel time to work: 42.8 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Smoke Rise CDP

  • Never married: 17.8%
  • Now married: 72.2%
  • Separated: 0.0%
  • Widowed: 3.9%
  • Divorced: 6.1%

24 residents are foreign born

This place:  1.4%
Alabama:  2.0%

According to our research there were no registered sex offenders living in this place in early 2007.

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

Smoke Rise:  0.2% ($261)
Alabama:  0.4% ($289)
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Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Birmingham, AL (24.2 miles , pop. 242,820).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Chicago, IL (553.0 miles , pop. 2,896,016).

Nearest cities: Hayden, AL (2.0 miles ), Warrior, AL (2.1 miles ), Trafford, AL (2.4 miles ), Colony, AL (2.5 miles ), County Line, AL (2.6 miles ), Kimberly, AL (2.7 miles ), Morris, AL (3.0 miles ), Garden City, AL (3.2 miles ).

Latitude: 33.87 N, Longitude: 86.83 W

Area code commonly used in this area: 205

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Most common industries for males (%):



  • Construction (12%)
  • Truck transportation (12%)
  • Repair and maintenance (9%)
  • Motor vehicle and parts dealers (8%)
  • Metal and metal products (5%)
  • Administrative and support and waste management services (5%)
  • Rail transportation (4%)

Most common industries for females (%):



  • Health care (21%)
  • Educational services (15%)
  • Finance and insurance (12%)
  • Public administration (9%)
  • Social assistance (7%)
  • Personal and laundry services (6%)
  • Metal and metal products (5%)

Most common occupations for males (%)



  • Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (20%)
  • Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (11%)
  • Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
  • Retail sales workers except cashiers (5%)
  • Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (5%)
  • Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
  • Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)

Most common occupations for females (%)



  • Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (20%)
  • Child care workers (9%)
  • Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
  • Health technologists and technicians (6%)
  • Personal appearance workers (6%)
  • Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
  • Secondary school teachers (5%)



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Smoke Rise-area historical tornado activity is above Alabama state average. It is 267% greater than the overall U.S. average.

On 4/4/1977, a category 5 (max. wind speeds 261-318 mph) tornado 20.3 miles away from the Smoke Rise place center killed 22 people and injured 130 people and caused between $5,000,000 and $50,000,000 in damages.

On 4/8/1998, a category 5 tornado 20.5 miles away from the place center killed 32 people and injured 259 people and caused $200 million in damages.


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Hospitals/medical centers near Smoke Rise:
  • MEDICAL CENTER BLOUNT (about 17 miles; ONEONTA, AL)
  • WOODLAND MEDICAL CENTER (about 21 miles; CULLMAN, AL)
  • MEDICAL CENTER EAST INC (about 21 miles; BIRMINGHAM, AL)

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Smoke Rise:
  • GEORGE C WALLACE STATE COMMUNITY COLL-HANCEVILLE (about 12 miles; HANCEVILLE, AL; Full-time enrollment: 3,272)
  • BEVILL STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 16 miles; SUMITON, AL; FT enrollment: 2,670)
  • JEFFERSON STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 23 miles; BIRMINGHAM, AL; FT enrollment: 3,279)
  • UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM (about 24 miles; BIRMINGHAM, AL; FT enrollment: 12,178)
  • SAMFORD UNIVERSITY (about 29 miles; BIRMINGHAM, AL; FT enrollment: 4,106)
  • JOHN C CALHOUN STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 51 miles; DECATUR, AL; FT enrollment: 4,547)
  • UNIVERSITY OF MONTEVALLO (about 53 miles; MONTEVALLO, AL; FT enrollment: 2,651)

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Churches in Smoke Rise include: Stewart Church (A), Zola Baptist Church (B). Display/hide their locations on the map

 

Average household size:
This place:  2.7 people
Alabama:  2.5 people

Percentage of family households:
This place:  82.9%
Whole state:  70.0%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
This place:  2.0%
Whole state:  3.4%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
  • Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
  • Gay men: 0.2% of all households

Residents with income below the poverty level in 2007:
This place:  2.6%
Whole state:  16.1%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2007:
This place:  0.9%
Whole state:  7.3%

Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Smoke Rise, AL



Smoke Rise compared to Alabama 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 rooms per house above state average.
  • Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher below state average.


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Most commonly used house heating fuel:
  • Utility gas (55%)
  • Electricity (36%)
  • Bottled, tank, or LP gas (9%)


Religon statistics for Smoke Rise

Adherents


NameSouthern Baptist ConventionUnited Methodist ChurchChurch of God (Cleveland, Tennessee)Assemblies of GodChurch of the Nazarene
Adherents70.1%14.0%5.0%1.9%1.7%
Congregations47.1%18.8%8.0%1.4%3.6%
NameChurches of ChristCatholic ChurchCumberland Presbyterian ChurchInternational Pentecostal Holiness ChurchOther religions
Adherents1.6%1.5%0.9%0.8%2.5%
Congregations5.8%0.7%2.9%0.7%10.9%
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.


7.26% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($34,685 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  7.26%
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:
from Jefferson County, AL  3.18% ($37,239 average AGI)
from Marshall County, AL  0.44% ($24,284)
from Cullman County, AL  0.43% ($24,528)


6.13% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($33,328 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  6.13%
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:
to Jefferson County, AL  2.09% ($35,540 average AGI)
to Cullman County, AL  0.57% ($28,872)
to Marshall County, AL  0.51% ($25,333)


Strongest AM radio stations in Smoke Rise:
  • WDJC (850 AM; 50 kW; BIRMINGHAM, AL; Owner: KIMTRON, INC.)
  • WAPI (1070 AM; 50 kW; BIRMINGHAM, AL; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
  • WJOX (690 AM; 50 kW; BIRMINGHAM, AL; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
  • WCOC (1010 AM; 5 kW; DORA, AL; Owner: AZTECA COMMUNICATIONS OF ALABAMA, INC.)
  • WNSI (810 AM; 50 kW; JACKSONVILLE, AL; Owner: UNITED BROADCASTING NETWORK, INC.)
  • WERC (960 AM; 5 kW; BIRMINGHAM, AL; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
  • WLOR (1550 AM; 50 kW; HUNTSVILLE, AL; Owner: BCA RADIO, LLC)
  • WRJS (1320 AM; 5 kW; BIRMINGHAM, AL; Owner: CXR HOLDINGS, INC.)
  • WMCJ (1460 AM; 5 kW; CULLMAN, AL)
  • WYDE (1260 AM; 5 kW; BIRMINGHAM, AL; Owner: KIMTRON, INC.)
  • WLPH (1480 AM; daytime; 5 kW; IRONDALE, AL; Owner: BIRMINGHAM CHRISTIAN RADIO, INC.)
  • WKNG (1060 AM; daytime; 50 kW; TALLAPOOSA, GA; Owner: WKNG, INC.)
  • WWAM (820 AM; daytime; 50 kW; JASPER, TN; Owner: SHELTON BROADCASTING SYSTEM)

Strongest FM radio stations in Smoke Rise:
  • WYDE-FM (101.1 FM; CULLMAN, AL; Owner: KIMTRON, INC.)
  • WRAX (107.7 FM; BIRMINGHAM, AL; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
  • WBPT (106.9 FM; BIRMINGHAM, AL; Owner: CXR HOLDINGS, INC.)
  • WBHK (98.7 FM; WARRIOR, AL; Owner: CXR HOLDINGS, INC.)
  • WZZK-FM (104.7 FM; BIRMINGHAM, AL; Owner: CXR HOLDINGS, INC.)
  • WBHM (90.3 FM; BIRMINGHAM, AL; Owner: BD OF TRUSTEES/U OF AL AT BIRMINGHAM)
  • WODL (97.3 FM; HOMEWOOD, AL; Owner: CXR HOLDINGS, INC.)
  • WDXB (102.5 FM; JASPER, AL; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
  • WYSF (94.5 FM; BIRMINGHAM, AL; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
  • WMJJ (96.5 FM; BIRMINGHAM, AL; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
  • WQEN (103.7 FM; GADSDEN, AL; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
  • WDJC-FM (93.7 FM; BIRMINGHAM, AL; Owner: KIMTRON, INC.)
  • WZRR (99.5 FM; BIRMINGHAM, AL; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
  • WENN (105.9 FM; TRUSSVILLE, AL; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
  • WGIB (91.9 FM; BIRMINGHAM, AL; Owner: GLEN IRIS BAPTIST SCHOOL)
  • WBFR (89.5 FM; BIRMINGHAM, AL; Owner: FAMILY STATIONS, INC.)
  • WQOP-FM (92.5 FM; DORA, AL; Owner: QUEEN OF PEACE RADIO, INC.)
  • WFMH-FM (95.5 FM; HOLLY POND, AL; Owner: VOICE OF CULLMAN, L.L.C.)
  • WKLD (97.7 FM; ONEONTA, AL; Owner: BLOUNT COUNTY BROADCASTING SERVICE INC.)
  • WRSA-FM (96.9 FM; DECATUR, AL; Owner: NCA, INC.)

TV broadcast stations around Smoke Rise:
  • WIAT (Channel 42; BIRMINGHAM, AL; Owner: MEDIA GENERAL COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
  • WBIQ (Channel 10; BIRMINGHAM, AL; Owner: ALABAMA EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION COMMISSION)
  • WDBB (Channel 17; BESSEMER, AL; Owner: WDBB-TV, INC.)
  • WBRC (Channel 6; BIRMINGHAM, AL; Owner: WBRC LICENSE, INC.)
  • WTTO (Channel 21; HOMEWOOD, AL; Owner: WTTO LICENSEE, LLC)
  • WCFT-TV (Channel 33; TUSCALOOSA, AL; Owner: TV ALABAMA, INCORPORATED)
  • WVTM-TV (Channel 13; BIRMINGHAM, AL; Owner: BIRMINGHAM BROADCASTING (WVTM-TV), LLC)
  • WABM (Channel 68; BIRMINGHAM, AL; Owner: BIRMINGHAM (WABM-TV) LICENSEE, INC.)
  • WTJP (Channel 60; GADSDEN, AL; Owner: TRINITY BROADCASTING NETWORK)
  • WBXA-CA (Channel 2; BIRMINGHAM, AL; Owner: THE BOX WORLDWIDE LLC)
  • WPXH (Channel 44; GADSDEN, AL; Owner: PAXSON COMMUNICATIONS LICENSE COMPANY, LLC)
  • W27CM (Channel 27; BIRMINGHAM, AL; Owner: EQUITY BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
  • W46DK (Channel 46; BIRMINGHAM, AL; Owner: TRINITY BROADCASTING NETWORK)
  • W23AK (Channel 23; JASPER, AL; Owner: WMTY, INC.)
  • W55BJ (Channel 55; JASPER, AL; Owner: COMBS BROADCASTING, INC.)
  • W66CN (Channel 66; JASPER, AL; Owner: TRINITY BROADCASTING NETWORK)
  • WJSU-TV (Channel 40; ANNISTON, AL; Owner: TV ALABAMA, INC.)
  • WBMA-LP (Channel 58; BIRMINGHAM, AL; Owner: TV ALABAMA, INC.)
  • WCQT-LP (Channel 52; CULLMAN, AL; Owner: FIRST CULLMAN BROADCASTING, INC.)



Home Mortgage Disclosure Act Aggregated Statistics For Year 2007
(Based on 1 partial tract)
A) FHA, FSA/RHS & VA
Home Purchase Loans
B) Conventional
Home Purchase Loans
C) Refinancings
D) Home Improvement Loans
F) Non-occupant Loans on
< 5 Family Dwellings (A B C & D)
G) Loans On Manufactured
Home Dwelling (A B C & D)
NumberAverage ValueNumberAverage ValueNumberAverage ValueNumberAverage ValueNumberAverage ValueNumberAverage Value
LOANS ORIGINATED1$143,08015$120,22111$118,6952$55,6102$56,5102$55,765
APPLICATIONS APPROVED, NOT ACCEPTED0$02$62,5352$115,7550$00$01$51,360
APPLICATIONS DENIED0$03$80,7308$129,5563$67,7500$01$84,210
APPLICATIONS WITHDRAWN0$01$183,5703$123,4131$59,8000$00$0
FILES CLOSED FOR INCOMPLETENESS0$01$104,6401$174,1900$00$00$0
Choose year:  2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999

See detailed HMDA statistics for the following Tracts: 0506.00

Private Mortgage Insurance Companies Aggregated Statistics For Year 2007
(Based on 1 partial tract)
A) Conventional
Home Purchase Loans
B) Refinancings
C) Non-occupant Loans on
< 5 Family Dwellings (A & B)
NumberAverage ValueNumberAverage ValueNumberAverage Value
LOANS ORIGINATED8$135,7812$123,8601$40,740
APPLICATIONS APPROVED, NOT ACCEPTED1$106,4400$00$0
APPLICATIONS DENIED0$00$00$0
APPLICATIONS WITHDRAWN0$00$00$0
FILES CLOSED FOR INCOMPLETENESS0$00$00$0
Choose year:  2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999

See detailed PMIC statistics for the following Tracts: 0506.00

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