South Mountain, Texas

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Population in July 2008: 372. Population change since 2000: -9.7%

Males: 179	(48.3%)
Females: 193	(51.7%)

Median resident age:	37.4 years
Texas median age:	32.3 years

Zip codes: 76528.

Estimated median household income in 2007: $39,480 (it was $31,250 in 2000)

South Mountain:	$39,480
Texas:	$47,548

Estimated per capita income in 2007: $18,980

South Mountain:	$18,980
Texas:	$23,938

Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $77,335 (it was $59,700 in 2000)

South Mountain:	$77,335
Texas:	$120,900

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Races in South Mountain:

White Non-Hispanic (84.5%)
Hispanic (9.5%)
Other race (7.0%)
Black (1.9%)
Filipino (1.5%)
Asian Indian (1.5%)
Two or more races (0.7%)

(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics could be counted in other races)

2008 cost of living index in South Mountain: 74.7 (low, U.S. average is 100)

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Ancestries: United States (19.7%), English (15.5%), Irish (15.5%), German (9.7%), Scottish (2.4%), French Canadian (1.9%).

Current Local Time: CST time zone

Land area: 1.63 square miles.

Population density: 228 people per square mile

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For population 25 years and over in South Mountain

High school or higher: 75.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher: 14.7%
Graduate or professional degree: 3.6%
Unemployed: 7.3%
Mean travel time to work: 17.2 minutes

For population 15 years and over in South Mountain town

Never married: 22.0%
Now married: 65.1%
Separated: 0.0%
Widowed: 3.0%
Divorced: 9.9%

21 residents are foreign born (3.2% Latin America, 1.2% Asia, 0.7% Europe).

This town:	5.1%
Texas:	13.9%

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

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

South Mountain:	1.0% ($607)
Texas:	1.8% ($1,393)

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Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Killeen, TX (23.0 miles , pop. 86,911).

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Austin, TX (78.6 miles , pop. 656,562).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Dallas, TX (107.8 miles , pop. 1,188,580).

Nearest cities: Gatesville, TX (1.9 miles ), Oglesby, TX (3.1 miles ), Flat, TX (3.2 miles ), Turnersville, TX (3.6 miles ), North Coryell, TX (3.7 miles ), McGregor, TX (3.9 miles ), Crawford, TX (3.9 miles ), Valley Mills, TX (4.4 miles ).

Latitude: 31.44 N, Longitude: 97.68 W

Area code commonly used in this area: 254

South Mountain household income distribution

Population change in the 1990s: +178 (+76.1%).

Most common industries for males (%):

Construction (21%)
Public administration (19%)
Repair and maintenance (7%)
Motor vehicle and parts dealers (5%)
Real estate and rental and leasing (5%)
Educational services (5%)
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (4%)

Most common industries for females (%):

Public administration (27%)
Finance and insurance (18%)
Health care (15%)
Clothing and clothing accessories, including shoe, stores (9%)
Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
Educational services (4%)
Plastics and rubber products (3%)

Most common occupations for males (%)

Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (9%)
Other production occupations including supervisors (9%)
Law enforcement workers including supervisors (8%)
Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
Metal workers and plastic workers (6%)
Business operations specialists (5%)
Carpenters (5%)

Most common occupations for females (%)

Law enforcement workers including supervisors (14%)
Other sales and related workers including supervisors (11%)
Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (10%)
Financial managers (8%)
Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (8%)
Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (8%)
Other healthcare support occupations (5%)

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Average climate in South Mountain, Texas

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South Mountain-area historical tornado activity is slightly above Texas state average. It is 143% greater than the overall U.S. average.

On 5/6/1973, a category 5 (max. wind speeds 261-318 mph) tornado 17.8 miles away from the South Mountain town center .

On 5/11/1953, a category 5 tornado 32.1 miles away from the town center killed 114 people and injured 597 people and caused between $5,000,000 and $50,000,000 in damages.

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Hospitals/medical centers near South Mountain:

CORYELL MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 3 miles; GATESVILLE, TX)
PROVIDENCE HEALTH CENTER (about 26 miles; WACO, TX)
GOODALL WITCHER HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION (about 27 miles; CLIFTON, TX)

Amtrak station near South Mountain:

17 miles: MCGREGOR (1 AMTRAK BLVD.). Services: fully wheelchair accessible, enclosed waiting area, public restrooms, public payphones, vending machines, free short-term parking, free long-term parking, call for taxi service.

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to South Mountain:

CENTRAL TEXAS COLLEGE (about 26 miles; KILLEEN, TX; Full-time enrollment: 6,777)
TEMPLE COLLEGE (about 26 miles; TEMPLE, TX; FT enrollment: 2,054)
UNIVERSITY OF MARY HARDIN-BAYLOR (about 28 miles; BELTON, TX; FT enrollment: 2,257)
MCLENNAN COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 29 miles; WACO, TX; FT enrollment: 3,658)
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY (about 30 miles; WACO, TX; FT enrollment: 13,183)
TEXAS STATE TECHNICAL COLLEGE-WACO (about 37 miles; WACO, TX; FT enrollment: 3,218)
TARLETON STATE UNIVERSITY (about 63 miles; STEPHENVILLE, TX; FT enrollment: 6,068)

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Church in South Mountain: Friendship Church (A). Display/hide its location on the map

Average household size:

This town:	2.8 people
Texas:	2.7 people

Percentage of family households:

This town:	82.9%
Whole state:	71.0%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:

This town:	4.8%
Whole state:	4.4%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)

Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
Gay men: 0.7% of all households

Residents with income below the poverty level in 2007:

This town:	6.7%
Whole state:	15.4%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2007:

This town:	2.7%
Whole state:	6.7%

Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in South Mountain, TX

South Mountain compared to Texas state average:

Black race population percentage below state average.
Hispanic race population percentage significantly above state average.
Foreign-born population percentage significantly above state average.
Renting percentage below state average.
House age below state average.

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Educational Attainment

School Enrollment by Level of School

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2004 Presidential Election results in Coryell County Texas:

Most commonly used house heating fuel:
	Electricity (50%) Utility gas (34%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (13%) Wood (3%)

Religion statistics for South Mountain

Adherents

Name	Southern Baptist Convention	Charismatic Churches Independent	United Methodist Church	Catholic Church	Churches of Christ
Adherents	52.1%	17.1%	9.1%	6.5%	3.3%
Congregations	36.4%	1.3%	13.0%	2.6%	11.7%

Name	Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints	Lutheran Church	Pentecostal Church of God	Assemblies of God	Other religions
Adherents	3.1%	2.2%	1.2%	1.0%	4.3%
Congregations	3.9%	5.2%	2.6%	2.6%	20.8%

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.

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
Other Government Administration	0	$0		1	$212
Totals for Government	0	$0		1	$212

26.82% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($24,509 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	26.82%
Texas average:	8.37%

3.21% of residents moved from foreign countries ($3,031 average AGI)
Coryell County: 3.21%
Texas average: 0.20%

Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:

from Bell County, TX	4.21% ($26,974 average AGI)
from McLennan County, TX	0.43% ($28,818)
from Lampasas County, TX	0.39% ($32,356)

30.18% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($25,628 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	30.18%
Texas average:	7.44%

1.65% of residents moved to foreign countries ($1,420 average AGI)
Coryell County: 1.65%
Texas average: 0.11%

Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:

to Bell County, TX	8.26% ($26,036 average AGI)
to Lampasas County, TX	0.68% ($36,622)
to El Paso County, TX	0.65% ($26,391)

Strongest AM radio stations in South Mountain:

KRZX (1660 AM; 10 kW; WACO, TX; Owner: VAN D. GOODALL, JR.)
WBAP (820 AM; 50 kW; FORT WORTH, TX; Owner: WBAP-KSCS OPERATING, LTD.)
KBBW (1010 AM; 10 kW; WACO-MARLIN, TX; Owner: AMERICAN BROADCASTING OF TEXAS)
KRZI (1580 AM; 10 kW; WACO, TX; Owner: VAN D. GOODALL, JR.)
KESS (1270 AM; 50 kW; FORT WORTH, TX; Owner: KESS-AM LICENSE CORP.)
KAHZ (1360 AM; 50 kW; HURST, TX)
KRLD (1080 AM; 50 kW; DALLAS, TX; Owner: TEXAS INFINITY BROADCASTING L.P.)
KZMP (1540 AM; 50 kW; UNIVERSITY PARK, TX; Owner: ENTRAVISION HOLDINGS, LLC)
KTKR (760 AM; 50 kW; SAN ANTONIO, TX; Owner: CCB TEXAS LICENSES, L.P.)
KKYX (680 AM; 50 kW; SAN ANTONIO, TX; Owner: CXR HOLDINGS, INC.)
KFXR (1190 AM; 50 kW; DALLAS, TX; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
KSKY (660 AM; 20 kW; BALCH SPRINGS, TX; Owner: BISON MEDIA, INC.)
WOAI (1200 AM; 50 kW; SAN ANTONIO, TX; Owner: CCB TEXAS LICENSES, L.P.)

Strongest FM radio stations in South Mountain:

KVLZ (98.3 FM; GATESVILLE, TX; Owner: EDUCATIONAL MEDIA FOUNDATION)
WACO-FM (99.9 FM; WACO, TX; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
KWTX-FM (97.5 FM; WACO, TX; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
KBGO (95.7 FM; WACO, TX; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
KNCT-FM (91.3 FM; KILLEEN, TX; Owner: CENTRAL TEXAS COLLEGE)
KDHT (93.3 FM; CEDAR PARK, TX; Owner: EMMIS AUSTIN RADIO BROADCASTING COMPANY, L.P.)
KHHL (98.9 FM; LEANDER, TX; Owner: AMIGO RADIO, LTD.)
KWOW (104.1 FM; CLIFTON, TX; Owner: M&M BROADCASTERS, LTD.)
KLFX (107.3 FM; NOLANVILLE, TX; Owner: SHELDON BROADCASTING, LTD.)
KBDE (89.9 FM; TEMPLE, TX; Owner: AMERICAN FAMILY ASSOCIATION)
KLTD (101.7 FM; TEMPLE, TX; Owner: CUMULUS LICENSING CORP.)
KSSM (103.1 FM; COPPERAS COVE, TX; Owner: CUMULUS LICENSING CORP.)
KVLT (88.5 FM; TEMPLE, TX; Owner: AMERICAN EDUCATIONAL BROADCASTING, INC)
KUSJ (105.5 FM; HARKER HEIGHTS, TX; Owner: CUMULUS LICENSING CORP.)
KOOC (106.3 FM; BELTON, TX; Owner: CUMULUS LICENSING CORP.)
KLRK (92.9 FM; MARLIN, TX; Owner: VAN D. GOODALL, JR.)
KWBU-FM (103.3 FM; WACO, TX; Owner: BRAZOS VALLEY PUBLIC BROADCASTING FOUNDATION)
KBCT (94.5 FM; WACO, TX; Owner: KENNELWOOD BCST/G COMPANY, INC.)
KIIZ-FM (92.3 FM; KILLEEN, TX; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)

TV broadcast stations around South Mountain:

KWKT (Channel 44; WACO, TX; Owner: COMCORP OF TEXAS LICENSE CORP.)
KXXV (Channel 25; WACO, TX; Owner: CENTEX TELEVISION LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
KWTX-TV (Channel 10; WACO, TX; Owner: KWTX-KBTX LICENSEE CORP.)
KCEN-TV (Channel 6; TEMPLE, TX; Owner: CHANNEL 6, INC.)
KNCT (Channel 46; BELTON, TX; Owner: CENTRAL TEXAS COLLEGE)
KWBU-TV (Channel 34; WACO, TX; Owner: BRAZOS VALLEY PUBLIC BROADCASTING FOUNDATION)
KAKW (Channel 62; KILLEEN, TX; Owner: KAKW LICENSE PARTNERSHIP, L.P.)

	A) FHA, FSA/RHS & VA Home Purchase Loans		B) Conventional Home Purchase Loans		C) Refinancings		D) Home Improvement Loans
Home Mortgage Disclosure Act Aggregated Statistics For Year 2007 (Based on 1 partial tract)
	Number	Average Value	Number	Average Value	Number	Average Value	Number	Average Value
LOANS ORIGINATED	1	$66,190	1	$89,060	1	$76,170	0	$0
APPLICATIONS APPROVED, NOT ACCEPTED	0	$0	0	$0	0	$0	0	$0
APPLICATIONS DENIED	0	$0	0	$0	1	$94,520	1	$30,660
APPLICATIONS WITHDRAWN	0	$0	0	$0	0	$0	0	$0
FILES CLOSED FOR INCOMPLETENESS	0	$0	0	$0	0	$0	0	$0

Choose year: 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999

Detailed HMDA statistics for the following Tracts: 0102.00

	A) Conventional Home Purchase Loans
Private Mortgage Insurance Companies Aggregated Statistics For Year 2004 (Based on 1 partial tract)
	Number	Average Value
LOANS ORIGINATED	1	$55,520
APPLICATIONS APPROVED, NOT ACCEPTED	0	$0
APPLICATIONS DENIED	0	$0
APPLICATIONS WITHDRAWN	0	$0
FILES CLOSED FOR INCOMPLETENESS	0	$0

Detailed PMIC statistics for the following Tracts: 0102.00

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