Average household size:
| This city: |  2.2 people | | Texas: |  2.7 people |
Percentage of family households:
| This city: | 61.2% | | Whole state: | 71.0% |
Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
| This city: | 2.5% | | Whole state: | 4.4% |
No gay or lesbian households reported
Residents with income below the poverty level in 2007:
| This city: | 19.8% | | Whole state: | 15.4% |
Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2007:
| This city: | 7.8% | | Whole state: | 6.7% |
Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Spur, TX
38 people in nursing homes
Spur compared to Texas state average:
- Median house value significantly below state average.
- Hispanic race population percentage significantly above state average.
- Median age above state average.
- Foreign-born population percentage above state average.
- Institutionalized population percentage above state average.
- Number of college students significantly 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 Spur (2009 data):
- Spur Security Bank: at 120 West Harris Street, branch established on 1933-12-23. Info updated 2006-11-03: Bank assets: $33.6 mil, Deposits: $29.8 mil, local headquarters, positive income, Agricultural Specialization, 1 total offices, Holding Company: Ranco Bancshares, Inc.
School Enrollment by Level of School
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2004 Presidential Election results in Dickens County Texas:
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Most commonly used house heating fuel:
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- Utility gas (48%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (30%)
- Electricity (21%)
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Religion statistics for Spur
| Name | Southern Baptist Convention | Catholic Church | United Methodist Church | Churches of Christ | Other religions |
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| Adherents | 57.6% | 12.3% | 10.9% | 10.8% | 8.4% |
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| Congregations | 26.3% | 5.3% | 15.8% | 26.3% | 26.3% |
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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.
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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 |
3 | $6,098 | $24,392 | 0 | $0 |
| Police Protection - Officers |
2 | $5,092 | $30,552 | 0 | $0 |
| Streets and Highways |
1 | $2,532 | $30,384 | 0 | $0 |
| Parks and Recreation |
1 | $1,606 | $19,272 | 0 | $0 |
| Water Supply |
1 | $2,338 | $28,056 | 0 | $0 |
| Gas Supply |
2 | $5,072 | $30,432 | 0 | $0 |
| Local Libraries |
0 | $0 | | 2 | $900 |
| Totals for Government |
10 | $22,738 | $27,286 | 2 | $900 |
Spur government finances in 2002:
- Charges - Solid Waste Management: $142,000
Sewerage: $89,000
- Current Operations - Gas Utilities: $342,000
Water Utilities: $324,000
Solid Waste Management: $235,000
Financial Administration: $130,000
Regular Highways: $95,000
Police Protection: $87,000
Sewerage: $82,000
Fire Protection: $53,000
Parks & Recreation: $51,000
Libraries: $17,000
Health Services - Other: $5,000
- General - Interest on Debt: $4,000
- Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding - Water Utilities: $533,000
- Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding, NEC: $61,000
- Long Term Debt Outstanding - Full Faith & Credit - Other, NEC: $56,000
- Long Term Debt Outstanding Nonguaranteed - Water Utilities: $527,000
- Long Term Debt Retired Unspecified - Water Utilities: $6,000
Other, NEC: $5,000
- Miscellaneous - General Revenue, NEC: $93,000
Interest Earnings: $4,000
- Revenue - Gas Utilities: $418,000
Water Utilities: $364,000
- Sinking Fund - Cash & Deposits: $149,000
- Tax - Property: $263,000
Total General Sales: $46,000
Public Utilities: $26,000
- Total Salaries & Wages: $93,000
- Water Utilities - Interest on Debt: $24,000
6.10% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($61,786 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 6.10% | | Texas average: | 8.37% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.
8.76% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($35,903 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 8.76% | | Texas average: | 7.44% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.
Strongest AM radio stations in Spur:
- KCLR (1530 AM; daytime; 5 kW; RALLS, TX; Owner: PAULINO BERNAL)
- KICA (980 AM; 50 kW; CLOVIS, NM; Owner: BROADCAST ENTERTAINMENT CORPORATION)
- KMUL (1380 AM; 50 kW; MULESHOE, TX; Owner: BROADCAST ENTERTAINMENT CORPORATION)
- KJTV (950 AM; 5 kW; LUBBOCK, TX; Owner: RAMAR COMMUNICATIONS II, LTD.)
- KFYO (790 AM; 5 kW; LUBBOCK, TX; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- WBAP (820 AM; 50 kW; FORT WORTH, TX; Owner: WBAP-KSCS OPERATING, LTD.)
- KVOP (1090 AM; 5 kW; PLAINVIEW, TX; Owner: EQUICOM, INC)
- KINF (1020 AM; 50 kW; ROSWELL, NM; Owner: JAMES CRYSTAL HOLDINGS OF NEW MEXICO, INC.)
- KAHZ (1360 AM; 50 kW; HURST, TX)
- KGYN (1210 AM; 50 kW; GUYMON, OK; Owner: TELNS BROADCASTING COMPANY, INC.)
- KESS (1270 AM; 50 kW; FORT WORTH, TX; Owner: KESS-AM LICENSE CORP.)
- KKYX (680 AM; 50 kW; SAN ANTONIO, TX; Owner: CXR HOLDINGS, INC.)
- KRLD (1080 AM; 50 kW; DALLAS, TX; Owner: TEXAS INFINITY BROADCASTING L.P.)
Strongest FM radio stations in Spur:
- KOFR (107.3 FM; POST, TX; Owner: KXOJ, INC.)
TV broadcast stations around Spur:
- KLBK-TV (Channel 13; LUBBOCK, TX; Owner: QUORUM OF TEXAS LICENSE, LLC)
- KJTV-TV (Channel 34; LUBBOCK, TX; Owner: RAMAR COMMUNICATIONS II, LTD.)
Spur fatal accident list:
Oct 13, 1991 10:30 AM, Swensonprk, Vehicles: 1, Persons: 2, Pedestrians: 1, Fatalities: 1, Drunken drivers: 1
FCC Registered Cell Phone Towers: 2- Intersection Of Fm 836 And Fm 2794, Structure height: 128 m, Call Sign: KNKN949
Assigned Frequencies : 880.020 MHz, 891.510 MHz, 835.020 MHz, 880.020 MHz, 835.020 MHz, 846.510 MHz
Grant Date: 09/06/2000, Expiration Date: 10/01/2010
Registrant: Bennet & Bennet Pllc, 10 G Street Ne 7th Floor, Washington, DC 20002, Phone: (202) 371-1500, Fax: (202) 371-1558, Email:
- Off Of S21, 1.7 Km Nw Of Spur, Structure height: 693.4 m, Call Sign: KNKN515
Assigned Frequencies : 869.040 MHz, 890.010 MHz, 834.390 MHz, 879.390 MHz, 824.040 MHz, 845.010 MHz
Grant Date: 11/29/2000, Expiration Date: 10/01/2010
Registrant: Verizon Wireless, 1120 Sanctuary Pkwy, #150 Gasa5reg, Alpharetta, GA 30009-7630, Phone: (770) 797-1070, Fax: (770) 797-1036, Email:
FCC Registered Antenna Towers: 4- James Whitefield, 2662 Fm 385 #b, "white River" Tower, Type: Tower, Structure height: 36.6 m, Overall height: 42.7 m
Registrant: Bennet & Bennet, Pllc, 4350 East West Highway, Suite 201, Bethesda, MD 20814, Phone: (202) 371-1500, Email:
- J.C. ROBERTS, Off Of Sr-21, 1.7 Km Nw, Type: Tower, Structure height: 121.9 m, Overall height: 128 m
Registrant: Commercial Radio Co., 1915- Texas Ave., Lubbock, TX 79405-1116, Phone: (806) 744-5333, Email:
- Jason D Griffith, 420 Ft North, North, East Of Intersection Of Turnbull & Hill St., Type: Tower, Structure height: 60.9 m, Overall height: 64.9 m
Registrant: American Electric Power Service Corporation, Tulsa, OK 74102-0201, Phone: (918) 599-2104, Email:
- West Side, Type: Tower, Structure height: 121.9 m, Overall height: 127.4 m
Registrant: Dickens Electric Cooperative Inc, Spur, TX 79370-0309, Phone: (806) 271-3311
FCC Registered Commercial Land Mobile Towers: 1- 511 E Hill St, Type: Tower, Structure height: 9 m, Overall height: 21 m, Call Sign: WPKN946, Licensee ID: L00102746
Assigned Frequencies : 461.350 MHz, 461.450 MHz, 461.800 MHz, 462.025 MHz, 464.100 MHz
Grant Date: 04/03/2007, Expiration Date: 05/20/2017, Certifier: Jay Jenkins
Registrant: Jp Jenkins Inc, 5811 B W 34th, Lubbock, TX 79407, Phone: (806) 795-5823, Fax: (806) 795-2444
FCC Registered Private Land Mobile Towers: 1- Lat: 33.480000 Lon: -100.874722, Call Sign: WQAM836
Assigned Frequencies : 153.590 MHz, 158.130 MHz
Grant Date: 07/06/2004, Expiration Date: 07/06/2014, Certifier: Charles Walton
Registrant: South Plains Electric Cooperative, Inc., 4727 W. Loop 289, Suite 200, Lubbock, TX 79408, Phone: (806) 775-7732, Fax: (806) 795-2444, Email:
FCC Registered Microwave Towers: 4- SPUR, On Fm 836 2 Mi S, Type: Tower, Structure height: 121.9 m, Overall height: 127.4 m, Call Sign: WNTP414, Licensee ID: L00004077
Assigned Frequencies : 6745.00 MHz
Grant Date: 05/02/2002, Expiration Date: 07/14/2012
Registrant: Brazos Electric Power Cooperative Inc, 2404 Lasalle Ave, Waco, TX 76702-2585, Phone: (254) 750-6385, Fax: (254) 750-6590, Email:
- 601 Burlington, Structure height: 4.6 m, Overall height: 10.7 m, Call Sign: WNTZ882
Assigned Frequencies : 952.243 MHz, 928.243 MHz
Grant Date: 08/11/2000, Expiration Date: 08/08/2010
Registrant: Phone: (512) 908-4300 - SPUR, 121 East Third, Overall height: 50.3 m, Call Sign: WHQ880, Licensee ID: L00004308
Assigned Frequencies : 2124.80 MHz, 2115.20 MHz, 2121.60 MHz, 2128.00 MHz
Grant Date: 01/17/2001, Expiration Date: 02/01/2011, Cancelation Date: 01/13/2009
Registrant: Cap Rock Telephone Cooperative Inc, Spur, TX 79390 - SPUR, 121 E 3rd, Overall height: 50.3 m, Call Sign: WLV322
Assigned Frequencies : 2128.00 MHz
Grant Date: 01/23/2001, Expiration Date: 02/01/2011, Cancelation Date: 01/14/2009
Registrant: Phone: (806) 271-3336
FCC Registered Amateur Radio Licenses: 1- Call Sign: N5TOL, Previous Call Sign: , Licensee ID: L00781434
Grant Date: 12/15/2003, Expiration Date: 01/18/2014, Certifier: Ronald L Austin
Registrant: Ronald L Austin, 706 N Carroll, Spur, TX 79370
FAA Registered Aircrafts: 2- Aircraft: CESSNA 175 (Fixed wing single engine, Category: Land, Seats: 4, Weight: Up to 12,499 Pounds, Speed: 105 mph), Engine: CONT MOTOR GO-300 SERIES (175 HP) (Reciprocating)
N-Number: 7604M , Serial Number: 55904, Year manufactured: 1959, Airworthiness Date: 03/02/1959
Registrant (Individual): David Rex Vaughn, 599 Cr 237, Spur, TX 79370 - Aircraft: CESSNA 150C (Fixed wing single engine, Category: Land, Seats: 2, Weight: Up to 12,499 Pounds, Speed: 90 mph), Engine: CONT MOTOR 0-200 SERIES (100 HP) (Reciprocating)
N-Number: 7814Z , Serial Number: 15059914, Year manufactured: 1963, Airworthiness Date: 04/16/1963
Registrant (Co-Owned): Tommy R Henderson, 2261 County Road 333, Spur, TX 79370, Other Owners: Ruby S Hnederson
2006 National Fire Incident Reporting System Incidents:- Fire: 28
- Hazardous Condition: 1
- Good Intent Call: 2
See Full 2006 National Fire Incident Reporting System Statistics for Spur, TX
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