U.S. Cities - City-Data Homepage  
Aaronsburg, Pennsylvania, Forum City-Data.com Homepage

Stearns, Kentucky

Back to Stearns, KY housing info, McCreary County, Kentucky, KY smaller cities, KY small cities, All Cities.


Stearns: Stearns Coal & Lumber Co.
 

We are giving away $1000 in prizes - enter simply by sending us your own city pictures!

  • General Map
  • Google Map
  • MSN Map
Stearns, KY map
Current weather forecast for Stearns, KY

McCreary County

Population in July 2007: 1,610.
Males: 758  (47.1%)
Females: 852  (52.9%)

Median resident age:  37.8 years
Kentucky median age:  35.9 years

Zip codes: 42647.


Estimated median household income in 2007: $26,670 (it was $20,833 in 2000)
Stearns:  $26,670
Kentucky:  $40,267

Estimated per capita income in 2007: $14,241
Stearns:  $14,241
Kentucky:  $21,951

Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $64,756 (it was $43,600 in 2000)
Stearns:  $64,756
Kentucky:  $114,300

Mean prices in 2007: All housing units: $88,037; Detached houses: $103,044; In 2-unit structures: $68,388; In 3-to-4-unit structures: $139,292; Mobile homes: $20,825

Stearns, KY residents, houses, and apartments details

Add your B&M business listing here for free. Over a million visitors/week. Get a huge advantage over your competition

Races in Stearns:

  • White Non-Hispanic (98.1%)
  • American Indian (1.6%)
  • Two or more races (0.6%)

2008 cost of living index in Stearns: 77.2 (low, U.S. average is 100)

Stearns, KY forum
Recent posts about Stearns, Kentucky on our local forum with over 700,000 registered users:
Berea Kentucky  (107 replies)
Vacation in KY  (24 replies)
Moving to Kentucky  (80 replies)
Train rides  (10 replies)
Leitchfield  (15 replies)

Latest news from Stearns, KY collected exclusively by city-data.com from local newspapers, TV, and radio stations

Ancestries: United States (30.6%), Irish (9.0%), English (8.8%), German (4.3%), Dutch (1.1%), French (1.1%).

Current Local Time: EST time zone

Elevation: 1351 feet

Land area: 4.00 square miles.

Population density: 403 people per square mile 
 
  (low).

Stearns,KY real estate house value index trend





Home Value Estimate
Address:
 Unit (optional):
City
 State
 Zip


Stearns, Kentucky map

For population 25 years and over in Stearns

  • High school or higher: 57.3%
  • Bachelor's degree or higher: 10.1%
  • Graduate or professional degree: 4.3%
  • Unemployed: 8.8%
  • Mean travel time to work: 18.6 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Stearns CDP

  • Never married: 17.4%
  • Now married: 52.5%
  • Separated: 5.4%
  • Widowed: 10.9%
  • Divorced: 13.9%

8 residents are foreign born

This place:  0.5%
Kentucky:  2.0%


According to our research there were 10 registered sex offenders living in Stearns, Kentucky in early 2007.
The ratio of number of residents in Stearns to the number of sex offenders is 161 to 1.

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

Stearns:  0.6% ($251)
Kentucky:  0.8% ($610)
Stearns satellite photo by USGS

Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Knoxville, TN (58.3 miles , pop. 173,890).

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Lexington-Fayette, KY (92.1 miles , pop. 260,512).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Chicago, IL (394.8 miles , pop. 2,896,016).

Nearest cities: Whitley City, KY (1.4 miles ), Pine Knot, KY (1.8 miles ), Co-operative, KY (2.7 miles ), Winfield, TN (3.1 miles ), Parkers Lake, KY (3.4 miles ), Oneida, TN (3.7 miles ), Gregory, KY (3.8 miles ), Cumberland Falls, KY (4.1 miles ).

Latitude: 36.70 N, Longitude: 84.48 W

Stearns household income distribution Stearns home values distribution

This place's Wikipedia profile

Most common industries for males (%):



  • Educational services (17%)
  • Leather and allied products (9%)
  • Broadcasting and telecommunications (7%)
  • Other transportation, and support activities, and couriers (7%)
  • Motor vehicle and parts dealers (6%)
  • Truck transportation (6%)
  • Apparel (6%)

Most common industries for females (%):



  • Educational services (20%)
  • Health care (13%)
  • Transportation equipment (9%)
  • Pharmacies and drug stores (7%)
  • Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (6%)
  • Leather and allied products (6%)
  • Food and beverage stores (6%)

Most common occupations for males (%)



  • Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (12%)
  • Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (10%)
  • Other production occupations including supervisors (10%)
  • Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
  • Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (6%)
  • Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
  • Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (5%)

Most common occupations for females (%)



  • Other production occupations including supervisors (13%)
  • Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (13%)
  • Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (9%)
  • Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (7%)
  • Cashiers (6%)
  • Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
  • Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (6%)



Stearns races chart

Average climate in Stearns, Kentucky

Based on data reported by over 4,000 weather stations

Stearns, Kentucky average temperatures Stearns, Kentucky average precipitation
 
Stearns, Kentucky humidity		  
Stearns, Kentucky wind speed
 
Stearns, Kentucky snowfall		  
Stearns, Kentucky sunshine
 
Stearns, Kentucky clear and cloudy days		  

Back to the top

Stearns-area historical tornado activity is near Kentucky state average. It is 37% greater than the overall U.S. average.

On 4/3/1974, a category 4 (max. wind speeds 207-260 mph) tornado 4.7 miles away from the Stearns place center .

On 4/3/1974, a category 4 tornado 22.8 miles away from the place center killed 10 people and injured 113 people and caused between $5000 and $50,000 in damages.


Stearns-area historical earthquake activity is near Kentucky state average. It is 82% smaller than the overall U.S. average.

On 11/30/1973 at 07:48:41, a magnitude 4.7 (4.7 MB, 4.6 ML, Class: Light, Intensity: IV - V) earthquake occurred 68.5 miles away from Stearns center
On 8/17/1990 at 21:01:17, a magnitude 4.0 (3.5 LG, 4.0 LG, Depth: 6.2 mi) earthquake occurred 63.4 miles away from the city center
On 10/26/1995 at 00:37:28, a magnitude 4.0 (3.9 MB, 4.0 LG, Depth: 0.6 mi) earthquake occurred 78.9 miles away from the city center
On 9/17/2004 at 15:21:43, a magnitude 3.7 (3.7 LG, Depth: 0.7 mi, Class: Light, Intensity: II - III) earthquake occurred 30.7 miles away from Stearns center
On 7/30/1997 at 12:29:23, a magnitude 3.8 (3.8 LG, Depth: 3.1 mi) earthquake occurred 56.7 miles away from the city center
On 4/19/1996 at 08:50:14, a magnitude 3.9 (3.9 MB) earthquake occurred 83.1 miles away from Stearns center
Magnitude types: regional Lg-wave magnitude (LG), body-wave magnitude (MB), local magnitude (ML)

Stearns topographic map

Hospitals/medical centers near Stearns:
  • SCOTT COUNTY HOSPITAL (about 14 miles; ONEIDA, TN)
  • BAPTIST REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER (about 20 miles; CORBIN, KY)
  • JELLICO COMMUNITY HOSPITAL (about 21 miles; JELLICO, TN)

Political contributions by individuals in Stearns, KY

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Stearns:
  • ROANE STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 54 miles; HARRIMAN, TN; Full-time enrollment: 3,490)
  • THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE (about 57 miles; KNOXVILLE, TN; FT enrollment: 23,333)
  • PELLISSIPPI STATE TECHNICAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 57 miles; KNOXVILLE, TN; FT enrollment: 5,196)
  • TENNESSEE TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY (about 67 miles; COOKEVILLE, TN; FT enrollment: 7,204)
  • CARSON-NEWMAN COLLEGE (about 69 miles; JEFFERSON CITY, TN; FT enrollment: 2,073)
  • EASTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY (about 74 miles; RICHMOND, KY; FT enrollment: 11,214)
  • WALTERS STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 77 miles; MORRISTOWN, TN; FT enrollment: 3,893)
Public high school in Stearns:
Public elementary/middle schools in Stearns:
See full list of schools located in Stearns


Stearns map

Click to draw/clear place borders

Hotel: Parkland Motel (Highway 27).

 

Average household size:
This place:  2.5 people
Kentucky:  2.5 people

Percentage of family households:
This place:  72.4%
Whole state:  69.4%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
This place:  3.4%
Whole state:  4.5%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
  • Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
  • Gay men: 0.5% of all households

Residents with income below the poverty level in 2007:
This place:  22.3%
Whole state:  15.8%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2007:
This place:  8.8%
Whole state:  6.6%

Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Stearns, KY


8 people in other group homes


Stearns compared to Kentucky state average:

Stearns, Kentucky environmental map by EPA

Map Legend

  • Median household income significantly below state average.
  • Median house value significantly below state average.
  • Unemployed percentage above state average.
  • Black race population percentage significantly below state average.
  • Hispanic race population percentage significantly below state average.
  • Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average.
  • House age below state average.
  • Number of college students below state average.
  • Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher significantly below state average.


Back to the top

Fire-safe hotels and motels in Stearns, Kentucky
  • Parkland Motel, HC 69, Stearns, KY 42647, Phone: (606) 876-5046
  • South Fork Motel, Bruce St, Stearns, KY 42647, Phone: (606) 376-3156
All 2 fire-safe hotels and motels in Stearns, Kentucky


Educational Attainment



School Enrollment by Level of School


Stearns travel time to work
Stearns mode of transportation to work chart


2004 Presidential Election results in McCreary County Kentucky:


Most commonly used house heating fuel:
  • Electricity (49%)
  • Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (26%)
  • Bottled, tank, or LP gas (10%)
  • Wood (8%)
  • Utility gas (7%)


Religion statistics for Stearns

Adherents


NameSouthern Baptist ConventionUnited Methodist ChurchChurch of Jesus Christ of Latter-day SaintsSeventh-Day Adventist ChurchOther religions
Adherents82.8%8.1%2.4%2.3%4.4%
Congregations50.0%16.7%5.6%5.6%22.2%
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.


4.53% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($27,403 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  4.53%
Kentucky average:  6.98%

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 Pulaski County, KY  0.72% ($27,871 average AGI)
from Scott County, TN  0.56% ($20,917)


4.82% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($21,278 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  4.82%
Kentucky average:  6.74%

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 Pulaski County, KY  1.01% ($22,818 average AGI)
to Scott County, TN  0.69% ($14,133)
to Whitley County, KY  0.28% ($20,583)


Strongest AM radio stations in Stearns:
  • WKVL (850 AM; daytime; 50 kW; KNOXVILLE, TN; Owner: HORNE RADIO, LLC)
  • WEKC (710 AM; daytime; 4 kW; WILLIAMSBURG, KY; Owner: GERALD PARKS)
  • WEZJ (1440 AM; 3 kW; WILLIAMSBURG, KY; Owner: WHITLEY BROADCASTING CO., INC.)
  • WKDP (1330 AM; 5 kW; CORBIN, KY; Owner: EUBANKS BROADCASTING, INC.)
  • WOCV (1310 AM; 1 kW; ONEIDA, TN; Owner: ONEIDA BROADCASTERS, INC.)
  • WHAS (840 AM; 50 kW; LOUISVILLE, KY; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
  • WSM (650 AM; 50 kW; NASHVILLE, TN; Owner: GAYLORD ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY)
  • WQBB (1040 AM; daytime; 10 kW; POWELL, TN; Owner: JOURNAL BROADCAST CORPORATION)
  • WWAM (820 AM; daytime; 50 kW; JASPER, TN; Owner: SHELTON BROADCASTING SYSTEM)
  • WNOX (990 AM; 10 kW; KNOXVILLE, TN)
  • WFLI (1070 AM; 50 kW; LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN, TN; Owner: WFLI, INC.)
  • WECO (940 AM; 5 kW; WARTBURG, TN; Owner: MORGAN COUNTY B/CASTING CO.)
  • WAMB (1160 AM; 50 kW; DONELSON, TN; Owner: GREAT SOUTHERN BROADCASTING COMPANY, INC.)

Strongest FM radio stations in Stearns:
  • WHAY (105.9 FM; WHITLEY CITY, KY; Owner: TIM LAVENDER)
  • WEKX (102.7 FM; JELLICO, TN; Owner: WHITLEY BROADCASTING CO., INC.)
  • WEZJ-FM (104.3 FM; WILLIAMSBURG, KY; Owner: WHITLEY BROADCASTING CO., INC.)
  • WDVX (89.9 FM; CLINTON, TN; Owner: CUMBERLAND COMMUNITIES COMMUNI CORP.)
  • WMIK-FM (92.7 FM; MIDDLESBORO, KY; Owner: GATEWAY BROADCASTING, INC.)
  • WMKZ (93.1 FM; MONTICELLO, KY; Owner: MONTICELLO-WAYNE COUNTY MEDIA, INC.)
  • WKYM (101.7 FM; MONTICELLO, KY; Owner: STEPHEN W. STAPLES JR.)
  • WOKI-FM (100.3 FM; OAK RIDGE, TN; Owner: OAK RIDGE FM, INC.)
  • WIMZ-FM (103.5 FM; KNOXVILLE, TN; Owner: SOUTH CENTRAL COMM., CORP.)
  • WSEK (97.1 FM; SOMERSET, KY; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
  • WKDP-FM (99.5 FM; CORBIN, KY; Owner: EUBANKS BROADCASTING, INC.)
  • WECO-FM (101.3 FM; WARTBURG, TN; Owner: MORGAN COUNTY BROADCASTING CO., INC.)
  • WCTT-FM (107.3 FM; CORBIN, KY; Owner: ENCORE COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
  • WTHL (90.5 FM; SOMERSET, KY; Owner: SOMERSET EDUCATIONAL BROADCASTING FOUNDATION)
  • WYGE (92.3 FM; LONDON, KY; Owner: ETHEL HUFF BROADCASTING, LLC)
  • WVCT (91.5 FM; KEAVY, KY; Owner: VICTORY TRAINING SCHOOL CORP.)

TV broadcast stations around Stearns:
  • WKSO-TV (Channel 29; SOMERSET, KY; Owner: KENTUCKY AUTHORITY FOR EDUCATIONAL TV)


Stearns fatal accident list:
Aug 27, 1995 08:46 AM, 1651, Vehicles: 1, Persons: 1, Fatalities: 1, Drunken drivers: 1


FCC Registered Private Land Mobile Towers: 2
  • Lat: 36.700556 Lon: -84.488667, Call Sign: WPXY810
    Assigned Frequencies : 152.930 MHz, 151.685 MHz
    Grant Date: 07/02/2003, Expiration Date: 07/02/2013, Certifier: Earl Wilson
    Registrant: Business Radio Licensing, 26941 Cabot Rd #134, Laguna Hills, CA 92653, Phone: (949) 348-8510
  • 120 Raider Way, Type: Mast, Structure height: 7.9 m, Overall height: 9.4 m, Call Sign: WQJD530
    Assigned Frequencies : 72.2000 MHz
    Grant Date: 07/31/2008, Expiration Date: 07/31/2018, Certifier: Mike Chaney
    Registrant: Primex Wireless, Inc., 965 Wells Street, Lake Geneva, WI 53147, Phone: (262) 249-2344

FCC Registered Microwave Towers: 1
  • STEARNS, 300 Ft Ne Of Int Cno&tp Railroad And Hwy 92, Overall height: 39.6 m, Call Sign: KBQ94
    Assigned Frequencies : 6603.75 MHz
    Grant Date: 01/14/2009, Expiration Date: 03/01/2019
    Registrant: Cincinnati New Orleans & Texas Pacific Railway Company, 1200 Peachtree St. Ne - Box 123, Atlanta, GA 30309, Phone: (404) 529-1493, Fax: (404) 527-2914, Email:

FCC Registered Amateur Radio Licenses: 7
  • Call Sign: KC4FSN, Previous Call Sign: , Licensee ID: L01474617
    Grant Date: 03/17/2009, Expiration Date: 04/05/2019
    Registrant: John M Sandidge, 63 Culver Ln, Stearns, KY 42647
  • Call Sign: KC4TLS, Previous Call Sign: , Licensee ID: L00311564
    Grant Date: 01/04/2001, Expiration Date: 04/02/2011, Certifier: Wendell L Waters
    Registrant: Wendell L Waters, 6 Childers Ridge Rd, Stearns, KY 42647
  • Call Sign: KF4GHQ, Previous Call Sign: , Licensee ID: L00181498
    Grant Date: 01/25/2006, Expiration Date: 01/25/2016
    Registrant: Leslie A Hamlin, 400 Pig Skin Road, Stearns, KY 42647
  • Call Sign: KF4GHR, Previous Call Sign: , Licensee ID: L00416859
    Grant Date: 01/24/1996, Expiration Date: 01/24/2006, Cancelation Date: 01/25/2008
    Registrant: Hellen L Peake, Stearns, KY 42647
  • Call Sign: KG4DAF, Previous Call Sign:
    Grant Date: 04/28/1999, Expiration Date: 04/28/2009
    Registrant: Barry E Richmond, Stearns, KY 42647
  • Call Sign: WD8JHL, Previous Call Sign: , Licensee ID: L00285806
    Grant Date: 08/15/2007, Expiration Date: 10/07/2017
    Registrant: Don R Staffey, Box 1181, Stearns, KY 42647
  • Call Sign: KI4WMP, Previous Call Sign: , Licensee ID: L01292816
    Grant Date: 06/15/2007, Expiration Date: 06/15/2017, Certifier: George R Penick
    Registrant: George R Penick, 1771 Clark Hollow Rd, Stearns, KY 42647


2006 National Fire Incident Reporting System Incidents:
  • Fire: 12

See Full 2006 National Fire Incident Reporting System Statistics for Stearns, KY

Back to Stearns, KY housing info, McCreary County, Kentucky, KY smaller cities, KY small cities, All Cities.

 

Back to the top


Recent home sales, price trends, and home value evaluator powered by Onboard Informatics
© 2009 Onboard Informatics. Information is deemed reliable but not guaranteed.
 
City-data.com does not guarantee the accuracy or timeliness of any information on this site.  Use at your own risk.
Some parts © 2003-2009 Advameg, Inc.