Sunfish, Kentucky

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Population (year 2000): 1,064

Males: 544	(51.1%)
Females: 520	(48.9%)

Edmonson County

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

Estimated median household income in 2005: $19,800 (it was $19,890 in 2000)

Sunfish	$19,800
Kentucky:	$37,369

Estimated median house/condo value in 2005: $48,600 (it was $50,900 in 2000)

Sunfish	$48,600
Kentucky:	$103,900

Sunfish, KY residents, houses, and apartments details

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Races in Sunfish:

White Non-Hispanic (99.8%)

Current Local Time: CST time zone

Elevation: 522 feet

Land area: 40.4 square miles.

Population density: 26 people per square mile

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For population 25 years and over in Sunfish

High school or higher: 53.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher: 1.8%
Graduate or professional degree: 0.0%
Unemployed: 13.9%
Mean travel time to work: 28.4 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Sunfish CCD

Never married: 14.6%
Now married: 70.5%
Separated: 2.8%
Widowed: 6.2%
Divorced: 8.7%

21 residents are foreign born

This place:	2.0%
Kentucky:	2.0%

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

Sunfish:	0.7% ($346)
Kentucky:	0.7% ($610)

Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Owensboro, KY (59.2 miles , pop. 54,067).

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Louisville, KY (79.6 miles , pop. 256,231).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Chicago, IL (327.4 miles , pop. 2,896,016).

Nearest cities: Jetson, KY (9.0 miles ), Brownsville, KY (11.6 miles ), Greencastle, KY (11.6 miles ), Caneyville, KY (11.8 miles ), Welchs Creek, KY (15.4 miles ), Lincoln, KY (15.6 miles ), Leitchfield, KY (16.1 miles ), Woodbury, KY (17.3 miles) .

Latitude: 37.28 N, Longitude: 86.40 W

Most common industries for males:

Repair and maintenance (15%)
Construction (11%)
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (10%)
Truck transportation (10%)
Public administration (10%)
Food (5%)
Machinery (5%)

Most common industries for females:

Educational services (20%)
Apparel (14%)
Personal and laundry services (10%)
Motor vehicle and parts dealers (7%)
Department and other general merchandise stores (7%)
Health care (7%)
Accommodation and food services (6%)

Most common occupations for males

Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (13%)
Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (13%)
Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (11%)
Farmers and farm managers (7%)
Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
Metal workers and plastic workers (7%)
Construction laborers (6%)

Most common occupations for females

Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (11%)
Bus drivers (9%)
Other sales and related workers including supervisors (8%)
Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (6%)
Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
Cooks and food preparation workers (6%)

Sunfish-area historical tornado activity is near Kentucky state average. It is 56% greater than the overall U.S. average.

On 4/3/1974, a category 5 (max. wind speeds 261-318 mph) tornado 32.4 miles away from the Sunfish place center killed 31 people and injured 270 people and caused between $500,000 and $5,000,000 in damages.

On 4/3/1974, a category 4 (max. wind speeds 207-260 mph) tornado 15.0 miles away from the place center injured 2 people.

Hospitals/medical centers near Sunfish:

TWINS LAKES REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER (about 14 miles; LEITCHFIELD, KY)
GREENVIEW REGIONAL HOSP (about 19 miles; BOWLING GREEN, KY)
RIVENDELL BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES (about 23 miles; BOWLING GREEN, KY)

Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to Sunfish:

BOWLING GREEN-WARREN COUNTY RGNL (about 23 miles; BOWLING GREEN, KY; ID: BWG)
OWENSBORO-DAVIESS COUNTY (about 62 miles; OWENSBORO, KY; ID: OWB)
LOUISVILLE INTL-STANDIFORD FIELD (about 77 miles; LOUISVILLE, KY; ID: SDF)

Other public-use airports nearest to Sunfish:

GRAYSON COUNTY (about 13 miles; LEITCHFIELD, KY; ID: M20)
ROUGH RIVER STATE PARK (about 24 miles; FALLS-OF-ROUGH, KY; ID: 2I3)
OHIO COUNTY (about 32 miles; HARTFORD, KY; ID: 7K4)

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Sunfish:

WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY (about 19 miles; BOWLING GREEN, KY; Full-time enrollment: 12,806)
ELIZABETHTOWN COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 48 miles; ELIZABETHTOWN, KY; FT enrollment: 2,217)
VOLUNTEER STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 61 miles; GALLATIN, TN; FT enrollment: 4,215)
VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY (about 80 miles; NASHVILLE, TN; FT enrollment: 9,823)
UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE (about 81 miles; LOUISVILLE, KY; FT enrollment: 15,514)
JEFFERSON COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 81 miles; LOUISVILLE, KY; FT enrollment: 5,290)
INDIANA UNIVERSITY-SOUTHEAST (about 82 miles; NEW ALBANY, IN; FT enrollment: 4,355)

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Churches in Sunfish include: South Union Church (A), Mount Pleasant Church (B), Cub Creek Church (C), Cedar Grove Church (D), Hunts Church (E). Display/hide their locations on the map

Cemetery: Cub Creek Cemetery (1). Display/hide its location on the map

Streams, rivers, and creeks: Nappers Branch (A), Big Reedy Branch (B), Claylick Branch (C), Cub Creek (D), Salt Well Branch (E), Watery Branch (F), West Fork Big Reedy Creek (G), Whetstone Creek (H). Display/hide their locations on the map

Average household size:

This place:	2.5 people
Kentucky:	2.5 people

Percentage of family households:

This place:	68.8%
Whole state:	69.4%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:

This place:	5.0%
Whole state:	4.5%

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

Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
Gay men: 0.7% of all households

Residents with income below the poverty level in 1999:

This place:	32.3%
Whole state:	15.8%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 1999:

This place:	8.9%
Whole state:	6.6%

Sunfish compared to Kentucky state average:

Median household income significantly below state average.
Median house value significantly below state average.
Unemployed percentage significantly 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.
Renting percentage significantly below state average.
House age 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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Educational Attainment

School Enrollment by Level of School

2004 Presidential Election results in Edmonson County Kentucky:

Most commonly used house heating fuel:

7.52% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($31,106 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	7.52%
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 Warren County, KY	2.34% ($30,383 average AGI)
from Barren County, KY	0.42% ($28,235)
from Jefferson County, KY	0.40% ($48,313)

7.41% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($28,471 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	7.41%
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 Warren County, KY	3.24% ($25,654 average AGI)
to Barren County, KY	0.82% ($24,152)
to Jefferson County, KY	0.42% ($31,588)

Strongest AM radio stations in Sunfish:

WKCT (930 AM; 5 kW; BOWLING GREEN, KY; Owner: DAILY NEWS BROADCASTING CO.)
WSM (650 AM; 50 kW; NASHVILLE, TN; Owner: GAYLORD ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY)
WAMB (1160 AM; 50 kW; DONELSON, TN; Owner: GREAT SOUTHERN BROADCASTING COMPANY, INC.)
WKDA (1200 AM; 50 kW; NASHVILLE, TN; Owner: RADIO NASHVILLE, INC.)
WHAS (840 AM; 50 kW; LOUISVILLE, KY; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
WLAC (1510 AM; 50 kW; NASHVILLE, TN; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
WNQM (1300 AM; 50 kW; NASHVILLE, TN; Owner: WNQM. INC.)
WWAM (820 AM; daytime; 50 kW; JASPER, TN; Owner: SHELTON BROADCASTING SYSTEM)
WBGN (1340 AM; 1 kW; BOWLING GREEN, KY; Owner: FOREVER COMMUNICATIONS INC)
WPLN (1430 AM; 15 kW; MADISON, TN)
WMTL (870 AM; daytime; 1 kW; LEITCHFIELD, KY; Owner: HERITAGE MEDIA OF KENTUCKY INC)
WLW (700 AM; 50 kW; CINCINNATI, OH; Owner: JACOR BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
WKVL (850 AM; daytime; 50 kW; KNOXVILLE, TN; Owner: HORNE RADIO, LLC)

Strongest FM radio stations in Sunfish:

WKLX (100.7 FM; BROWNSVILLE, KY; Owner: CHARLES M. ANDERSON)
WKYU-FM (88.9 FM; BOWLING GREEN, KY; Owner: WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY)
WGGC (95.1 FM; GLASGOW, KY; Owner: HERITAGE COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
WUHU (107.1 FM; SMITHS GROVE, KY; Owner: FOREVER COMMUNICATIONS INC)
WCVK (90.7 FM; BOWLING GREEN, KY; Owner: BOWLING GREEN COMMTY. B/CSTG, INC.)
WBVR-FM (96.7 FM; AUBURN, KY; Owner: FOREVER COMMUNICATIONS INC)
WUBT (101.1 FM; RUSSELLVILLE, KY; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
WWHR (91.7 FM; BOWLING GREEN, KY; Owner: WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY)
WDNS (93.3 FM; BOWLING GREEN, KY; Owner: DAILY NEWS BROADCASTING COMPANY)
W203BI (88.5 FM; BOWLING GREEN, KY; Owner: WAY-FM MEDIA GROUP, INC.)
WKHG (104.9 FM; LEITCHFIELD, KY; Owner: HERITAGE MEDIA OF KENTUCKY INC)
WBFI (91.5 FM; MCDANIELS, KY; Owner: BETHEL FELLOWSHIP, INC.)

TV broadcast stations around Sunfish:

WBKO (Channel 13; BOWLING GREEN, KY; Owner: GRAY MIDAMERICA TV LICENSEE CORP.)
W62CJ (Channel 62; JACKSON, TN; Owner: MS COMMUNICATIONS, LLC)
WKYU-TV (Channel 24; BOWLING GREEN, KY; Owner: WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY)
WKGB-TV (Channel 53; BOWLING GREEN, KY; Owner: KENTUCKY AUTHORITY FOR EDUCATIONAL TV)
WNKY (Channel 40; BOWLING GREEN, KY; Owner: MMK LICENSE LLC)

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