Sunnyside, Utah

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Population in July 2008: 377. Population change since 2000: -6.7%

Males: 171	(45.5%)
Females: 206	(54.5%)

Median resident age:	40.3 years
Utah median age:	27.1 years

Zip codes: 84539.

Estimated median household income in 2007: $45,138 (it was $32,955 in 2000)

Sunnyside:	$45,138
Utah:	$55,109

Estimated per capita income in 2007: $17,704

Sunnyside:	$17,704
Utah:	$22,603

Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $85,845 (it was $46,900 in 2000)

Sunnyside:	$85,845
Utah:	$218,700

Mean prices in 2007: All housing units: $80,681; Detached houses: $89,970; Mobile homes: $20,962; Occupied boats, RVs, vans, etc.: $5,000

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Races in Sunnyside:

White Non-Hispanic (79.0%)
Hispanic (20.3%)
Other race (6.9%)
Two or more races (1.7%)

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

2008 cost of living index in Sunnyside: 80.0 (low, U.S. average is 100)

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Ancestries: English (23.3%), German (10.1%), Irish (8.2%), Italian (5.4%), Dutch (5.2%), Danish (4.2%).

Current Local Time: MST time zone

Elevation: 6710 feet

Land area: 3.14 square miles.

Population density: 120 people per square mile

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For population 25 years and over in Sunnyside

High school or higher: 77.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher: 8.3%
Graduate or professional degree: 5.0%
Unemployed: 9.2%
Mean travel time to work: 37.1 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Sunnyside city

Never married: 13.7%
Now married: 72.3%
Separated: 0.0%
Widowed: 7.6%
Divorced: 6.4%

5 residents are foreign born

This city:	1.2%
Utah:	7.1%

According to our research there were 2 registered sex offenders living in Sunnyside, Utah in early 2007.
The ratio of number of residents in Sunnyside to the number of sex offenders is 189 to 1.

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

Sunnyside:	0.6% ($264)
Utah:	0.7% ($956)

Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Provo, UT (82.2 miles , pop. 105,166).

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Northeast Jefferson, CO (282.2 miles , pop. 450,166).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Phoenix, AZ (426.9 miles , pop. 1,321,045).

Nearest cities: East Carbon, UT (1.1 miles ), Wellington, UT (4.2 miles ), Price, UT (4.7 miles ), South Duchesne, UT (4.9 miles) , Elmo, UT (5.0 miles ), Helper, UT (5.1 miles ), Cleveland, UT (5.3 miles ), Huntington, UT (5.8 miles ).

Single-family new house construction building permits:

1996: 1 building, cost: $32,700
1997: 0 buildings
1998: 0 buildings

Latitude: 39.55 N, Longitude: 110.40 W

Area code commonly used in this area: 435

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Population change in the 1990s: +66 (+19.5%).

Most common industries for males (%):

Mining (26%)
Administrative and support and waste management services (19%)
Public administration (10%)
Truck transportation (6%)
Health care (6%)
Machinery, equipment, and supplies merchant wholesalers (4%)
Construction (3%)

Most common industries for females (%):

Educational services (21%)
Finance and insurance (11%)
Social assistance (11%)
Public administration (10%)
Health care (8%)
Food and beverage stores (7%)
Publishing, and motion picture and sound recording industries (5%)

Most common occupations for males (%)

Extraction workers (15%)
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (12%)
Law enforcement workers including supervisors (7%)
Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (7%)
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
Supervisors, construction and extraction workers (6%)
Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)

Most common occupations for females (%)

Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (11%)
Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (8%)
Child care workers (8%)
Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (7%)
Cashiers (7%)
Laborers and material movers, hand (7%)
Media and communication equipment workers (5%)

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Average climate in Sunnyside, Utah

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Sunnyside-area historical earthquake activity is below Utah state average. It is 1% smaller than the overall U.S. average.

On 4/17/2003 at 01:04:19, a magnitude 4.7 (4.7 MB, 4.4 ML, Depth: 0.2 mi, Class: Light, Intensity: IV - V) earthquake occurred 77.7 miles away from Sunnyside center
On 3/7/2000 at 02:16:04, a magnitude 4.3 (4.3 MB, 4.2 ML, Depth: 1.1 mi) earthquake occurred 27.1 miles away from the city center
On 1/6/1996 at 12:55:58, a magnitude 4.3 (4.3 MB, 4.2 MD, Depth: 0.4 mi) earthquake occurred 39.3 miles away from the city center
On 7/19/2001 at 20:15:34, a magnitude 4.5 (4.5 MB, 4.3 ML, Depth: 2.3 mi) earthquake occurred 82.7 miles away from Sunnyside center
On 6/24/1992 at 07:31:20, a magnitude 4.4 (4.4 MB, 4.4 ML, Depth: 0.1 mi) earthquake occurred 81.6 miles away from the city center
On 8/6/2007 at 08:48:40, a magnitude 4.2 (4.2 MB, 3.9 ML, Depth: 1.0 mi) earthquake occurred 45.0 miles away from Sunnyside center
Magnitude types: body-wave magnitude (MB), duration magnitude (MD), local magnitude (ML)

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Hospitals/medical centers near Sunnyside:

CASTLEVIEW HOSPITAL (about 21 miles; PRICE, UT)
UINTAH BASIN MEDICAL CENTER (about 52 miles; ROOSEVELT, UT)
SANPETE VALLEY HOSPITAL (about 66 miles; MOUNT PLEASANT, UT)

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Sunnyside:

SNOW COLLEGE (about 67 miles; EPHRAIM, UT; Full-time enrollment: 2,632)
UTAH VALLEY STATE COLLEGE (about 86 miles; OREM, UT; FT enrollment: 14,182)
BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY (about 90 miles; PROVO, UT; FT enrollment: 29,977)
MESA STATE COLLEGE (about 103 miles; GRAND JUNCTION, CO; FT enrollment: 4,415)
SALT LAKE COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 111 miles; SALT LAKE CITY, UT; FT enrollment: 11,896)
UNIVERSITY OF PHOENIX-UTAH CAMPUS (about 112 miles; SALT LAKE CITY, UT; FT enrollment: 2,021)
UNIVERSITY OF UTAH (about 114 miles; SALT LAKE CITY, UT; FT enrollment: 19,866)

Public high school in Sunnyside:

EAST CARBON HIGH (Students: 145; Location: 100 VIKING BLVD; Grades: 07 - 12)

Public elementary/middle school in Sunnyside:

PETERSEN ELEM SCH (Students: 135; Location: 595 EDGEHILL; Grades: KG - 06)

User submitted facts and corrections:

Do to lack of students East Carbon High, Home to the Vikings. has been closed. Now kids are bused to price schools.

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Cemetery: Sunnyside City Cemetery (1). Display/hide its location on the map

Drinking water stations with addresses in Sunnyside and their reported violations in the past:

SUNNYSIDE CITY WATER SYST (Population served: 398, Purch_groundwater):

Past monitoring violations:

One routine major monitoring violation

Average household size:

This city:	2.5 people
Utah:	3.1 people

Percentage of family households:

This city:	65.6%
Whole state:	76.3%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:

This city:	3.8%
Whole state:	3.4%

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

Lesbian couples: 0.6% of all households
Gay men: 0.0% of all households

Residents with income below the poverty level in 2007:

This city:	14.7%
Whole state:	9.4%

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

This city:	3.1%
Whole state:	3.9%

Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Sunnyside, UT

Sunnyside compared to Utah 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 above state average.
Median age above state average.
Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average.
Renting percentage significantly below state average.
Length of stay since moving in above 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

Sunnyside mode of transportation to work chart

2004 Presidential Election results in Carbon County Utah:

Most commonly used house heating fuel:
	Utility gas (95%) Coal or coke (4%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)

Religion statistics for Sunnyside

Adherents

Name	Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints	Catholic Church	Southern Baptist Convention	Christian and Missionary Alliance	Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America
Adherents	68.8%	19.2%	2.6%	2.5%	2.4%
Congregations	57.4%	6.4%	6.4%	4.3%	2.1%

Name	United Methodist Church	Evangelical Lutheran Church in America	International Church of the Foursquare Gospel	Episcopal Church	Other religions
Adherents	1.1%	0.7%	0.5%	0.5%	1.8%
Congregations	2.1%	2.1%	2.1%	4.3%	12.8%

Source: Jones, Dale E., et al. 2002. Congregations and Membership in the United States 2000. Nashville, TN: Glenmary Research Center.
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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
Financial Administration	2	$4,874	$29,244	0	$0
Other Government Administration	0	$0		6	$800
Firefighters	0	$0		9	$315
Streets and Highways	2	$4,490	$26,940	0	$0
Health	0	$0		14	$3,963
Totals for Government	4	$9,364	$28,092	29	$5,078

Sunnyside government finances in 2006:

Charges - Sewerage: $50,000
Solid Waste Management: $19,000

Miscellaneous Commercial Activities: $4,000

All Other: $1,000
Current Operations - Water Utilities: $87,000
Health - Other: $81,000

Police Protection: $52,000

Central Staff Services: $47,000

General - Other: $38,000

Judicial and Legal Services: $27,000

Financial Administration: $22,000

Solid Waste Management: $21,000

Local Fire Protection: $20,000

Regular Highways: $20,000

General Public Buildings: $19,000

Parks and Recreation: $19,000

Sewerage: $14,000

Miscellaneous Commercial Activities, NEC: $8,000
General - Interest on Debt: $11,000
Long Term Debt Retired Unspecified Public Purpose: $93,000
Miscellaneous - General Revenue, NEC: $139,000
Rents: $13,000

Interest Earnings: $9,000
NEW for 2005 - Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding - Unspecified Public Purpose: $1,464,000
Long Term Debt Outstanding Unspecified Public Purpose: $1,371,000
Other Funds - Cash and Securities: $58,000
Revenue - Water Utilities: $121,000
Sinking Funds - Cash and Securities: $194,000
State Intergovernmental - All Other: $168,000
Highways: $17,000
Tax - Property: $185,000
General Sales and Gross Receipts: $44,000

Other Selective Sales: $20,000

Public Utilities Sales: $3,000

NEC: $2,000

Occupation and Business License, NEC: $1,000
Total Salaries and Wages: $205,000
Water Utilities - Interest on Debt: $9,000

6.86% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($34,147 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	6.86%
Utah average:	8.03%

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 Emery County, UT	1.02% ($33,254 average AGI)
from Salt Lake County, UT	0.96% ($28,794)
from Utah County, UT	0.52% ($34,941)

7.29% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($32,956 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	7.29%
Utah average:	7.46%

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 Salt Lake County, UT	1.58% ($31,192 average AGI)
to Utah County, UT	0.85% ($28,321)
to Emery County, UT	0.49% ($35,094)

Strongest AM radio stations in Sunnyside:

KOAL (750 AM; 10 kW; PRICE, UT; Owner: EASTERN UTAH BROADCASTING CO.)
KSLL (1080 AM; daytime; 10 kW; PRICE, UT; Owner: AGAINST THE WIND BROADCASTING, INC.)
KALL (700 AM; 50 kW; NORTH SALT LAKE CITY, UT; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)
KNZZ (1100 AM; 50 kW; GRAND JUNCTION, CO; Owner: M B C GRAND BROADCASTING, INC.)
KIQN (1010 AM; 50 kW; TOOELE, UT)
KMTI (650 AM; 10 kW; MANTI, UT; Owner: SANPETE COUNTY BROADCASTING COMPANY)
KSL (1160 AM; 50 kW; SALT LAKE CITY, UT; Owner: BONNEVILLE HOLDING COMPANY)
KJOL (620 AM; 10 kW; GRAND JUNCTION, CO; Owner: UNITED MINISTRIES)
KNEU (1250 AM; 5 kW; ROOSEVELT, UT; Owner: COUNTRY GOLD BROADCASTING, INC.)
KTKK (630 AM; 10 kW; SANDY, UT; Owner: UNITED BROADCASTING COMPANY)
KTNN (660 AM; 50 kW; WINDOW ROCK, AZ; Owner: THE NAVAJO NATION)
KBEE (860 AM; 10 kW; SALT LAKE CITY, UT; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
KVEL (920 AM; 5 kW; VERNAL, UT; Owner: ASHLEY COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)

Strongest FM radio stations in Sunnyside:

KWSA (100.9 FM; PRICE, UT; Owner: AGAINST THE WIND BROADCASTING, INC.)
K208AQ (89.5 FM; PRICE, UT; Owner: UNIVERSITY OF UTAH)
K220ET (91.9 FM; PRICE, UT; Owner: EDUCATIONAL MEDIA FOUNDATION)
K288AN (105.5 FM; PRICE, UT; Owner: CARBON COUNTY)
KLGL (97.5 FM; RICHFIELD, UT; Owner: SANPETE COUNTY BROADCASTING CO.)
KMXU (105.1 FM; MANTI, UT; Owner: MILLCREEK BROADCASTING, LLC)

FCC Registered Commercial Land Mobile Towers: 1

Heading Se 15 Km From Sunnyside Post Office, Type: Tower, Structure height: 9 m, Overall height: 10 m, Call Sign: WPJP993
Assigned Frequencies : 929.737 MHz
Grant Date: 08/29/1996, Expiration Date: 08/29/2006, Cancelation Date: 07/10/2001, Certifier: Donna Comer
Registrant: Paging Network Of America, Inc., 1500 International Pkwy, Suite 300, Richardson, TX 75081, Phone: (972) 801-0304, Fax: (972) 801-0330

FCC Registered Microwave Towers: 5

BRUIN POINT, Ne 1/4 Of Ne 1/4 Of Section 4, Township 13 S, Range 14 E, Type: Tower, Structure height: 36.6 m, Overall height: 39.6 m, Call Sign: WMQ926
Assigned Frequencies : 6375.14 MHz, 6670.62 MHz, 6670.00 MHz, 6256.54 MHz, 6197.24 MHz, 6404.79 MHz
Grant Date: 02/27/2001, Expiration Date: 02/01/2011, Certifier: Gene Dejordy Esq
Registrant: Alltel Communications, LLC, One Allied Drive, B1f02-D, Little Rock, AR 72202, Phone: (501) 905-8555, Fax: (501) 905-6193, Email:
Bruin Point 11.5 Km Nne Of, Overall height: 30.5 m, Call Sign: WMU436, Licensee ID: L01011585
Assigned Frequencies : 656.000 MHz
Grant Date: 11/24/1993, Expiration Date: 10/01/2014
Registrant: Larry H. Miller Communications Corp., P. O. Box 22630, Salt Lake City, UT 84122
Bruin Point 11.5 Km Nne Of, Overall height: 30.5 m, Call Sign: WMU437, Licensee ID: L01011585
Assigned Frequencies : 656.000 MHz
Grant Date: 11/24/1993, Expiration Date: 10/01/2014
Registrant: Larry H. Miller Communications Corp., P. O. Box 22630, Salt Lake City, UT 84122
HORSE CANYON, Ne Corner Of The Ne 1/2 Of Sec 24, Type: Tower, Structure height: 54.9 m, Overall height: 57.9 m, Call Sign: WQDM912
Assigned Frequencies : 6165.10 MHz
Grant Date: 10/04/2005, Expiration Date: 10/04/2015, Certifier: John T Scott Iii
Registrant: Verizon Wireless, 1120 Sanctuary Pkwy, #150, Gasa5reg, Alpharetta, GA 30004, Phone: (770) 797-1070, Fax: (770) 797-1036, Email:
Bruin Peak, Bruin Peak 10km Sw Of Sunnyside, Type: Tower, Structure height: 29 m, Overall height: 35 m, Call Sign: WQKC760
Assigned Frequencies : 6286.19 MHz
Grant Date: 04/01/2009, Expiration Date: 04/01/2019, Certifier: Derol R Simkins
Registrant: State Of Utah Department Of Information Technology, 4501 S 2700 W, Salt Lake City, UT 84119-5740, Phone: (801) 576-8270, Fax: (801) 965-4519, Email:

2006 National Fire Incident Reporting System Incidents:

Hazardous Condition: 1

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