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Bell County

Population in July 2007: 1,832.
Males: 921  (50.3%)
Females: 911  (49.7%)

Median resident age:  36.3 years
Kentucky median age:  35.9 years

Estimated median household income in 2007: $24,297 (it was $18,979 in 2000)
Tejay:  $24,297
Kentucky:  $40,267

Estimated per capita income in 2007: $18,897
Tejay:  $18,897
Kentucky:  $21,951

Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $61,488 (it was $41,400 in 2000)
Tejay:  $61,488
Kentucky:  $114,300

Mean prices in 2007: All housing units: $70,646; Detached houses: $83,206; Townhouses or other attached units: $180,368; Mobile homes: $28,728

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Races in Tejay:

  • White Non-Hispanic (99.2%)
  • Hispanic (0.6%)

2008 cost of living index in Tejay: 78.7 (low, U.S. average is 100)

Current Local Time: EST time zone

Elevation: 1040 feet

Land area: 48.5 square miles.

Population density: 38 people per square mile 
 
 (very low).




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For population 25 years and over in Tejay

  • High school or higher: 59.0%
  • Bachelor's degree or higher: 10.0%
  • Graduate or professional degree: 4.2%
  • Unemployed: 10.4%
  • Mean travel time to work: 39.4 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Tejay CCD

  • Never married: 19.5%
  • Now married: 61.0%
  • Separated: 1.7%
  • Widowed: 9.2%
  • Divorced: 10.3%

21 residents are foreign born

This place:  1.1%
Kentucky:  2.0%

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

Tejay:  0.6% ($264)
Kentucky:  0.8% ($610)
Tejay satellite photo by USGS

Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Knoxville, TN (59.4 miles , pop. 173,890).

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Lexington-Fayette, KY (102.3 miles , pop. 260,512).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Chicago, IL (415.3 miles , pop. 2,896,016).

Nearest cities: Alva, KY (2.6 miles ), South Wallins, KY (2.7 miles ), Wallins Creek, KY (2.8 miles ), Pineville, KY (3.1 miles ), Ewing, VA (3.2 miles ), Rose Hill, VA (3.3 miles ), Loyall, KY (3.4 miles ), Harlan, KY (3.6 miles ).

Latitude: 36.76 N, Longitude: 83.53 W

Area code commonly used in this area: 606

Tejay household income distribution Tejay home values distribution

Most common industries for males (%):



  • Mining (18%)
  • Furniture and related products (10%)
  • Construction (9%)
  • Truck transportation (8%)
  • Health care (7%)
  • Transportation equipment (6%)
  • Educational services (6%)

Most common industries for females (%):



  • Health care (21%)
  • Educational services (15%)
  • Apparel (11%)
  • Public administration (9%)
  • Accommodation and food services (8%)
  • Food and beverage stores (5%)
  • Printing and related support activities (4%)

Most common occupations for males (%)



  • Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (10%)
  • Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (10%)
  • Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (8%)
  • Assemblers and fabricators (8%)
  • Laborers and material movers, hand (7%)
  • Extraction workers (6%)
  • Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)

Most common occupations for females (%)



  • Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (13%)
  • Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (9%)
  • Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (8%)
  • Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
  • Health technologists and technicians (7%)
  • Cooks and food preparation workers (7%)
  • Art and design workers (5%)



Tejay-area historical tornado activity is significantly below Kentucky state average. It is 29% smaller than the overall U.S. average.

On 5/9/1988, a category 3 (max. wind speeds 158-206 mph) tornado 13.2 miles away from the Tejay place center killed one person and injured 15 people and caused between $5,000,000 and $50,000,000 in damages.

On 3/12/1967, a category 3 tornado 33.4 miles away from the place center .


Tejay-area historical earthquake activity is above Kentucky state average. It is 64% 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 71.0 miles away from Tejay center
On 9/7/1988 at 02:28:09, a magnitude 4.6 (4.5 MB, 4.6 LG) earthquake occurred 97.2 miles away from the city 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 10.6 miles away from the city center
On 11/23/2006 at 10:42:57, a magnitude 4.3 (4.3 MB, 4.3 LG) earthquake occurred 90.1 miles away from Tejay 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 30.1 miles away from the city center
On 11/2/2006 at 17:53:02, a magnitude 4.3 (4.3 MB, Depth: 0.6 mi) earthquake occurred 93.8 miles away from Tejay center
Magnitude types: regional Lg-wave magnitude (LG), body-wave magnitude (MB), local magnitude (ML)

Hospitals/medical centers near Tejay:
  • HARLAN ARH HOSPITAL (about 13 miles; HARLAN, KY)
  • PINEVILLE COMMUNITY HOSP (about 14 miles; PINEVILLE, KY)
  • MIDDLESBORO ARH HOSPITAL (about 15 miles; MIDDLESBORO, KY)

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Tejay:
  • WALTERS STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 43 miles; MORRISTOWN, TN; Full-time enrollment: 3,893)
  • CARSON-NEWMAN COLLEGE (about 46 miles; JEFFERSON CITY, TN; FT enrollment: 2,073)
  • THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE (about 59 miles; KNOXVILLE, TN; FT enrollment: 23,333)
  • PELLISSIPPI STATE TECHNICAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 59 miles; KNOXVILLE, TN; FT enrollment: 5,196)
  • NORTHEAST STATE TECHNICAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 67 miles; BLOUNTVILLE, TN; FT enrollment: 2,729)
  • EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY (about 69 miles; JOHNSON CITY, TN; FT enrollment: 9,498)
  • EASTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY (about 80 miles; RICHMOND, KY; FT enrollment: 11,214)

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Churches in Tejay include: Missionary Church (A), Whipple Church (B), Bible Church (C), Oakdale Church (D), Upland Church (E). Display/hide their locations on the map

Cemeteries: Miracle Cemetery (1), Hensley Cemetery (2), Tacket Hill Cemetery (3), Balkan Cemetery (4), Jackson Cemetery (5), Hall Cemetery (6), Wilson Cemetery (7). Display/hide their locations on the map

Streams, rivers, and creeks: Betsie Branch (A), Blacklick Branch (B), Oldhouse Branch (C), Bull Branch (D), Burst Branch (E), Campbell Branch (F), Coal Stone Branch (G), Cowans Branch (H), Crooked Branch (I). Display/hide their locations on the map

Post office: Hulen Post Office (A). Display/hide its location on the map

 

Average household size:
This place:  2.7 people
Kentucky:  2.5 people

Percentage of family households:
This place:  61.6%
Whole state:  69.4%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
This place:  3.0%
Whole state:  4.5%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
  • Lesbian couples: 0.4% of all households
  • Gay men: 0.1% of all households

Residents with income below the poverty level in 2007:
This place:  27.8%
Whole state:  15.8%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2007:
This place:  6.9%
Whole state:  6.6%

Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Tejay, KY



Tejay compared to Kentucky state average:
  • 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.
  • Renting percentage significantly below state average.
  • House age significantly below state average.
  • Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher significantly below state average.


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School Enrollment by Level of School






2004 Presidential Election results in Bell County Kentucky:




Most commonly used house heating fuel:
  • Electricity (71%)
  • Coal or coke (9%)
  • Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (8%)
  • Wood (7%)
  • Bottled, tank, or LP gas (4%)
  • Utility gas (1%)


Religion statistics for Tejay

Adherents


NameSouthern Baptist ConventionOld Missionary Baptists AssociationsAmerican Baptist Churches in the USAUnited Methodist ChurchCatholic Church
Adherents71.1%6.5%5.6%3.9%2.7%
Congregations63.5%4.2%1.0%5.2%2.1%
NameChristian Church (Disciples of Christ) Charismatic Churches IndependentChurch of God (Cleveland, Tennessee)Church of the NazareneOther religions
Adherents1.9%1.7%1.7%1.4%3.4%
Congregations2.1%1.0%3.1%2.1%15.6%
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.


5.00% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($24,137 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  5.00%
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 Claiborne County, TN  1.18% ($21,785 average AGI)
from Harlan County, KY  0.24% ($36,158)
from Knox County, KY  0.23% ($24,500)


5.43% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($24,609 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  5.43%
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 Claiborne County, TN  1.58% ($26,544 average AGI)
to Knox County, KY  0.43% ($19,294)
to Fayette County, KY  0.27% ($23,619)


Strongest AM radio stations in Tejay:
  • WHLN (1410 AM; 5 kW; HARLAN, KY)
  • WFSR (970 AM; 5 kW; HARLAN, KY; Owner: EASTERN BROADCASTING COMPAY)
  • WMIK (560 AM; 3 kW; MIDDLESBORO, KY; Owner: GATEWAY BROADCASTING, INC.)
  • WKVL (850 AM; daytime; 50 kW; KNOXVILLE, TN; Owner: HORNE RADIO, LLC)
  • WANO (1230 AM; 1 kW; PINEVILLE, KY; Owner: CUMBERLAND MEDIA GROUP, INC.)
  • WRWB (740 AM; 1 kW; HARROGATE, TN; Owner: PINE HILLS OF TENNESSEE, INC.)
  • WKLB (1290 AM; 5 kW; MANCHESTER, KY; Owner: BARKER BROADCASTING COMPANY, INC.)
  • WFGW (1010 AM; 50 kW; BLACK MOUNTAIN, NC; Owner: BLUE RIDGE BROADCASTING CORP.)
  • WEKC (710 AM; daytime; 4 kW; WILLIAMSBURG, KY; Owner: GERALD PARKS)
  • WGOC (640 AM; 10 kW; BLOUNTVILLE, TN; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
  • WKDP (1330 AM; 5 kW; CORBIN, KY; Owner: EUBANKS BROADCASTING, INC.)
  • WLFJ (660 AM; daytime; 50 kW; GREENVILLE, SC; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
  • WNOX (990 AM; 10 kW; KNOXVILLE, TN)

Strongest FM radio stations in Tejay:
  • WRIL (106.3 FM; PINEVILLE, KY; Owner: PINE HILLS BROADCASTING, INC.)
  • WMIK-FM (92.7 FM; MIDDLESBORO, KY; Owner: GATEWAY BROADCASTING, INC.)
  • WTUK (105.1 FM; HARLAN, KY; Owner: EASTERN BROADCASTING COMPANY)
  • WCTU (105.9 FM; TAZEWELL, TN; Owner: STAIR COMPANY, INC)
  • WSEH (102.7 FM; CUMBERLAND, KY; Owner: CUMBERLAND CITY BROADCASTING, INC.)
  • WAXM (93.5 FM; BIG STONE GAP, VA; Owner: VALLEY BROADCASTING, INC.)
  • WJDT (106.5 FM; ROGERSVILLE, TN; Owner: C & S BROADCASTING)
  • WSGS (101.1 FM; HAZARD, KY; Owner: MOUNTAIN BROADCASTING SERVICE, INC.)
  • WBGQ (100.7 FM; BULLS GAP, TN; Owner: CHEROKEE BROADCASTING)
  • WIMZ-FM (103.5 FM; KNOXVILLE, TN; Owner: SOUTH CENTRAL COMM., CORP.)
  • WTFM (98.5 FM; KINGSPORT, TN; Owner: HOLSTON VALLEY BROADCASTING CORP.)
  • WXJB (96.5 FM; HARROGATE, TN; Owner: JBD INCORPORATED)
  • W223AA (92.5 FM; BIG STONE GAP, VA; Owner: VALLEY BROADCASTING, INC.)
  • WDVX (89.9 FM; CLINTON, TN; Owner: CUMBERLAND COMMUNITIES COMMUNI CORP.)
  • WEKH (90.9 FM; HAZARD, KY; Owner: EASTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY)
  • WZQQ (97.9 FM; HYDEN, KY; Owner: LESLIE COUNTY BROADCASTING, INC.)
  • WJMD (104.7 FM; HAZARD, KY; Owner: HAZARD BROADCASTING SERVICES)
  • WIFX-FM (94.3 FM; JENKINS, KY; Owner: LETCHER COUNTY BROADCASTING, INC)
  • WOKI-FM (100.3 FM; OAK RIDGE, TN; Owner: OAK RIDGE FM, INC.)
  • WKDP-FM (99.5 FM; CORBIN, KY; Owner: EUBANKS BROADCASTING, INC.)

TV broadcast stations around Tejay:
  • WAGV (Channel 44; HARLAN, KY; Owner: LIVING FAITH MINISTRIES, INC.)
  • WYMT-TV (Channel 57; HAZARD, KY; Owner: WYMT LICENSEE CORP.)
  • W24BT (Channel 24; TALBERT, KY; Owner: MS COMMUNICATIONS, LLC)


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