Average household size:
| This town: |  1.4 people | | West Virginia: |  2.4 people |
Percentage of family households:
| This town: | 20.0% | | Whole state: | 68.4% |
Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
| This town: | 20.0% | | Whole state: | 4.7% |
No gay or lesbian households reported
Residents with income below the poverty level in 2008:
| This town: | 54.5% | | Whole state: | 17.9% |
Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2008:
| This town: | 0.0% | | Whole state: | 7.6% |
Thurmond compared to West Virginia state average:
- Median house value significantly below state average.
- Unemployed percentage significantly below state average.
- Black race population percentage significantly below state average.
- Hispanic race population percentage significantly below state average.
- Median age significantly above state average.
- Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average.
- Renting percentage significantly above state average.
- Length of stay since moving in significantly below state average.
- Number of rooms per house below state average.
- House age significantly above state average.
- Number of college students significantly below state average.
- Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher significantly above state average.
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School Enrollment by Level of School
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2004 Presidential Election results in Fayette County West Virginia:
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Most commonly used house heating fuel:
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- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (100%)
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Religion statistics for Thurmond
Percentage of population affiliated with a religious congregations: 34.75%
| Here | | 34.8% |
| USA | | 50.2% |
Breakdown of population affiliated with a religious congregations.
| Name | American Baptist Churches in the USA | United Methodist Church | Catholic Church | Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) | Church of the Nazarene |
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| Adherents | 40.8% | 12.3% | 9.3% | 6.9% | 3.7% |
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| Congregations | 21.5% | 23.0% | 2.2% | 5.2% | 0.7% |
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| Name | Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) | Presbyterian Church (USA) | LDS (Mormon) Church | Southern Baptist Convention | Other |
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| Adherents | 3.6% | 3.6% | 3.0% | 2.7% | 14.1% |
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| Congregations | 7.4% | 5.9% | 0.7% | 3.7% | 29.6% |
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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 |
| Financial Administration |
0 | $0 | | 1 | $300 |
| Other Government Administration |
0 | $0 | | 1 | $300 |
| Police Protection - Officers |
0 | $0 | | 2 | $600 |
| Totals for Government |
0 | $0 | | 4 | $1,200 |
5.54% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($26,993 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 5.54% | | West Virginia average: | 5.78% |
0.08% of residents moved from foreign countries ($320 average AGI)| Fayette County: | 0.08% | | West Virginia average: | 0.06% |
Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
5.35% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($27,250 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 5.35% | | West Virginia average: | 5.65% |
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:
Strongest AM radio stations in Thurmond:
- WOAY (860 AM; 10 kW; OAK HILL, WV; Owner: COMMISSIONED COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
- WJLS (560 AM; 5 kW; BECKLEY, WV; Owner: FIRST MEDIA RADIO, LLC)
- WIWS (1070 AM; daytime; 10 kW; BECKLEY, WV; Owner: SOUTHERN COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION)
- WWNR (620 AM; 5 kW; BECKLEY, WV; Owner: DYNASTAR COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
- WCAW (680 AM; 10 kW; CHARLESTON, WV; Owner: WEST VIRGINIA RADIO CORPORATION OF CHARLESTON)
- WYKM (1250 AM; 5 kW; RUPERT, WV; Owner: MT. STATE B. CO., INC.)
- WCHS (580 AM; 5 kW; CHARLESTON, WV; Owner: WEST VIRGINIA RADIO CORPORATION OF CHARLESTON)
- WTVN (610 AM; 50 kW; COLUMBUS, OH; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)
- WBDY (1190 AM; daytime; 10 kW; BLUEFIELD, VA; Owner: MONTEREY LICENSES, LLC)
- WTRU (830 AM; 50 kW; KERNERSVILLE, NC; Owner: TRUTH BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
- WRRL (1130 AM; daytime; 1 kW; RAINELLE, WV; Owner: FAITH MOUNTAIN COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
- WKNV (890 AM; daytime; 10 kW; FAIRLAWN, VA; Owner: POSITIVE RADIO GROUP, INC.)
- WFNR (710 AM; daytime; 10 kW; BLACKSBURG, VA; Owner: PERCEPTION MEDIA GROUP, INC.)
Strongest FM radio stations in Thurmond:
- WAXS (94.1 FM; OAK HILL, WV; Owner: PLATEAU BROADCASTING, INC.)
- WVPB (91.7 FM; BECKLEY, WV; Owner: WEST VIRGINIA EDUCATIONAL BROADCASTING AUTHORITY)
- WCIR-FM (103.7 FM; BECKLEY, WV; Owner: SOUTHERN COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION)
- WTNJ (105.9 FM; MOUNT HOPE, WV; Owner: WEST VIRGINIA BROADCASTING, INC.)
- WMTD-FM (102.3 FM; HINTON, WV; Owner: SOUTHERN COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION)
- WDBS (97.1 FM; SUTTON, WV; Owner: SUMMIT MEDIA BROADCASTING, L.L.C.)
- WJLS-FM (99.5 FM; BECKLEY, WV; Owner: FIRST MEDIA RADIO, LLC)
- WMLJ (90.5 FM; SUMMERSVILLE, WV; Owner: GRACE MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH)
- WRLB (95.3 FM; RAINELLE, WV; Owner: FAITH COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK, INC.)
- WKVW (93.3 FM; MONTGOMERY, WV; Owner: EDUCATIONAL MEDIA FOUNDATION)
- WHAJ (104.5 FM; BLUEFIELD, WV; Owner: MONTEREY LICENSES, LLC)
- WKCJ (103.1 FM; LEWISBURG, WV; Owner: QUORUM RADIO PARTNERS OF VIRGINIA, INC.)
- KHPR (88.1 FM; HONOLULU, HI; Owner: HAWAII PUBLIC RADIO)
- WKLC-FM (105.1 FM; ST. ALBANS, WV; Owner: WKLC, INC.)
- WHKX (106.3 FM; BLUEFIELD, VA; Owner: MONTEREY LICENSES, LLC)
- WRON-FM (97.7 FM; RONCEVERTE, WV; Owner: RADIO GREENBRIER, INC.)
- WCWV (92.9 FM; SUMMERSVILLE, WV; Owner: R-S BROADCASTING COMPANY, INC.)
- WKOY-FM (100.9 FM; PRINCETON, WV; Owner: MONTEREY LICENSES, LLC)
- WPIB (91.1 FM; BLUEFIELD, WV; Owner: POSITIVE ALTERNATIVE RADIO, INC.)
- WKAZ (107.3 FM; MIAMI, WV; Owner: WEST VIRGINIA RADIO CORPORATION OF CHARLESTON)
TV broadcast stations around Thurmond:
- WOAY-TV (Channel 4; OAK HILL, WV; Owner: THOMAS BROADCASTING CO.)
- WSWP-TV (Channel 9; GRANDVIEW, WV; Owner: WEST VIRGINIA EDUCATIONAL BROADCASTING AUTHORITY)
- WCHS-TV (Channel 8; CHARLESTON, WV; Owner: WCHS LICENSEE, LLC)
FCC Registered Cell Phone Towers: 1- Wonderland Repeater 1.75 Miles Ne Of, Type: Tower, Structure height: 51.8 m, Overall height: 55.8 m, Call Sign: KNKN618
Assigned Frequencies : 869.040 MHz, 824.040 MHz, 890.010 MHz, 845.010 MHz, 834.390 MHz, 879.390 MHz
Grant Date: 09/12/2000, Expiration Date: 10/01/2010, Certifier: Aretas Stearns
Registrant: At&t Mobility LLC, 5601 Legacy Drive, Ms: A-3, Plano, TX 75024, Phone: (469) 229-7422, Fax: (469) 229-7297, Email:
FCC Registered Private Land Mobile Towers: 1- Rr Telegraph Ofc 2419 Ft W, Call Sign: KEL880
Assigned Frequencies : 160.230 MHz, 160.320 MHz, 160.785 MHz
Grant Date: 07/22/2004, Expiration Date: 09/06/2014
Registrant: Csx Transportation Inc J958, 4th Floor, 6735 Southpoint Drive South, Jacksonville, FL 32216-6177, Phone: (904) 332-5963, Fax: (904) 332-5965
2006 National Fire Incident Reporting System Incidents:
Thurmond on our top lists:
- #78 (25936) on the list of "Top 101 zip codes with the largest percentage of Dutch first ancestries"
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