Monroe County has a predicted average indoor radon screening level greater than 4 pCi/L (pico curies per liter) - Highest Potential
Drinking water stations with addresses in Tompkinsville and their reported violations in the past:
MONROE COUNTY WATER DISTRICT (Population served: 10415, Purch_surface_water):
Past monitoring violations:
- Follow-up and Routine Tap Sampling - Between JUL-01-1997 and JUN-04-2001, Contaminant: Lead & Copper Rule. Follow-up actions: St Public Notif requested (NOV-03-1999), St Violation/Reminder Notice (NOV-03-1999), St Public Notif issued (NOV-17-1999), St Compliance achieved (JUN-04-2001)
TOMPKINSVILLE WATER WORKS (Population served: 4105, Surface_water):
Past health violations:
- MCL, Average - Between OCT-2004 and DEC-2004, Contaminant: Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5). Follow-up actions: St Public Notif requested (FEB-09-2005), St Formal NOV issued (FEB-09-2005)
- Treatment Technique (SWTR) - In MAR-2003. Follow-up actions: St Public Notif requested (APR-30-2003), St Formal NOV issued (APR-30-2003), St Public Notif received (JUN-03-2003), St Compliance achieved (AUG-15-2003)
- Treatment Technique (SWTR) - In FEB-2003. Follow-up actions: St Public Notif requested (MAR-31-2003), St Formal NOV issued (2 times from MAR-31-2003 to APR-30-2003), St Public Notif requested (APR-30-2003), St Compliance achieved (JUN-09-2003), St Public Notif received (JUN-09-2003)
- MCL, Average - Between JAN-2003 and MAR-2003, Contaminant: Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5). Follow-up actions: St Formal NOV issued (APR-30-2003), St Public Notif requested (APR-30-2003), St Public Notif received (JUN-09-2003), St Compliance achieved (AUG-15-2003)
- MCL, Average - Between OCT-2002 and DEC-2002, Contaminant: Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5). Follow-up actions: St Formal NOV issued (JAN-31-2003), St Public Notif requested (JAN-31-2003), St Compliance achieved (APR-01-2003)
- MCL, Monthly (TCR) - In MAR-1999, Contaminant: Coliform. Follow-up actions: St Violation/Reminder Notice (APR-23-1999), St Public Notif requested (APR-23-1999), St Compliance achieved (MAY-06-1999), St Public Notif received (MAY-06-1999)
Past monitoring violations:
- CCR INADEQUATE REPORTING - Between OCT-27-2005 and DEC-31-2025, Consumer Confidence Rule. Follow-up actions: St Formal NOV issued (OCT-27-2005)
- Monitoring and Reporting Stage 1 - Between APR-2003 and JUN-2003, Contaminant: Carbon, Total-Organic. Follow-up actions: St Public Notif requested (AUG-12-2003), St Formal NOV issued (AUG-12-2003), St Public Notif received (APR-29-2004), St Compliance achieved (APR-29-2004)
- Follow-up and Routine Tap Sampling - Between JAN-2003 and DEC-2025, Contaminant: Lead & Copper Rule. Follow-up actions: St Public Notif received (APR-29-2003), St Formal NOV issued (FEB-25-2004), St Public Notif requested (FEB-25-2004)
- Monitoring and Reporting Stage 1 - Between JAN-2002 and MAR-2002, Contaminant: Carbon, Total-Organic. Follow-up actions: St Formal NOV issued (FEB-28-2002), St Public Notif requested (FEB-28-2002), St Compliance achieved (MAR-21-2002), St Public Notif received (MAR-21-2002)
- CCR INADEQUATE REPORTING - Between JAN-19-2000 and MAY-22-2000, Consumer Confidence Rule. Follow-up actions: St Violation/Reminder Notice (APR-25-2000), St Compliance achieved (MAY-22-2000)
- 67 regular monitoring violations
- One other older monitoring violation
Percentage of residents living in poverty in 2009: 39.0%
(40.8% for White Non-Hispanic residents, 20.9% for Black residents, 100.0% for American Indian residents)
Average household size:
| This city: | 2.2 people | | Kentucky: | 2.5 people |
Percentage of family households:
| This city: | 56.7% | | Whole state: | 69.6% |
Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
| This city: | 2.9% | | 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: 0.3% of all households
Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Tompkinsville, KY
People in group quarters in Tompkinsville:
- 116 people in nursing homes
- 13 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 2 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
Tompkinsville 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.
- Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average.
- House age below state average.
- Institutionalized population percentage above 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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Banks with branches in Tompkinsville (2011 data):
- South Central Bank of Monroe County: South Central Bank Of Monroe County at Fourth And Main Street, branch established on 1889/01/01; Edmonton Road Branch at 1748 Edmonton Road, branch established on 2002/03/04. Info updated 2006/11/03: Bank assets: $114.0 mil, Deposits: $92.4 mil, local headquarters, positive income, 5 total offices, Holding Company: South Central Bancshares Of Kentucky, Inc.
- Edmonton State Bank: North Main Branch at 703 North Main Street, branch established on 1980/05/19; North Main St Branch at Main Street, branch established on 1906/01/01. Info updated 2006/11/03: Bank assets: $433.8 mil, Deposits: $359.4 mil, headquarters in Glasgow, KY, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 13 total offices, Holding Company: Edmonton Bancshares, Inc.
- U.S. Bank National Association: Tompkinsville Branch at 701 North Main Street, branch established on 1926/01/01. Info updated 2012/01/30: Bank assets: $330,470.8 mil, Deposits: $236,091.5 mil, headquarters in Cincinnati, OH, positive income, 3121 total offices, Holding Company: U.S. Bancorp
Educational Attainment (%)
School Enrollment by Level of School (%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (52%)
- Electricity (43%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (3%)
- Wood (1%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)
- Other fuel (1%)
2004 Presidential Election results in Monroe County Kentucky:
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Religion statistics for Tompkinsville (based on Monroe County data)
Percentage of population affiliated with a religious congregations: 55.46%
| Here |  | 55.5% |
| USA |  | 50.2% |
Breakdown of population affiliated with a religious congregations
| Name | Southern Baptist Convention | Churches of Christ | United Methodist Church | LDS (Mormon) Church | Other |
| Adherents | 48.8% | 31.0% | 6.9% | 4.1% | 9.1% |
| Congregations | 19.6% | 56.9% | 7.8% | 2.0% | 13.7% |
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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.
Food Environment Statistics:Number of grocery stores: 4 | Monroe County: | 3.44 / 10,000 pop. | | Kentucky: | 2.19 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of supercenters and club stores: 1 | This county: | 0.86 / 10,000 pop. | | Kentucky: | 0.25 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of convenience stores (with gas): 6 | Here: | 5.16 / 10,000 pop. | | Kentucky: | 4.36 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of full-service restaurants: 7 | Here: | 6.02 / 10,000 pop. | | Kentucky: | 5.74 / 10,000 pop. |
Adult diabetes rate: | Monroe County: | 10.9% | | State: | 11.0% |
Adult obesity rate: | Monroe County: | 31.2% | | State: | 30.0% |
Low-income preschool obesity rate:
| 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 |
| Other Government Administration |
7 | $11,059 | $18,958 | 4 | $199 |
| Judicial and Legal |
0 | $0 | | 1 | $1,112 |
| Police Protection - Officers |
9 | $23,562 | $31,416 | 0 | $0 |
| Police - Other |
2 | $2,923 | $17,538 | 3 | $1,435 |
| Solid Waste Management |
4 | $5,846 | $17,538 | 0 | $0 |
| Sewerage |
2 | $4,230 | $25,380 | 0 | $0 |
| Parks and Recreation |
1 | $1,683 | $20,196 | 0 | $0 |
| Water Supply |
8 | $16,290 | $24,435 | 0 | $0 |
| Gas Supply |
3 | $5,833 | $23,332 | 0 | $0 |
| Totals for Government |
36 | $71,426 | $23,809 | 8 | $2,746 |
Tompkinsville government finances in 2002:
- Charges - Solid Waste Management: $237,000 ($98.59)
Sewerage: $157,000 ($65.31)
Parks & Recreation: $17,000 ($7.07)
All Other: $2,000 ($0.83)
- Construction - General: $500,000 ($207.99)
- Current Operations - Gas Utilities: $916,000 ($381.03)
Water Utilities: $465,000 ($193.43)
Police Protection: $353,000 ($146.84)
Solid Waste Management: $275,000 ($114.39)
Central Staff Services: $179,000 ($74.46)
Sewerage: $146,000 ($60.73)
Regular Highways: $137,000 ($56.99)
Parks & Recreation: $38,000 ($15.81)
Fire Protection: $34,000 ($14.14)
Financial Administration: $9,000 ($3.74)
- Federal Intergovernmental - All Other: $92,000 ($38.27)
- Gas Utilities - Interest on Debt: $4,000 ($1.66)
- General - Interest on Debt: $31,000 ($12.90)
- Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding - Water Utilities: $978,000 ($406.82)
Gas Utilities: $60,000 ($24.96)
- Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding, NEC: $514,000 ($213.81)
- Long Term Debt Outstanding Nonguaranteed - Water Utilities: $967,000 ($402.25)
Other, NEC: $469,000 ($195.09)
Gas Utilities: $45,000 ($18.72)
- Long Term Debt Retired Unspecified - Other, NEC: $45,000 ($18.72)
Gas Utilities: $15,000 ($6.24)
Water Utilities: $11,000 ($4.58)
- Miscellaneous - Property Sale Other: $124,000 ($51.58)
Interest Earnings: $17,000 ($7.07)
General Revenue, NEC: $16,000 ($6.66)
- Other Capital Outlay - General - Other: $411,000 ($170.97)
Water Utilities: $222,000 ($92.35)
Central Staff: $50,000 ($20.80)
Gas Utilities: $30,000 ($12.48)
Police Protection: $21,000 ($8.74)
Parks & Recreation: $13,000 ($5.41)
Fire Protection: $3,000 ($1.25)
- Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $432,000 ($179.70)
- Revenue - Gas Utilities: $1,090,000 ($453.41)
Water Utilities: $509,000 ($211.73)
- Sinking Fund - Cash & Deposits: $88,000 ($36.61)
- State Intergovernmental - All Other: $301,000 ($125.21)
Water Utilities: $218,000 ($90.68)
Highways: $42,000 ($17.47)
- Tax - NEC: $212,000 ($88.19)
Property: $202,000 ($84.03)
Public Utilities: $20,000 ($8.32)
- Total Salaries & Wages: $550,000 ($228.79)
- Water Utilities - Interest on Debt: $59,000 ($24.54)
3.50% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($19,352 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 3.50% | | 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:
4.15% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($21,882 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 4.15% | | 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:
Strongest AM radio stations in Tompkinsville:
- WTKY (1370 AM; daytime; 2 kW; TOMPKINSVILLE, KY; Owner: WHITTIMORE ENTERPRISES, INC.)
- WSM (650 AM; 50 kW; NASHVILLE, TN; Owner: GAYLORD ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY)
- WAMB (1160 AM; 50 kW; DONELSON, TN; Owner: GREAT SOUTHERN BROADCASTING COMPANY, INC.)
- WLAC (1510 AM; 50 kW; NASHVILLE, TN; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- WKDA (1200 AM; 50 kW; NASHVILLE, TN; Owner: RADIO NASHVILLE, INC.)
- WNQM (1300 AM; 50 kW; NASHVILLE, TN; Owner: WNQM. INC.)
- WKVL (850 AM; daytime; 50 kW; KNOXVILLE, TN; Owner: HORNE RADIO, LLC)
- WHAS (840 AM; 50 kW; LOUISVILLE, KY; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
- WWAM (820 AM; daytime; 50 kW; JASPER, TN; Owner: SHELTON BROADCASTING SYSTEM)
- WFLI (1070 AM; 50 kW; LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN, TN; Owner: WFLI, INC.)
- WPLN (1430 AM; 15 kW; MADISON, TN)
- WKCT (930 AM; 5 kW; BOWLING GREEN, KY; Owner: DAILY NEWS BROADCASTING CO.)
- WHIN (1010 AM; 5 kW; GALLATIN, TN; Owner: WHIN, INC.)
Strongest FM radio stations in Tompkinsville:
- WKWY (102.7 FM; TOMPKINSVILLE, KY; Owner: J.K. WHITTIMORE)
- WTKY-FM (92.1 FM; TOMPKINSVILLE, KY; Owner: WHITTIMORE ENTERPRISES, INC.)
- WSGP (88.3 FM; GLASGOW, KY; Owner: SOMERSET EDUCATIONAL BROADCASTING FOUNDATION)
- WVFB (101.5 FM; CELINA, TN; Owner: ELIZABETH BERNICE WHITTIMORE)
- WGGC (95.1 FM; GLASGOW, KY; Owner: HERITAGE COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
- WGSQ (94.7 FM; COOKEVILLE, TN; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
- WOVO (105.3 FM; GLASGOW, KY; Owner: NEWBERRY BROADCASTING, INC.)
- WLQK (95.9 FM; LIVINGSTON, TN; Owner: JWC BROADCASTING)
- WBXE (93.7 FM; BAXTER, TN; Owner: JWC BROADCASTING)
- WKYR-FM (107.9 FM; BURKESVILLE, KY; Owner: RAY MULLINIX)
- WLCT (102.1 FM; LAFAYETTE, TN; Owner: LAFAYETTE BROADCASTING CO., INC.)
- WGBV (94.1 FM; GLASGOW, KY; Owner: FOREVER COMMUNICATIONS,INC.)
- WKNK (99.1 FM; EDMONTON, KY; Owner: HART COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
TV broadcast stations around Tompkinsville:
- WPGD (Channel 50; HENDERSONVILLE, TN; Owner: TRINITY BROADCASTING NETWORK)
- WPBM-LP (Channel 48; SCOTTSVILLE, KY; Owner: PROCLAIM BROADCASTING, INC.)
Fatal road traffic accident statistics for 1975 - 2009 (per 100,000 population)
Tompkinsville, Kentucky:
- Fatal accident count: 15
- Vehicles involved in fatal accidents: 23
- Fatal accidents caused by drunken drivers: 5
- Fatalities: 17
- Persons involved in fatal accidents: 35
- Pedestrians involved in fatal accidents: 1
Kentucky average:
- Fatal accident count: 68
- Vehicles involved in fatal accidents: 107
- Fatal accidents caused by drunken drivers: 19
- Fatalities: 75
- Persons involved in fatal accidents: 184
- Pedestrians involved in fatal accidents: 6
See more detailed statistics of Tompkinsville fatal car crashes and road traffic accidents for 1975 - 2009 here
FCC Registered Cell Phone Towers: 2 ( See the full list of FCC Registered Cell Phone Towers in Tompkinsville)
FCC Registered Antenna Towers: 43 ( See the full list of FCC Registered Antenna Towers)
FCC Registered Commercial Land Mobile Towers: 1 ( See the full list of FCC Registered Commercial Land Mobile Towers in Tompkinsville, KY)
FCC Registered Private Land Mobile Towers: 9 ( See the full list of FCC Registered Private Land Mobile Towers)
FCC Registered Microwave Towers: 5 - 352 Radio Station Rd (Lat: 36.724222 Lon: -85.681361), Overall height: 67.1 m, Call Sign: WMW692
Assigned Frequencies: 948.500 MHz Grant Date: 07/13/1995, Expiration Date: 08/01/2012
Registrant: Phone: (615) 243-3254 - 15-8TOMKINSV, 202 Armory Rd (Lat: 36.721472 Lon: -85.691944), Type: Tower, Structure height: 85.3 m, Overall height: 90.8 m, Call Sign: WQHJ593
Assigned Frequencies: 6631.25 MHz Grant Date: 08/15/2007, Expiration Date: 08/15/2017, Cancellation Date: 12/18/2008, Certifier: William F Hays
Registrant: Kentucky Emergency Warning System, 85 State Police Road, London, KY 40741, Phone: (502) 564-5397, Fax: (502) 564-6726, Email:
- Tompkinsville, 403 Martin Subdivision (Lat: 36.698333 Lon: -85.685278), Type: Tower, Structure height: 87.1 m, Overall height: 90.2 m, Call Sign: WQKM445
Assigned Frequencies: 6256.54 MHz Grant Date: 07/14/2009, Expiration Date: 07/14/2019, Certifier: Ronald R Smith
Registrant: Lukas, Nace, Gutierrez & Sachs, LLP, 8300 Greensboro Drive, Suite 1200, Mclean, VA 22102, Phone: (703) 584-8665, Fax: (703) 584-8696, Email:
- 15-8TOMKINSV, 202 Armory Rd (Lat: 36.721472 Lon: -85.691944), Type: Tower, Structure height: 85.3 m, Overall height: 90.8 m, Call Sign: WQKT612
Assigned Frequencies: 6631.25 MHz Grant Date: 09/09/2009, Expiration Date: 09/09/2019, Certifier: William F Hays
Registrant: Kentucky Emergency Warning System, 85 State Police Road, London, KY 40741, Phone: (502) 564-5397, Fax: (502) 564-6726, Email:
- Tompkinsville, .8 Mi E Of Int Dy Hwy 163 9 Mi N (Lat: 36.832278 Lon: -85.668833), Type: Tower, Structure height: 105.2 m, Call Sign: WED444
Assigned Frequencies: 6785.00 MHz, 6765.00 MHz, 6345.49 MHz, 6226.89 MHz Grant Date: 05/09/2002, Expiration Date: 05/29/2012
Registrant: Keller And Heckman LLP, 1001 G Street Nw, Suite 500 West, Washington, DC 20001, Phone: (202) 434-4282, Fax: (202) 434-4646, Email:
FCC Registered Maritime Coast & Aviation Ground Towers: 1 - Tompkinsville Monroe County Airport (Lat: 36.725056 Lon: -85.654139), Call Sign: WRLB3307
Assigned Frequencies: 0.38400 MHz Grant Date: 05/16/1994, Expiration Date: 05/16/1999, Cancellation Date: 05/06/2001
Registrant: Tompkinsville Monroe County Airport Board, Hwy 163 N, Tompkinsville, KY 42167
FCC Registered Amateur Radio Licenses: 16 ( See the full list of FCC Registered Amateur Radio Licenses in Tompkinsville)
FAA Registered Aircraft: 18 ( See the full list of FAA Registered Aircraft in Tompkinsville)
2006 National Fire Incident Reporting System Incidents:
Incident types - Tompkinsville
See full 2006 National Fire Incident Reporting System statistics for Tompkinsville, KY
| Most common first names in Tompkinsville, KY among deceased individuals |
| Name | Count | Lived (average) |
| James | 75 | 70.6 years |
| William | 64 | 73.4 years |
| Mary | 59 | 75.5 years |
| John | 52 | 79.0 years |
| George | 35 | 72.7 years |
| Robert | 32 | 69.0 years |
| Fred | 27 | 77.3 years |
| Willie | 25 | 73.0 years |
| Lucy | 22 | 79.9 years |
| Earl | 21 | 73.0 years |
| Most common last names in Tompkinsville, KY among deceased individuals |
| Last name | Count | Lived (average) |
| Turner | 75 | 75.6 years |
| Ford | 63 | 73.5 years |
| Bartley | 53 | 73.1 years |
| Hammer | 52 | 77.3 years |
| Emberton | 48 | 74.5 years |
| Proffitt | 43 | 74.4 years |
| Carter | 42 | 73.0 years |
| Page | 40 | 75.1 years |
| Walden | 40 | 75.7 years |
| Davis | 39 | 73.0 years |
| Businesses in Tompkinsville, KY |
| Name | Count | | Name | Count |
| Dairy Queen | 1 | | Pizza Hut | 1 |
| FedEx | 1 | | SONIC Drive-In | 1 |
| H&R Block | 1 | | Subway | 1 |
| McDonald's | 1 | | Walmart | 1 |
Tompkinsville on our top lists:
- #20 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of females working in industry: Petroleum and coal products"
- #56 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of females working in industry: Apparel"
- #85 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of females in occupations: Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations:"
- #88 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of males working in industry: Petroleum and coal products"
- #13 (42167) on the list of "Top 101 zip codes with the largest percentage of United States or American first ancestries (pop 5,000+)"
- #31 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest percentage of residents relocating from other counties between 2005 and 2006"
- #31 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest percentage of residents relocating to other counties in 2006"
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