Residents with income below the poverty level in 2007:
| This town: |  13.2% | | Whole state: |  13.5% |
Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2007:
| This town: | 4.3% | | Whole state: | 5.8% |
Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Unicoi, TN
2 people in agriculture workers' dormitories on farms
Unicoi compared to Tennessee state average:
- Median household income below state average.
- Median house value below state average.
- Black race population percentage significantly below state average.
- Hispanic race population percentage significantly below state average.
- Median age above state average.
- Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average.
- Renting percentage below state average.
- House age below state average.
- Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher below state average.
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Banks with branches in Unicoi (2009 data):
- Mountain Commerce Bank: Unicoi Branch at 4200 Unicoi Drive, branch established on 1995-12-21. Info updated 2007-07-26: Bank assets: $343.8 mil, Deposits: $296.0 mil, headquarters in Erwin, TN, negative income in the last year, Commercial Lending Specialization, 7 total offices, Holding Company: Mountain Commerce Bancorp, Inc.
School Enrollment by Level of School
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2004 Presidential Election results in Unicoi County Tennessee:
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Most commonly used house heating fuel:
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- Electricity (53%)
- Utility gas (37%)
- Wood (4%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (4%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)
- No fuel used (1%)
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Religon statistics for Unicoi
| Name | Southern Baptist Convention | United Methodist Church | Christian Churches and Churches of Christ | National Association of Free Will Baptists | Independent Free Will Baptists Associations |
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| Adherents | 48.3% | 11.4% | 11.0% | 8.6% | 8.2% |
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| Congregations | 24.5% | 7.5% | 11.3% | 13.2% | 17.0% |
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| Name | Presbyterian Church (USA) | Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) | International Pentecostal Holiness Church | Churches of Christ | Other religions |
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| Adherents | 3.5% | 2.7% | 2.3% | 2.3% | 1.7% |
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| Congregations | 5.7% | 5.7% | 1.9% | 3.8% | 9.4% |
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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 |
| Other Government Administration |
1 | $2,704 | $32,448 | 0 | $0 |
| Totals for Government |
1 | $2,704 | $32,448 | 0 | $0 |
Unicoi government finances in 2002:
- Charges - Sewerage: $160,000
- Current Operations - Regular Highways: $202,000
Sewerage: $117,000
Financial Administration: $84,000
Fire Protection: $37,000
Police Protection: $13,000
General - Other: $6,000
- General - Interest on Debt: $16,000
- Local Intergovernmental - General Support: $81,000
- Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding, NEC: $252,000
- Long Term Debt Outstanding - Full Faith & Credit - Other, NEC: $227,000
- Long Term Debt Retired Unspecified - Other, NEC: $25,000
- Miscellaneous - General Revenue, NEC: $30,000
Interest Earnings: $24,000
- Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $985,000
- State Intergovernmental - General Support: $419,000
Highways: $9,000
- Total Salaries & Wages: $109,000
7.18% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($30,583 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 7.18% | | Tennessee average: | 7.52% |
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:
6.34% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($31,277 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 6.34% | | Tennessee average: | 6.67% |
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 Unicoi:
- WETB (790 AM; 5 kW; JOHNSON CITY, TN; Owner: MOUNTAIN SIGNALS, INC.)
- WKTP (1590 AM; 10 kW; JONESBOROUGH, TN; Owner: HOLSTON VALLEY BROADCASTING CORP.)
- WEMB (1420 AM; 5 kW; ERWIN, TN; Owner: W E M B, INC.)
- WPWT (870 AM; daytime; 10 kW; COLONIAL HEIGHTS, TN; Owner: INFORMATION COMMUNICATIONS CORP.)
- WGOC (640 AM; 10 kW; BLOUNTVILLE, TN; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
- WHGG (1090 AM; daytime; 10 kW; KINGSPORT, TN; Owner: APPALACHIAN EDUCATIONAL COMMUNICATIO)
- WFGW (1010 AM; 50 kW; BLACK MOUNTAIN, NC; Owner: BLUE RIDGE BROADCASTING CORP.)
- WJCW (910 AM; 5 kW; JOHNSON CITY, TN; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
- WZAP (690 AM; 10 kW; BRISTOL, VA; Owner: RAM COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
- WKYK (940 AM; 5 kW; BURNSVILLE, NC; Owner: MARK MEDIA, INC.)
- WKJV (1380 AM; 25 kW; ASHEVILLE, NC; Owner: INTERNATIONAL BAPTIST OUTREACH MISSIONS)
- WHKY (1290 AM; 50 kW; HICKORY, NC; Owner: LONG COMMUNICATIONS, LLC.)
- WLFJ (660 AM; daytime; 50 kW; GREENVILLE, SC; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
Strongest FM radio stations in Unicoi:
- WQUT (101.5 FM; JOHNSON CITY, TN; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
- WPJO (99.3 FM; ELIZABETHTON, TN; Owner: BRISTOL BROADCASTING COMPANY, INC.)
- WHCB (91.5 FM; BRISTOL, TN; Owner: APPALACHIAN EDUC. COMMUNICATION CORP)
- WETS-FM (89.5 FM; JOHNSON CITY, TN; Owner: EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY)
- WXBQ-FM (96.9 FM; BRISTOL, TN; Owner: BRISTOL BROADCASTING COMPANY, INC.)
- W214AP (90.7 FM; JOHNSON CITY, TN; Owner: THE MOODY BIBLE INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO)
- WCQR-FM (88.3 FM; KINGSPORT, TN; Owner: POSITIVE ALTERNATIVE RADIO, INC.)
- WTFM (98.5 FM; KINGSPORT, TN; Owner: HOLSTON VALLEY BROADCASTING CORP.)
- WMIT (106.9 FM; BLACK MOUNTAIN, NC; Owner: BLUE RIDGE BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
- WXIS (103.9 FM; ERWIN, TN; Owner: WEMB, INC.)
- WNCW (88.7 FM; SPINDALE, NC; Owner: ISOTHERMAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE)
- WECR-FM (102.3 FM; BEECH MOUNTAIN, NC; Owner: RONDINARO BROADCASTING, INC)
- WZJS (100.7 FM; BANNER ELK, NC; Owner: HIGHLAND COMMUNICATIONS ASSOCIATES, LLC)
- WRZK (95.9 FM; COLONIAL HEIGHTS, TN; Owner: MURRAY COMMUNICATIONS)
- WAEZ (94.9 FM; GREENEVILLE, TN; Owner: BRISTOL BROADCASTING COMPANY, INC.)
- WCSK (90.3 FM; KINGSPORT, TN; Owner: KINGSPORT CITY SCHOOLS BD. OF EDUC .)
- W285DG (104.9 FM; BOONE, NC; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
- W225AA (92.9 FM; BOONE, NC; Owner: ISOTHERMAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE)
- WKSF (99.9 FM; ASHEVILLE, NC; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- WAXM (93.5 FM; BIG STONE GAP, VA; Owner: VALLEY BROADCASTING, INC.)
TV broadcast stations around Unicoi:
- WCYB-TV (Channel 5; BRISTOL, VA; Owner: APPALACHIAN BROADCASTING CORP.)
- WASV-TV (Channel 62; ASHEVILLE, NC; Owner: MEDIA GENERAL BROADCASTING OF SOUTH CAROLINA HOLDINGS, INC.)
- WOPI-CA (Channel 9; BRISTOL,VA/KINGSPORT, TN; Owner: HOLSTON VALLEY BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
- WKPT-TV (Channel 19; KINGSPORT, TN; Owner: HOLSTON VALLEY BROADCASTING CORP.)
Fatal accident statistics for 1975 - 2007 (per 100,000 population)
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Unicoi, Tennessee:
- Fatal accident count: 8
- Vehicles involved in fatal accidents: 13
- Fatal accidents caused by drunken drivers: 3
- Fatalities: 8
- Persons involved in fatal accidents: 23
- Pedestrians involved in fatal accidents: 0
Tennessee average:
- Fatal accident count: 112
- Vehicles involved in fatal accidents: 177
- Fatal accidents caused by drunken drivers: 38
- Fatalities: 123
- Persons involved in fatal accidents: 286
- Pedestrians involved in fatal accidents: 10
See more detailed statistics of Unicoi fatal accidents for 1975 - 2007 here
National Bridge Inventory (NBI) Statistics
Number of bridges: 3
Total length: 2 meters (7ft)
Total costs: $169,000
Total average daily traffic: 1,710
Total average daily truck traffic: 65
FCC Registered Private Land Mobile Towers: 2- Atop Buffalo Pennacle, Type: Tower, Structure height: 24 m, Call Sign: WNFA244
Assigned Frequencies : 159.472 MHz, 159.240 MHz, 159.300 MHz
Grant Date: 01/15/2003, Expiration Date: 04/01/2013, Certifier: Charles W Phipps
Registrant: Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency, Nashville, TN 37204-0747, Phone: (615) 781-6580, Fax: (615) 781-6693, Email:
- 0.3 Km S Of End Of Marbleton Rd, Type: Tank, Structure height: 9 m, Overall height: 15 m, Call Sign: WPJW916
Assigned Frequencies : 451.050 MHz
Grant Date: 11/26/1996, Expiration Date: 11/26/2001, Cancelation Date: 04/28/2002, Certifier: Howard C Brown
Registrant: Consolidated Electric Company, 141 S Lafayette Fwy, Saint Paul, MN 55107-1420, Fax: (612) 224-3628
FCC Registered Amateur Radio Licenses: 34 (See the full list of FCC Registered Amateur Radio Licenses in Unicoi)
FAA Registered Aircrafts: 2- Aircraft: BUCKEYE POWERED PARACHUTE BREEZE (Powered Parachute, Category: Land, Seats: 2, Weight: Up to 12,499 Pounds), Engine: ROTAX 582 (65 HP) (2 Cycle)
N-Number: 3154V , Serial Number: 16224, Year manufactured: 2004, Airworthiness Date: 06/19/2007
Registrant (Individual): David H Devault, 301 Golf Course Rd, Unicoi, TN 37692
Deregistered: Cancel Date: 08/24/1998 - Aircraft: BUCKEYE INDUSTRIES INC EAGLE (Powered Parachute, Category: Land, Weight: Up to 12,499 Pounds), Engine: ROTAX 503 (52 HP) (2 Cycle)
N-Number: 5055E , Serial Number: 6222, Airworthiness Date: 06/19/2007
Registrant (Individual): David Hodges Devault, 301 Golf Course Rd, Unicoi, TN 37692
Deregistered: Cancel Date: 06/02/1989
2006 National Fire Incident Reporting System Incidents:
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