Wales, Utah

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Population in July 2008: 234. Population change since 2000: +6.8%

Males: 122	(52.5%)
Females: 112	(47.5%)

Median resident age:	26.3 years
Utah median age:	27.1 years

Zip codes: 84667.

Estimated median household income in 2007: $48,368 (it was $35,313 in 2000)

Wales:	$48,368
Utah:	$55,109

Estimated per capita income in 2007: $12,726

Wales:	$12,726
Utah:	$22,603

Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $151,739 (it was $82,900 in 2000)

Wales:	$151,739
Utah:	$218,700

Mean prices in 2007: All housing units: $155,325; Detached houses: $164,774; Mobile homes: $61,250

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Races in Wales:

White Non-Hispanic (91.8%)
Hispanic (7.3%)
Other race (1.8%)

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

2008 cost of living index in Wales: 82.3 (low, U.S. average is 100)

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Ancestries: English (28.3%), Danish (17.4%), Welsh (17.4%), United States (12.3%), French (6.8%), Scottish (5.5%).

Current Local Time: MST time zone

Elevation: 5500 feet

Land area: 0.30 square miles.

Population density: 781 people per square mile

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For population 25 years and over in Wales

High school or higher: 87.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher: 11.5%
Graduate or professional degree: 6.7%
Unemployed: 2.1%
Mean travel time to work: 36.8 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Wales town

Never married: 25.0%
Now married: 67.1%
Separated: 1.2%
Widowed: 1.2%
Divorced: 5.5%

13 residents are foreign born (5.9% Latin America).

This town:	5.9%
Utah:	7.1%

According to our research there were no registered sex offenders living in this town in early 2007.

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

Wales:	0.5% ($375)
Utah:	0.7% ($956)

Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Provo, UT (52.5 miles , pop. 105,166).

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Las Vegas, NV (300.3 miles , pop. 478,434).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Phoenix, AZ (412.8 miles , pop. 1,321,045).

Nearest cities: Moroni, UT (2.0 miles ), Spring City, UT (2.8 miles ), Ephraim, UT (3.0 miles ), Fountain Green, UT (3.1 miles ), Mount Pleasant, UT (3.2 miles ), Levan, UT (3.6 miles ), Fairview, UT (3.8 miles ), Manti, UT (3.9 miles ).

Latitude: 39.49 N, Longitude: 111.64 W

Area code commonly used in this area: 435

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Population change in the 1990s: +33 (+17.7%).

Most common industries for males (%):

Construction (17%)
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (15%)
Food (15%)
Mining (6%)
Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
Administrative and support and waste management services (5%)
Educational services (5%)

Most common industries for females (%):

Educational services (32%)
Food and beverage stores (21%)
Finance and insurance (14%)
Health care (11%)
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (7%)
Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (7%)
Broadcasting and telecommunications (7%)

Most common occupations for males (%)

Laborers and material movers, hand (11%)
Agricultural workers including supervisors (9%)
Construction laborers (8%)
Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
Material moving workers except laborers and material movers, hand (6%)
Postsecondary teachers (5%)

Most common occupations for females (%)

Cashiers (21%)
Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (21%)
Other sales and related workers including supervisors (11%)
Customer service representatives (11%)
Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (7%)
Postsecondary teachers (7%)
Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (7%)

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Average climate in Wales, Utah

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Wales-area historical earthquake activity is above Utah state average. It is 162% greater 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 12.0 miles away from Wales 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 52.6 miles away from the city 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 48.8 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 21.4 miles away from Wales 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 46.2 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 47.8 miles away from Wales center
Magnitude types: body-wave magnitude (MB), duration magnitude (MD), local magnitude (ML)

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Hospitals/medical centers near Wales:

SANPETE VALLEY HOSPITAL (about 10 miles; MOUNT PLEASANT, UT)
CENTRAL VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER (about 20 miles; NEPHI, UT)
GUNNISON VALLEY HOSPITAL (about 27 miles; GUNNISON, UT)

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Wales:

SNOW COLLEGE (about 8 miles; EPHRAIM, UT; Full-time enrollment: 2,632)
UTAH VALLEY STATE COLLEGE (about 55 miles; OREM, UT; FT enrollment: 14,182)
BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY (about 61 miles; PROVO, UT; FT enrollment: 29,977)
UNIVERSITY OF PHOENIX-UTAH CAMPUS (about 83 miles; SALT LAKE CITY, UT; FT enrollment: 2,021)
SALT LAKE COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 84 miles; SALT LAKE CITY, UT; FT enrollment: 11,896)
UNIVERSITY OF UTAH (about 90 miles; SALT LAKE CITY, UT; FT enrollment: 19,866)
WEBER STATE UNIVERSITY (about 120 miles; OGDEN, UT; FT enrollment: 12,112)

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Church in Wales: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (A). Display/hide its location on the map

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

WALES TOWN WATER SYSTEM (Population served: 195, Groundwater):

Past health violations:

MCL, Monthly (TCR) - In APR-2004, Contaminant: Coliform. Follow-up actions: St Public Notif requested (MAY-27-2004), St Formal NOV issued (MAY-27-2004)

Past monitoring violations:

Monitoring and Reporting Stage 1 - Between OCT-2005 and DEC-2005, Contaminant: Chlorine

Notification, Public - In APR-2004, Contaminant: Coliform (TCR)

Monitoring, Repeat Major (TCR) - In SEP-1998, Contaminant: Coliform (TCR)

Initial Tap Sampling for Pb and Cu - Between JAN-1998 and DEC-1998, Contaminant: Lead & Copper Rule. Follow-up actions: St Compliance achieved (DEC-31-1998)

Initial Tap Sampling for Pb and Cu - Between JAN-1997 and DEC-1998, Contaminant: Lead & Copper Rule. Follow-up actions: St Compliance achieved (DEC-31-1998)

One routine major monitoring violation

One minor monitoring violation

78 regular monitoring violations

Average household size:

This town:	3.4 people
Utah:	3.1 people

Percentage of family households:

This town:	85.9%
Whole state:	76.3%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:

This town:	1.6%
Whole state:	3.4%

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

Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
Gay men: 1.6% of all households

Residents with income below the poverty level in 2007:

This town:	6.0%
Whole state:	9.4%

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

This town:	0.9%
Whole state:	3.9%

Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Wales, UT

Wales compared to Utah state average:

Unemployed percentage below state average.
Black race population percentage significantly below state average.
Hispanic race population percentage above state average.
Median age significantly below state average.
Foreign-born population percentage above state average.
Renting percentage below state average.
Length of stay since moving in above state average.
Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher below state average.

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Educational Attainment

School Enrollment by Level of School

Wales mode of transportation to work chart

2004 Presidential Election results in Sanpete County Utah:

Most commonly used house heating fuel:
	Bottled, tank, or LP gas (66%) Coal or coke (19%) Electricity (8%) Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (3%) Wood (3%)

Religion statistics for Wales

Name	Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints	Southern Baptist Convention	Catholic Church	Presbyterian Church (USA)	Other religions
Adherents	99.0%	0.5%	0.2%	0.2%	0.0%
Congregations	91.7%	3.3%	3.3%	1.7%	N/A

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.

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	0	$0		1	$40
Other Government Administration	0	$0		3	$120
Firefighters	0	$0		1	$50
Streets and Highways	0	$0		1	$50
Parks and Recreation	0	$0		1	$50
Water Supply	0	$0		2	$815
Other and Unallocable	0	$0		1	$50
Totals for Government	0	$0		10	$1,175

Wales government finances in 2002:

Bond Fund - Cash & Deposits: $131,000
Charges - All Other: $3,000
Parks & Recreation: $2,000
Construction - General Public Buildings: $8,000
Current Operations - Regular Highways: $21,000
Water Utilities: $21,000

Financial Administration: $11,000

Parks & Recreation: $7,000

General - Other: $5,000

Police Protection: $5,000
Long Term Debt Issue, Unspecified - Water Utilities: $131,000
Long Term Debt Outstanding Nonguaranteed - Water Utilities: $131,000
Miscellaneous - Interest Earnings: $7,000
General Revenue, NEC: $6,000
Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $80,000
Revenue - Water Utilities: $36,000
State Intergovernmental - General Support: $11,000
Highways: $3,000

All Other: $1,000
Tax - Total General Sales: $14,000
Property: $4,000
Total Salaries & Wages: $34,000

8.05% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($33,068 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	8.05%
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 Salt Lake County, UT	1.86% ($42,374 average AGI)
from Utah County, UT	1.34% ($32,265)
from Sevier County, UT	0.50% ($27,000)

8.85% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($26,931 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	8.85%
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 Utah County, UT	2.05% ($28,117 average AGI)
to Salt Lake County, UT	1.33% ($25,904)
to Washington County, UT	0.67% ($32,857)

Strongest AM radio stations in Wales:

KMTI (650 AM; 10 kW; MANTI, UT; Owner: SANPETE COUNTY BROADCASTING COMPANY)
KALL (700 AM; 50 kW; NORTH SALT LAKE CITY, UT; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)
KOAL (750 AM; 10 kW; PRICE, UT; Owner: EASTERN UTAH BROADCASTING CO.)
KIQN (1010 AM; 50 kW; TOOELE, UT)
KSL (1160 AM; 50 kW; SALT LAKE CITY, UT; Owner: BONNEVILLE HOLDING COMPANY)
KSLL (1080 AM; daytime; 10 kW; PRICE, UT; Owner: AGAINST THE WIND BROADCASTING, INC.)
KTKK (630 AM; 10 kW; SANDY, UT; Owner: UNITED BROADCASTING COMPANY)
KOVO (960 AM; 5 kW; PROVO, UT; Owner: MILLCREEK BROADCASTING LLC)
KSVC (980 AM; 5 kW; RICHFIELD, UT; Owner: MID-UTAH RADIO, INC.)
KKDS (1060 AM; 10 kW; SOUTH SALT LAKE, UT; Owner: HOLIDAY BROADCASTING COMPANY)
KBEE (860 AM; 10 kW; SALT LAKE CITY, UT; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
KNZZ (1100 AM; 50 kW; GRAND JUNCTION, CO; Owner: M B C GRAND BROADCASTING, INC.)
KLLB (1510 AM; daytime; 10 kW; WEST JORDAN, UT; Owner: UNITED SECURITY FINANCIAL, INC.)

Strongest FM radio stations in Wales:

KLGL (97.5 FM; RICHFIELD, UT; Owner: SANPETE COUNTY BROADCASTING CO.)
KMXU (105.1 FM; MANTI, UT; Owner: MILLCREEK BROADCASTING, LLC)
K288AN (105.5 FM; PRICE, UT; Owner: CARBON COUNTY)
KTCE (92.3 FM; PAYSON, UT; Owner: MOENKOPI COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
KQMB (102.7 FM; MIDVALE, UT; Owner: SIMMONS-SLC, LS, LLC)
KXRK (96.3 FM; PROVO, UT; Owner: SIMMONS-SLC, LS, LLC)
K208AQ (89.5 FM; PRICE, UT; Owner: UNIVERSITY OF UTAH)
KMDG (103.9 FM; NEPHI, UT; Owner: MILLCREEK BROADCASTING, L.L.C.)
K264AC (100.7 FM; RURAL UTAH COUNTY, UT; Owner: SIMMONS-SLC, LS, LLC)
K208BZ (89.5 FM; SPANISH FORK, UT; Owner: BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY)
KENZ (107.5 FM; OREM, UT; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
KZHT (94.9 FM; PROVO, UT; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)
KCYQ (93.7 FM; RICHFIELD, UT; Owner: MID-UTAH RADIO, INC.)
K255AD (98.9 FM; RURAL GARFIELD, ETC., UT; Owner: GARFIELD COUNTY)
KSOP-FM (104.3 FM; SALT LAKE CITY, UT; Owner: KSOP, INC.)
K272DP (102.3 FM; TOOELE, UT; Owner: FAMILY STATIONS, INC.)
KRCL (90.9 FM; SALT LAKE CITY, UT; Owner: LISTENERS COMMUNITY RADIO OF UTAH)
KBZN (97.9 FM; OGDEN, UT; Owner: CAPITOL BROADCASTING, INC.)
KOSY-FM (106.5 FM; SPANISH FORK, UT; Owner: MERCURY BROADCASTING COMPANY, INC.)
KRSP-FM (103.5 FM; SALT LAKE CITY, UT; Owner: SIMMONS-SLC, LS, LLC)

TV broadcast stations around Wales:

KUPX (Channel 16; PROVO, UT; Owner: PAXSON SALT LAKE CITY LICENSE, INC.)
K57HK (Channel 57; MOUNT PLEASANT, UT; Owner: SANPETE COUNTY)

FCC Registered Private Land Mobile Towers: 1

Lat: 39.485944 Lon: -111.634139, Structure height: 0 m, Call Sign: WPWX614
Assigned Frequencies : 451.162 MHz
Grant Date: 02/04/2003, Expiration Date: 02/04/2013, Certifier: Nellie Case
Registrant: Cara Enterprises Inc., Salt Lake City, UT 84117-0503, Phone: (801) 278-9728, Fax: (801) 278-7239, Email:

FAA Registered Aircrafts: 1

Aircraft: CESSNA 182E (Fixed wing single engine, Category: Land, Seats: 4, Weight: Up to 12,499 Pounds, Speed: 119 mph), Engine: CONT MOTOR O-470 SERIES (230 HP) (Reciprocating)
N-Number: 9260X , Serial Number: 18253660, Year manufactured: 1961, Airworthiness Date: 12/19/1961
Registrant (Individual): Karl S Clawson, 410 State, Wales, UT 84667

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