Drinking water stations with addresses in West Union and their reported violations in the past:
LIGHTHOUSE CARE CENTERS (Population served: 35, Groundwater):
Past health violations:
- MCL, Monthly (TCR) - In AUG-2005, Contaminant: Coliform. Follow-up actions: St Public Notif requested (SEP-19-2005), St Violation/Reminder Notice (SEP-19-2005)
- MCL, Monthly (TCR) - In JUL-2005, Contaminant: Coliform. Follow-up actions: St Public Notif requested (AUG-09-2005), St Violation/Reminder Notice (AUG-09-2005), St Public Notif received (AUG-30-2005)
- MCL, Monthly (TCR) - In OCT-2002, Contaminant: Coliform. Follow-up actions: St Violation/Reminder Notice (NOV-18-2002), St Public Notif received (NOV-27-2002), St Compliance achieved (APR-01-2003)
Past monitoring violations:
- One routine major monitoring violation
- One minor monitoring violation
Residents with income below the poverty level in 2008:
| This town: |  27.1% | | Whole state: |  14.1% |
Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2008:
| This town: | 16.4% | | Whole state: | 6.5% |
Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in West Union, SC
West Union compared to South Carolina state average:
- Median household income below state average.
- Median house value below state average.
- Unemployed percentage significantly below state average.
- Hispanic race population percentage significantly above state average.
- Median age above state average.
- Foreign-born population percentage significantly above state average.
- Number of rooms per house 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
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2004 Presidential Election results in Oconee County South Carolina:
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Most commonly used house heating fuel:
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- Utility gas (52%)
- Electricity (34%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (8%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (5%)
- Wood (2%)
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Religion statistics for West Union
Percentage of population affiliated with a religious congregations: 59.36%
| Here | | 59.4% |
| USA | | 50.2% |
Breakdown of population affiliated with a religious congregations.
| Name | Southern Baptist Convention | United Methodist Church | Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) | Catholic Church | Presbyterian Church (USA) |
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| Adherents | 68.2% | 7.1% | 6.4% | 4.7% | 3.1% |
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| Congregations | 49.6% | 9.4% | 12.2% | 1.4% | 4.3% |
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| Name | The Wesleyan Church | Evangelical Lutheran Church in America | Assemblies of God | Church of God of Prophecy | Other |
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| Adherents | 2.1% | 1.6% | 1.3% | 0.9% | 4.5% |
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| Congregations | 4.3% | 0.7% | 1.4% | 5.8% | 10.8% |
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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 | $1,955 | $23,460 | 1 | $340 |
| Police Protection - Officers |
1 | $2,295 | $27,540 | 0 | $0 |
| Streets and Highways |
1 | $2,465 | $29,580 | 1 | $255 |
| Totals for Government |
3 | $6,715 | $26,860 | 2 | $595 |
West Union government finances in 2002:
- Current Operations - Water Utilities: $81,000
Police Protection: $55,000
Financial Administration: $44,000
Regular Highways: $6,000
Fire Protection: $2,000
- Local Intergovernmental - All Other: $1,000
- Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding - Water Utilities: $92,000
- Long Term Debt Outstanding Nonguaranteed - Water Utilities: $90,000
- Long Term Debt Retired Unspecified - Water Utilities: $1,000
- Miscellaneous - Interest Earnings: $8,000
General Revenue, NEC: $1,000
- Other Capital Outlay - Water Utilities: $66,000
- Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $301,000
- Revenue - Water Utilities: $92,000
- State Intergovernmental - All Other: $22,000
General Support: $10,000
- Tax - Property: $56,000
NEC: $45,000
Public Utilities: $17,000
- Total Salaries & Wages: $86,000
- Water Utilities - Interest on Debt: $6,000
6.01% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($53,827 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 6.01% | | South Carolina average: | 8.00% |
0.05% of residents moved from foreign countries ($162 average AGI)| Oconee County: | 0.05% | | South Carolina average: | 0.15% |
Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
5.18% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($38,479 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 5.18% | | South Carolina average: | 6.88% |
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 West Union:
- WLFJ (660 AM; daytime; 50 kW; GREENVILLE, SC; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
- WCSZ (1070 AM; 50 kW; SANS SOUCI, SC; Owner: WHYZ RADIO, L.P.)
- WTBI (1540 AM; daytime; 10 kW; PICKENS, SC; Owner: TABERNACLE CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS)
- WRIX (1020 AM; daytime; 10 kW; HOMELAND PARK, SC; Owner: AM 1020 INCORPORATED)
- WFGW (1010 AM; 50 kW; BLACK MOUNTAIN, NC; Owner: BLUE RIDGE BROADCASTING CORP.)
- WCNN (680 AM; 50 kW; NORTH ATLANTA, GA; Owner: DICKEY BROADCASTING COMPANY)
- WLET (1420 AM; 5 kW; TOCCOA, GA; Owner: TOCCOA FALLS COLLEGE)
- WGCR (720 AM; daytime; 10 kW; PISGAH FOREST, NC; Owner: ANCHOR BAPTIST BROADCASTING ASSOCIATION)
- WSB (750 AM; 50 kW; ATLANTA, GA; Owner: CXR HOLDINGS, INC.)
- WELP (1360 AM; 5 kW; EASLEY, SC)
- WGST (640 AM; 50 kW; ATLANTA, GA; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)
- WANS (1280 AM; 5 kW; ANDERSON, SC; Owner: FM 103 INC.)
- WDUN (550 AM; 10 kW; GAINESVILLE, GA; Owner: JWJ PROPERTIRS, INC.)
Strongest FM radio stations in West Union:
- WHZT (98.1 FM; SENECA, SC; Owner: CXR HOLDINGS, INC.)
- WGOG (96.3 FM; WALHALLA, SC; Owner: APPALACHIAN BROADCASTING CO., INC.)
- W269AY (101.7 FM; HIGHLANDS, NC; Owner: WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA PUBLIC RADIO)
- WRBN (104.1 FM; CLAYTON, GA; Owner: SUTTON RADIOCASTING CORPORATION)
- WHLC (104.5 FM; HIGHLANDS, NC; Owner: CHARISMA RADIO CORP.)
- W277AL (103.3 FM; HIGHLANDS, NC; Owner: CHARISMA RADIO CORPORATION)
- WESC-FM (92.5 FM; GREENVILLE, SC; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
- WFQS (91.3 FM; FRANKLIN, NC; Owner: WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA PUBLIC RADIO)
- WKSF (99.9 FM; ASHEVILLE, NC; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- WJMZ-FM (107.3 FM; ANDERSON, SC; Owner: CXR HOLDINGS, INC.)
- W237AR (95.3 FM; HAZELWOOD, ETC., NC; Owner: WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA PUBLIC RADIO)
- WMYI (102.5 FM; HENDERSONVILLE, NC; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- W220CD (91.9 FM; ENKA, NC; Owner: CALVARY CHAPEL OF TWIN FALLS, INC.)
- W218AD (91.5 FM; BREVARD, NC; Owner: WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA PUBLIC RADIO)
- WNCC-FM (96.7 FM; FRANKLIN, NC; Owner: SUTTON RADIOCASTING CORPORATION)
- WSPA-FM (98.9 FM; SPARTANBURG, SC; Owner: ENTERCOM GREENVILLE LICENSE, LLC)
- WFBC-FM (93.7 FM; GREENVILLE, SC; Owner: ENTERCOM GREENVILLE LICENSE, LLC)
- WCVP-FM (95.9 FM; ROBBINSVILLE, NC; Owner: CHEROKEE BROADCASTING COMPANY, INC.)
- WRAF (90.9 FM; TOCCOA FALLS, GA; Owner: TOCCOA FALLS COLLEGE)
- WMUU-FM (94.5 FM; GREENVILLE, SC; Owner: WMUU, INC.)
TV broadcast stations around West Union:
- W50AB (Channel 50; HIAWASSEE, GA; Owner: GEORGIA PUBLIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION)
- WHNS (Channel 21; ASHEVILLE, NC; Owner: MEREDITH CORPORATION)
- W22AC (Channel 22; HARTWELL & ROYSTON, GA; Owner: GEORGIA PUBLIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION)
- WASV-TV (Channel 62; ASHEVILLE, NC; Owner: MEDIA GENERAL BROADCASTING OF SOUTH CAROLINA HOLDINGS, INC.)
- WNEG-TV (Channel 32; TOCCOA, GA; Owner: MEDIA GENERAL BROADCASTING OF SO. CAROLINA HOLDINGS, INC.)
- WYFF (Channel 4; GREENVILLE, SC; Owner: WYFF HEARST-ARGYLE TELEVISION, INC.)
- WBSC-TV (Channel 40; ANDERSON, SC; Owner: ANDERSON (WFBC-TV) LICENSEE, INC.)
West Union fatal accident list:
Jan 23, 1998 01:55 AM, Sr-11, Vehicles: 2, Persons: 3, Fatalities: 1
National Bridge Inventory (NBI) Statistics
Number of bridges: 5
Total length: 31 meters (102ft)
Total costs: $72,000
Total average daily traffic: 27,500
Total average daily truck traffic: 1,650
FCC Registered Antenna Towers: 1- CHRISTINE A VERRE, 517 Earle Street, Type: Tower, Structure height: 60.7 m, Overall height: 60.7 m
Registrant: Crown Castle Usa Inc., 2000 Corporate Drive, Canonsburg, PA 15317, Phone: (724) 416-2516, Email:
FCC Registered Private Land Mobile Towers: 1- 313 North Hwy 11, Type: Building, Structure height: 4.3 m, Call Sign: WQGB973
Assigned Frequencies : 464.650 MHz
Grant Date: 12/05/2006, Expiration Date: 12/05/2016, Certifier: Bradley Jones
Registrant: Spectrum License Consultants, Inc, P.O. Box 703815, Dallas, TX 75370, Phone: (972) 248-2400, Fax: (972) 248-2422, Email:
FCC Registered Microwave Towers: 1- Walhalla Town, 517 Earle Street, Type: Tower, Structure height: 60.7 m, Call Sign: WQJQ517
Assigned Frequencies : 10795.0 MHz
Grant Date: 11/25/2008, Expiration Date: 11/25/2018, Certifier: Christopher L Harris
Registrant: Conterra Ultra Broadband, LLC, 2101 Rexford Rd Ste 200e, Charlotte, NC 28211, Phone: (704) 936-1777, Fax: (704) 936-1801, Email:
FCC Registered Amateur Radio Licenses: 22 (See the full list of FCC Registered Amateur Radio Licenses in West Union)
FAA Registered Aircrafts: 2- Aircraft: CESSNA 172RG (Fixed wing single engine, Category: Land, Seats: 4, Weight: Up to 12,499 Pounds), Engine: LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER (180 HP) (Reciprocating)
N-Number: 20CU , Serial Number: 172RG0323, Year manufactured: 1980, Airworthiness Date: 02/21/1980
Registrant (Corporation): Fly Boys Inc, Po Box 1297, West Union, SC 29696 - Aircraft: TALMAGE R N JR SEAREY (Fixed wing single engine, Category: Amphibian, Seats: 2, Weight: Up to 12,499 Pounds), Engine: BOMBARDIER ROTAX (ALL) (Reciprocating)
N-Number: 58RT , Serial Number: IDK088, Year manufactured: 1996, Airworthiness Date: 12/10/1996
Registrant (Corporation): Blue Ridge Air Inc, 213 Burnt Tanyard Rd, West Union, SC 29696
2006 National Fire Incident Reporting System Incidents:- Fire: 27
- Hazardous Condition: 12
- Good Intent Call: 16
Incident types - West Union
See Full 2006 National Fire Incident Reporting System Statistics for West Union, SC
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