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Notable locations in Wharton: Texas and New Orleans Railroad Depot (A), Linn Street Historic District (B), West Milam Street Mercantile Historic District (C), Wharton County Courthouse Historic Commercial District (D), Willie Banker Junior House (E), Wiley J Croom House (F), F F Dannon House (G), Ben and Mary Davis House (H), Henry B Garrett House (I), John A and Sophie Garrett House (J), Louis F Worthing House (K), Bolton-Outlar House (L), Edwin Hawes House (M), Edwin Hawes Junior House (N), Nettie Elkins House (O), Moses Bernstein House (P), Moran-Moore House (Q), George C and Annie Gifford House (R), Gerard A Harrison House (S), Merrill-Roten House (T). Display/hide their locations on the map
Churches in Wharton include: Saint Johns Evangelical Lutheran Church (A), Old First Methodist Episcopal Church South (B). Display/hide their locations on the map
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Residents with income below the poverty level in 1999:
| This city: | 22.2% | | Whole state: | 15.4% |
Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 1999:
| This city: | 8.8% | | Whole state: | 6.7% |
Wharton compared to Texas state average:
- Black race population percentage significantly above state average.
- Hispanic race population percentage significantly above state average.
- Median age below state average.
- Foreign-born population percentage significantly above state average.
- Length of stay since moving in below state average.
- House age below state average.
- Institutionalized population percentage above state average.
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Banks with branches in Wharton (2007 data):
- NewFirst National Bank: Wharton Branch at 101 East Milam Street, branch established on 1916-01-01; Wharton Drive-In Branch at 117 East Milam Street, branch established on 1989-12-04. Info updated 2006-11-03: Bank assets: $271.1 mil, Deposits: $248.1 mil, headquarters in El Campo, TX, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 9 total offices, Holding Company: Newfirst Financial Group, Inc.
- Prosperity Bank: Wharton Branch at 143 West Burleson Street, branch established on 1898-01-01; Detached Facility at 220 South Houston Street, branch established on 1979-10-16. Info updated 2006-05-16: Bank assets: $4,586.5 mil, Deposits: $3,736.6 mil, headquarters in El Campo, TX, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 95 total offices, Holding Company: Prosperity Bancshares, Inc.
- Capital One, National Association: Wharton Branch at 323 Boling Road, branch established on 1989-06-30. Info updated 2006-05-08: Bank assets: $30,803.0 mil, Deposits: $21,939.0 mil, headquarters in New Orleans, LA, positive income, 327 total offices, Holding Company: Capital One Financial Corporation
- Vista Bank Texas: North Alabama Road Branch at 1610 North Alabama Road, branch established on 1988-02-25. Info updated 2007-01-25: Bank assets: $124.0 mil, Deposits: $93.9 mil, headquarters in Boling, TX, negative income in the last year, 3 total offices, Holding Company: Vb Texas, Inc.
- The First State Bank: Wharton Branch at 727 North Alabama, branch established on 1998-10-23. Info updated 2006-11-03: Bank assets: $164.2 mil, Deposits: $151.0 mil, headquarters in Louise, TX, positive income, 6 total offices, Holding Company: Louise Bancshares, Inc.
- Franklin Bank, S.S.B.: 104 W Caney St Branch at 104 W Caney St, branch established on 1937-12-21. Info updated 2006-11-03: Bank assets: $5,533.3 mil, Deposits: $2,642.6 mil, headquarters in Houston, TX, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 36 total offices
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Local government employment and payroll (March 2002)
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| Function |
Full-time employees |
Monthly full-time payroll |
Average yearly full-time wage |
Part-time employees |
Monthly part-time payroll |
| Judicial and Legal |
2 | $3,739 | $22,434 | 1 | $1,089 |
| Firefighters |
1 | $3,467 | $41,604 | 2 | $979 |
| Health |
7 | $22,182 | $38,026 | 10 | $6,038 |
| Parks and Recreation |
4 | $8,444 | $25,332 | 0 | $0 |
| Sewerage |
3 | $8,307 | $33,228 | 1 | $1,176 |
| Housing and Community Development(Local) |
1 | $3,518 | $42,216 | 0 | $0 |
| Water Supply |
6 | $13,277 | $26,554 | 4 | $5,431 |
| Other and Unallocable |
3 | $7,417 | $29,668 | 4 | $3,469 |
| Police Protection - Officers |
19 | $66,602 | $42,064 | 0 | $0 |
| Other Government Administration |
7 | $19,178 | $32,877 | 10 | $314 |
| Financial Administration |
3 | $8,559 | $34,236 | 0 | $0 |
| Police - Other |
7 | $16,477 | $28,246 | 0 | $0 |
| Streets and Highways |
11 | $24,888 | $27,151 | 1 | $1,970 |
| Totals for Government |
74 | $206,055 | $33,414 | 33 | $20,466 |
Wharton government finances in 2002:
- Charges - Air Transportation: $95,000
- Bond Fund - Cash & Deposits: $1,726,000
- Charges - Solid Waste Management: $937,000
Sewerage: $799,000
All Other: $670,000
Parks & Recreation: $68,000
- Construction - Water Utilities: $607,000
Housing & Community Development: $206,000
Regular Highways: $124,000
- Current Operations - Police Protection: $1,449,000
Solid Waste Management: $899,000
Health Services - Other: $853,000
Water Utilities: $641,000
Regular Highways: $625,000
Sewerage: $622,000
Parks & Recreation: $423,000
Central Staff Services: $289,000
Financial Administration: $170,000
Fire Protection: $142,000
General - Other: $108,000
Protective Inspection and Regulation, NEC: $107,000
Judicial and Legal Services: $88,000
Air Transportation: $76,000
General Public Buildings: $51,000
Housing & Community Development: $26,000
- General - Interest on Debt: $180,000
- Local Intergovernmental - Health & Hospitals: $88,000
General Support: $86,000
Education: $38,000
Public Welfare: $4,000
- Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding - Water Utilities: $1,998,000
- Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding, NEC: $2,992,000
- Long Term Debt Issue, Unspecified - Water Utilities: $2,508,000
Other NEC: $291,000
- Long Term Debt Outstanding - Full Faith & Credit - Other, NEC: $3,009,000
- Long Term Debt Outstanding Nonguaranteed - Water Utilities: $4,401,000
- Long Term Debt Retired Unspecified - Other, NEC: $274,000
Water Utilities: $105,000
- Miscellaneous - Special Assessments: $437,000
Interest Earnings: $262,000
General Revenue, NEC: $211,000
Property Sale Other: $46,000
- Other Capital Outlay - Parks & Recreation: $342,000
General Public Building: $80,000
Police Protection: $74,000
Regular Highways: $23,000
Air Transportation: $13,000
Protective Inspection & Regulation, NEC: $2,000
- Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $2,154,000
- Revenue - Water Utilities: $901,000
- Sinking Fund - Cash & Deposits: $164,000
- State Intergovernmental - Housing & Community Development: $208,000
Public Welfare: $31,000
- Tax - Property: $1,695,000
Total General Sales: $1,218,000
Public Utilities: $831,000
NEC: $58,000
Other Selective Sales: $54,000
- Total Salaries & Wages: $2,600,000
- Water Utilities - Interest on Debt: $153,000
5.03% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($32,493 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 5.03% | | Texas average: | 8.37% |
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:
6.05% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($33,616 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 6.05% | | Texas average: | 7.44% |
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 Wharton:
- KANI (1500 AM; 1 kW; WHARTON, TX; Owner: MARTIN BROADCASTING, INC.)
- KILE (1560 AM; 50 kW; BELLAIRE, TX; Owner: THE RAFTT CORPORATION)
- KREH (900 AM; 5 kW; PECAN GROVE, TX)
- KEYH (850 AM; 10 kW; HOUSTON, TX; Owner: LIBERMAN BROADCASTING OF HOUSTON LICENSE CORP.)
- KTRH (740 AM; 50 kW; HOUSTON, TX; Owner: AMFM TEXAS LICENSES LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- KRTX (980 AM; 5 kW; ROSENBURG/RICHMOND, TX)
- KGOL (1180 AM; 50 kW; HUMBLE, TX; Owner: ENTRAVISION HOLDINGS, LLC)
- KTMR (1130 AM; daytime; 10 kW; EDNA, TX; Owner: SIGA BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
- KSEV (700 AM; 15 kW; TOMBALL, TX; Owner: LIBERMAN BROADCASTING OF HOUSTON LICENSE CORP.)
- KCTA (1030 AM; 50 kW; CORPUS CHRISTI, TX; Owner: BROADCASTING CORPORATION OF THE SOUTHWEST)
- DKFCC (1270 AM; 3 kW; BAY CITY, TX; Owner: CHAMELEON RADIO CORPORATION)
- KTKR (760 AM; 50 kW; SAN ANTONIO, TX; Owner: CCB TEXAS LICENSES, L.P.)
- KKHT (1070 AM; 10 kW; HOUSTON, TX; Owner: SOUTH TEXAS BROADCASTING, INC.)
Strongest FM radio stations in Wharton:
- KRBE (104.1 FM; HOUSTON, TX; Owner: KRBE LICO, INC.)
- KBXX (97.9 FM; HOUSTON, TX; Owner: RADIO ONE LICENSES, LLC)
- KHJZ-FM (95.7 FM; HOUSTON, TX; Owner: TEXAS INFINITY BROADCASTING L.P.)
- KHMX (96.5 FM; HOUSTON, TX; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)
- KILT-FM (100.3 FM; HOUSTON, TX; Owner: TEXAS INFINITY BROADCASTING L.P.)
- KKBQ-FM (92.9 FM; PASADENA, TX; Owner: CXR HOLDINGS, INC.)
- KLOL (101.1 FM; HOUSTON, TX; Owner: AMFM TEXAS LICENSES LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- KODA (99.1 FM; HOUSTON, TX; Owner: AMFM TEXAS LICENSES LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- KTBZ-FM (94.5 FM; HOUSTON, TX; Owner: AMFM TEXAS LICENSES LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- KKRW (93.7 FM; HOUSTON, TX; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- KUHF (88.7 FM; HOUSTON, TX; Owner: UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON SYSTEM)
- KHCB-FM (105.7 FM; HOUSTON, TX; Owner: HOUSTON CHRISTIAN BROADCASTERS, INC.)
- KXGJ (101.7 FM; BAY CITY, TX; Owner: LIBERMAN BROADCASTING OF HOUSTON LICENSE CORP.)
- KIOX-FM (96.9 FM; EL CAMPO, TX; Owner: LIBERMAN BROADCASTING OF HOUSTON LICENSE CORP.)
- KMJQ (102.1 FM; HOUSTON, TX; Owner: RADIO ONE LICENSES, LLC)
- KLDE (107.5 FM; LAKE JACKSON, TX; Owner: CXR HOLDINGS, INC.)
- KGUL (96.1 FM; EDNA, TX; Owner: LAGRANGE BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
- K208DK (89.5 FM; EL CAMPO, TX; Owner: PAULINO BERNAL EVANGELISM)
TV broadcast stations around Wharton:
- KHOU-TV (Channel 11; HOUSTON, TX; Owner: KHOU-TV, L.P.)
- KPRC-TV (Channel 2; HOUSTON, TX; Owner: POST-NEWSWEEK STATIONS, HOUSTON, LP)
- KTBU (Channel 55; CONROE, TX; Owner: HUMANITY INTERESTED MEDIA, INC.)
- KPXB (Channel 49; CONROE, TX; Owner: PAXSON HOUSTON LICENSE, INC.)
- KTXH (Channel 20; HOUSTON, TX; Owner: FOX TELEVISION STATIONS, INC.)
- KFTH (Channel 67; ALVIN, TX; Owner: TELEFUTURA HOUSTON LLC)
- KNWS-TV (Channel 51; KATY, TX; Owner: JOHNSON BROADCASTING, INC.)
- KXLN-TV (Channel 45; ROSENBERG, TX; Owner: KXLN LICENSE PARTNERSHIP, L.P.)
- KHWB (Channel 39; HOUSTON, TX; Owner: KHWB, INC.)
- KZJL (Channel 61; HOUSTON, TX; Owner: KZJL LICENSE CORP.)
- KETH (Channel 14; HOUSTON, TX; Owner: COMMUNITY EDUCATIONAL TV, INC.)
- KRIV (Channel 26; HOUSTON, TX; Owner: FOX TELEVISION STATIONS, INC.)
- KTRK-TV (Channel 13; HOUSTON, TX; Owner: KTRK TELEVISION, INC.)
- KUHT (Channel 8; HOUSTON, TX; Owner: UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON SYSTEM)
- KVDO-LP (Channel 69; CLEAR LAKE, TX; Owner: FAR EASTERN TELECASTERS)
- KBPX-LP (Channel 33; HOUSTON, TX; Owner: PAXSON COMMUNICATIONS LPTV, INC.)
- KAZH (Channel 57; BAYTOWN, TX; Owner: KAZH LICENSE, LLC)
- KHMV-LP (Channel 28; HOUSTON, TX; Owner: PAPPAS TELECASTING OF THE GULF COAST, A CALIFORNIA LP)
- KTMD (Channel 48; GALVESTON, TX; Owner: TELEMUNDO OF TEXAS PARTNERSHIP, LP)
- KVIT-LP (Channel 28; VICTORIA, TX; Owner: CLUB COMMUNICATIONS)
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See more detailed statistics of Wharton fatal accidents for 1975 - 2006 here
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