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Latitude 32:32:38 Longitude 86:12:43
City Distance City Distance
Montgomery 10 NYC, NY 1,032
Birmingham 90 Chicago 765
Mobile 190 LA, CA 2,109
Atlanta 169 Nashville 297
Tampa 468 Memphis 337 Mean Annual Temperature 61° January 40° July 78° Average Rainfall 55” Snowfall 0” Length of growing season 212 days Altitude above mean sea level 179 Prevailing Winds 4-6 mph south Government Type Municipal Government: Mayor/Council FY 2010-2011 Budget $9,125,000 Type County Government: Commission Police/Sheriff City County # Full Time Personnel 40 59 # Patrol Cars 25 28 Enhanced E-911 yes
Fire Protection yes Full Time Personnel 1 0 Part Time Personnel 2 # volunteers 42 500+ Fire Insurance Rating 4/9 Utilities Electricity: Alabama Power Company And Central Alabama Electric Cooperative Natural Gas: Alabama Gas Corporation Water and Sewer: Wetumpka Water Works and Sewer Board/Storage Capacity 4.8MGD Water: Central Alabama Water Authority Solid Waste Disposal: Sanitary Landfill-inert Garbage Disposal: Private contract Telecommunication provider: A T & T Community Data Education Grades Faculty Students Elementary K-4 82 960 Middle 5-8 74 937 High 9-12 93 1,143 Health Hospitals: Number—1 Beds—69 Clinics: Number—3 Nursing Homes/Assisted Living — 2 Doctors: 53 (active & consulting) Dentists: 6 Communications Newspaper—Wetumpka Herald—bi-weekly Population 2000 Census 2011 Est 1990 Census City: 5,726 P.J. 12,794 7,798 4,670 County: 65,874 80,188 49,210 Population within 30 miles 387,561 Income: City County Per Capita: $ 21,924 $29,723 Avg. Household $ 48,178 $62,164 Median Household $ 38,914 $54,558 # Households 2,318 26,535 Tax Structure State Millage County Millage General Fund 2.5 General Fund 5.0 School Fund 3.0 Road&Bridge 2.5 Soldier Fund 1.0 School 7.0 6.5 Hospital 1.0
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Municipal Millage 5.0 Total Wetumpka City Limits 27.0 mills Fire District Fee: $50/Dwelling $100/Business Property Tax Classification and Assessment: Class 1—All property of utilities used in the business of such utilities 30% Class 2—Aircraft, business, industrial, personal, and undeveloped real property 20% Class 3—Agricultural, forest, single family owner-occupied residential property and historic buildings and sites 10% Class 4—Private passenger automobiles and pickups, individually owned 15% Sales Tax: 8% City PJ County School State 3% 1.5% 1% 4% Lodging Tax: 16% (State 4% - City 12%) Rental Tax 3% Gasoline Tax: City County State Federal 1¢ 0 16¢ 18.4¢ Corporate Income Tax 6.5% Individual Income Tax Sliding scale up to 5% Federal Tax is an allowable deduction for State Income Tax No occupational tax Labor Force Elmore County Statistics: Total Labor Force: 35,122 Employment Number: 32,070 Unemployment Number: 3,052 Unmployment Rate: 7.9% Wetumpka Statistics: Labor Force: 1,824 Blue Collar—414; White Collar - 1,151; Service-Farm 258
City: Wetumpka
County: Elmore
State: Alabama
Zip Codes: 36092 and 36093
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Wetumpka Progress—weekly
Montgomery Advertiser—daily
Area Television Stations 10 Radio 20
Cable—Bright House - Channels 97
