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Madison County

Population in July 2007: 309. Population change since 2000: +11.0%
 

Males: 148  (48.0%)
Females: 161  (52.0%)
Median resident age:  36.1 years
Illinois median age:  34.7 years

Zip codes: 62249.


Estimated median household income in 2007: $53,947 (it was $42,917 in 2000)
Grantfork:  $53,947
Illinois:  $54,124

Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $91,110 (it was $56,300 in 2000)
Grantfork:  $91,110
Illinois:  $208,800

Mean prices in 2007: All housing units: $102,741; Detached houses: $108,208; Mobile homes: $50,000

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Races in Grantfork:

  • White Non-Hispanic (98.8%)
  • American Indian (0.8%)

2008 cost of living index in Grantfork: 74.8 (low, U.S. average is 100)

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Ancestries: German (41.3%), English (10.6%), United States (8.7%), Irish (5.1%), Dutch (4.7%), Polish (3.9%).

Current Local Time: CST time zone

Incorporated on 05/08/1886

Elevation: 535 feet

Land area: 0.23 square miles.

Population density: 1353 people per square mile 
 
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For population 25 years and over in Grantfork

  • High school or higher: 82.1%
  • Bachelor's degree or higher: 9.3%
  • Graduate or professional degree: 3.7%
  • Unemployed: 3.5%
  • Mean travel time to work: 22.5 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Grantfork village

  • Never married: 29.6%
  • Now married: 46.9%
  • Separated: 3.6%
  • Widowed: 11.2%
  • Divorced: 8.7%

0 residents are foreign born

This village:  0.0%
Illinois:  12.3%

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

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

Grantfork:  1.3% ($738)
Illinois:  1.8% ($2,285)
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Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: St. Louis, MO (42.0 miles , pop. 348,189).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Chicago, IL (249.0 miles , pop. 2,896,016).

Nearest cities: Highland, IL (6.0 miles ), Alhambra, IL (6.1 miles ), Old Ripley, IL (7.9 miles) , Pierron, IL (8.2 miles ), Marine, IL (8.2 miles ), Pocahontas, IL (8.6 miles ), New Douglas, IL (9.7 miles ), St. Jacob, IL (10.5 miles ).


Single-family new house construction building permits:
  • 1996: 0 buildings
  • 1997: 4 buildings, average cost: $83,900
  • 1998: 1 building, cost: $90,000
  • 1999: 1 building, cost: $75,000
  • 2000: 1 building, cost: $70,000
  • 2001: 0 buildings
  • 2002: 2 buildings, average cost: $100,000
  • 2003: 3 buildings, average cost: $100,000
  • 2004: 5 buildings, average cost: $100,000
  • 2005: 5 buildings, average cost: $100,000
  • 2006: 12 buildings, average cost: $149,200
  • 2007: 9 buildings, average cost: $140,000

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Latitude: 38.83 N, Longitude: 89.67 W

Area code: 618

Grantfork household income distribution Grantfork home values distribution


Population change in the 1990s: -5 (-1.9%).



Most common industries for males:



  • Metal and metal products (14%)
  • Arts, entertainment, and recreation (14%)
  • Truck transportation (8%)
  • Accommodation and food services (8%)
  • Construction (7%)
  • Food and beverage stores (7%)
  • Other transportation, and support activities, and couriers (5%)


Most common industries for females:



  • Accommodation and food services (27%)
  • Social assistance (14%)
  • Finance and insurance (8%)
  • Health care (6%)
  • Furniture and home furnishings, and household appliance stores (5%)
  • Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
  • Metal and metal products (3%)


Most common occupations for males



  • Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (14%)
  • Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (12%)
  • Other sales and related workers including supervisors (11%)
  • Metal workers and plastic workers (8%)
  • Supervisors and other personal care and service workers except personal appearance, transportation, and child care workers (7%)
  • Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
  • Waiters and waitresses (4%)


Most common occupations for females



  • Food and beverage serving workers except waiters/waitresses (10%)
  • Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (10%)
  • Child care workers (10%)
  • Waiters and waitresses (8%)
  • Other food preparation and serving workers including supervisors (6%)
  • Financial managers (5%)
  • Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)


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Crime in Grantfork (2006):
  • 0 murders (0.0 per 100,000)
  • 0 rapes (0.0 per 100,000)
  • 0 robberies (0.0 per 100,000)
  • 0 assaults (0.0 per 100,000)
  • 0 burglaries (0.0 per 100,000)
  • 1 larceny count (367.6 per 100,000)
  • 0 auto thefts (0.0 per 100,000)
  • City-data.com crime index = 14.7 (higher means more crime, US average = 309.6)

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Grantfork-area historical tornado activity is slightly above Illinois state average. It is 111% greater than the overall U.S. average.

On 2/24/1956, a category 4 (max. wind speeds 207-260 mph) tornado 17.7 miles away from the Grantfork village center killed 6 people and injured 36 people and caused between $500,000 and $5,000,000 in damages.

On 4/3/1981, a category 4 tornado 19.5 miles away from the village center injured 32 people and caused between $5,000,000 and $50,000,000 in damages.


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Hospitals/medical centers near Grantfork:
  • ST JOSEPHS HOSPITAL (about 6 miles; HIGHLAND, IL)
  • COMMUNITY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 16 miles; STAUNTON, IL)
  • ST JOSEPHS HOSPITAL (about 17 miles; BREESE, IL)

Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to Grantfork:
  • SCOTT AFB/MIDAMERICA (about 24 miles; BELLEVILLE, IL; ID: BLV)
  • ST LOUIS REGIONAL (about 26 miles; ALTON/ST LOUIS, IL; ID: ALN)
  • LAMBERT-ST LOUIS INTL (about 48 miles; ST LOUIS, MO; ID: STL)
Other public-use airports nearest to Grantfork:
  • HIGHLAND-WINET (about 5 miles; HIGHLAND, IL; ID: H07)
  • ST LOUIS METRO-EAST/SHAFER FIELD (about 13 miles; ST JACOB, IL; ID: 3K6)
  • GREENVILLE (about 21 miles; GREENVILLE, IL; ID: GRE)

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Grantfork:
  • SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY-EDWARDSVILLE (about 21 miles; EDWARDSVILLE, IL; Full-time enrollment: 10,038)
  • SOUTHWESTERN ILLINOIS COLLEGE (about 28 miles; BELLEVILLE, IL; FT enrollment: 7,333)
  • LEWIS AND CLARK COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 31 miles; GODFREY, IL; FT enrollment: 3,451)
  • SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY-MAIN CAMPUS (about 41 miles; ST LOUIS, MO; FT enrollment: 10,286)
  • SAINT LOUIS COMMUNITY COLLEGE-FOREST PARK (about 44 miles; ST LOUIS, MO; FT enrollment: 3,441)
  • SAINT LOUIS COMMUNITY COLLEGE-FLORISSANT VALLEY (about 45 miles; ST LOUIS, MO; FT enrollment: 3,749)
  • UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI-ST LOUIS (about 45 miles; ST LOUIS, MO; FT enrollment: 9,715)

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Average household size:
This village:  2.5 people
Illinois:  2.6 people

Percentage of family households:
This village:  67.3%
Whole state:  67.6%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
This village:  6.9%
Whole state:  4.8%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
  • Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
  • Gay men: 1.0% of all households

Residents with income below the poverty level in 2007:
This village:  4.4%
Whole state:  10.7%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2007:
This village:  2.4%
Whole state:  5.1%

Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Grantfork, IL



Grantfork compared to Illinois state average:
  • Median house value below state average.
  • Unemployed percentage below state average.
  • Black race population percentage significantly below state average.
  • Hispanic race population percentage significantly below state average.
  • Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average.
  • Renting percentage significantly below state average.
  • Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher significantly below state average.


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Grantfork travel time to work


Grantfork mode of transportation to work chart



2004 Presidential Election results in Madison County Illinois:




Most commonly used house heating fuel:
  • Bottled, tank, or LP gas (78%)
  • Electricity (13%)
  • Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (6%)
  • Utility gas (3%)

Local government employment and payroll (March 2002)

Function Full-time employees Monthly full-time payroll Average yearly full-time wage Part-time employees Monthly part-time payroll
Streets and Highways 1$3,364$40,3680$0
Police Protection - Officers 0$0 1$500
Other Government Administration 0$0 7$360
Financial Administration 0$0 1$400
Totals for Government 1$3,364$40,3689$1,260



Grantfork government finances in 2002:
  • Charges - Sewerage: $39,000
    Solid Waste Management: $6,000
  • Construction - Water Utilities: $51,000
  • Current Operations - Water Utilities: $176,000
    Regular Highways: $43,000
    Financial Administration: $35,000
    Sewerage: $23,000
    Solid Waste Management: $9,000
    Police Protection: $7,000
  • General - Interest on Debt: $3,000
  • Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding, NEC: $54,000
  • Long Term Debt Outstanding Nonguaranteed - Other, NEC: $45,000
  • Long Term Debt Retired Unspecified - Other, NEC: $9,000
  • Miscellaneous - Interest Earnings: $10,000
    General Revenue, NEC: $10,000
  • Other Capital Outlay - Sewerage: $100,000
    Central Staff: $20,000
  • Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $186,000
  • Revenue - Water Utilities: $239,000
  • State Intergovernmental - General Support: $37,000
    All Other: $12,000
    Highways: $8,000
  • Tax - Property: $6,000
    NEC: $2,000
  • Total Salaries & Wages: $47,000

5.09% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($40,077 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  5.09%
Illinois average:  5.66%

0.10% of residents moved from foreign countries ($501 average AGI)
Madison County:  0.10%
Illinois average:  0.19%

Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
from St. Clair County, IL  0.92% ($36,962 average AGI)
from St. Louis County, MO  0.51% ($45,525)
from Macoupin County, IL  0.28% ($36,507)


5.21% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($37,778 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  5.21%
Illinois average:  5.99%

0.05% of residents moved to foreign countries ($333 average AGI)
Madison County:  0.05%
Illinois average:  0.07%

Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
to St. Clair County, IL  0.94% ($32,037 average AGI)
to St. Louis County, MO  0.49% ($36,138)
to Macoupin County, IL  0.29% ($38,793)


Strongest AM radio stations in Grantfork:
  • WCBW (880 AM; 2 kW; HIGHLAND, IL; Owner: NEW LIFE EVANGELISTIC CENTER, INC.)
  • KXEN (1010 AM; 50 kW; FESTUS-ST. LOUIS, MO; Owner: BDJ RADIO ENTERPRISES, LLC)
  • KMOX (1120 AM; 50 kW; ST. LOUIS, MO; Owner: INFINITY BROADCASTING OPERATIONS, INC.)
  • WDID (1510 AM; daytime; 1 kW; HIGHLAND, IL; Owner: NEW LIFE EVANGELISTIC CENTER, INC.)
  • WSDZ (1260 AM; 20 kW; BELLEVILLE, IL)
  • KRFT (1190 AM; 10 kW; DE SOTO, MO; Owner: ALL SPORTS RADIO, LLC)
  • KTRS (550 AM; 5 kW; ST. LOUIS, MO; Owner: KTRS-AM LICENSE, L.L.C.)
  • KJSL (630 AM; 5 kW; ST. LOUIS, MO; Owner: WMUZ RADIO, INC.)
  • WILY (1210 AM; daytime; 10 kW; CENTRALIA, IL; Owner: W. RUSSELL WITHERS, JR.)
  • KATZ (1600 AM; 5 kW; ST. LOUIS, MO; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)
  • KFUO (850 AM; 5 kW; CLAYTON, MO; Owner: LUTHERAN CHURCH-MISSOURI SYNOD)
  • WRTH (1430 AM; 5 kW; ST. LOUIS, MO)
  • KSLG (1380 AM; 5 kW; ST. LOUIS, MO; Owner: NEW HORIZON 7TH-DAY CHRISTIAN CHURCH, INC.)

Strongest FM radio stations in Grantfork:
  • WSIE (88.7 FM; EDWARDSVILLE, IL; Owner: BOARD OF TRUSTEES, S. ILLINOIS UNIV.)
  • WDLJ (97.5 FM; BREESE, IL; Owner: KM RADIO OF BREESE, L.L.C.)
  • WAOX (105.3 FM; STAUNTON, IL; Owner: TALLEY BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
  • KSIV-FM (91.5 FM; ST. LOUIS, MO; Owner: COMMUNITY BROADCASTING, INC.)
  • WCXO (96.7 FM; CARLYLE, IL; Owner: CLINTON COUNTY BROADCASTING, INC.)
  • WVRV (101.1 FM; EAST ST. LOUIS, IL; Owner: BONNEVILLE HOLDING COMPANY)
  • WSMI-FM (106.1 FM; LITCHFIELD, IL; Owner: TALLEY BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
  • WGEL (101.7 FM; GREENVILLE, IL; Owner: BOND BROADCASTING INC.)
  • WGRN (89.5 FM; GREENVILLE, IL; Owner: GREENVILLE COL. ED. B/CG. FOUN., INC)

TV broadcast stations around Grantfork:
  • WPXS (Channel 13; MT. VERNON, IL; Owner: EBC ST. LOUIS, INC.)
  • K40FF (Channel 40; ST. LOUIS, MO; Owner: EBC ST. LOUIS, INC.)
  • KMOV (Channel 4; ST. LOUIS, MO; Owner: KMOV-TV, INC.)


Grantfork fatal accident list:
May 21, 1986 05:30 AM, 160, Vehicles: 2, Persons: 2, Fatalities: 1

FCC Registered Private Land Mobile Towers: 1
  • Locust St, Structure height: 6 m, Call Sign: WPAK797
    Assigned Frequencies : 154.355 MHz
    Grant Date: 09/04/2002, Expiration Date: 08/25/2012
    Registrant: Universal Licensing Service, 3419 Via Lido Suite 609, Newport Beach, CA 92663-3908, Phone: (877) 677-3639, Fax: (949) 515-2544

FCC Registered Microwave Towers: 1
  • 600 N. Bound County Road, Overall height: 97.8 m, Call Sign: WHQ996, Licensee ID: L00265137
    5945.20 MHz, 6004.50 MHz, 6063.80 MHz, 6123.10 MHz, 5945.20 MHz, 6004.50 MHz, 6063.80 MHz, 6123.10 MHz, 5974.80 MHz, 6034.20 MHz... (+6 more)
    Grant Date: 02/21/2001, Expiration Date: 02/01/2011, Certifier: R D Meiszer
    Registrant: Lb Tower Company LLC, 441 Vine Street, Suite 3900, Cincinnati, OH 45202-3011, Phone: (513) 381-7775, Fax: (513) 381-1292

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