Jackson County has a predicted average indoor radon screening level between 2 and 4 pCi/L (pico curies per liter) - Moderate Potential
Air pollution and air quality trends (lower is better)
AQI
PM10
Air Quality Index (AQI) level in 2010 was 15.2. This is significantly better than average.
Particulate Matter (PM10) [µ/m3] level in 2010 was 16.4. This is better than average. Closest monitor was 7.3 miles away from the city center.
Drinking water stations with addresses in Makanda and their reported violations in the past:
BUNCOMBE WATER DISTRICT (Population served: 785, Purch_surface_water):
Past monitoring violations:
- Initial Tap Sampling for Pb and Cu - Between JUL-1994 and DEC-1994, Contaminant: Lead & Copper Rule. Follow-up actions: St Compliance achieved (DEC-31-1994)
- 2 minor monitoring violations
Percentage of residents living in poverty in 2009: 5.1%
(5.5% for White Non-Hispanic residents, 0.0% for Black residents, 0.0% for Hispanic or Latino residents, 0.0% for two or more races residents)
Average household size:
| This village: | 2.4 people | | Illinois: | 2.4 people |
Percentage of family households:
| This village: | 69.6% | | Whole state: | 67.3% |
Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
| This village: | 2.2% | | 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: 0.6% of all households
Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Makanda, IL
Makanda compared to Illinois state average:
- Unemployed percentage below state average.
- Black race population percentage below state average.
- Hispanic race population percentage above state average.
- Median age above state average.
- Foreign-born population percentage significantly above state average.
- Renting percentage significantly below state average.
- Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher above state average.
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Educational Attainment (%)
School Enrollment by Level of School (%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (50%)
- Electricity (36%)
- Wood (10%)
- Utility gas (3%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)
2004 Presidential Election results in Jackson County Illinois:
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Religion statistics for Makanda (based on Jackson County data)
Percentage of population affiliated with a religious congregations: 40.32%
| Here |  | 40.3% |
| USA |  | 50.2% |
Breakdown of population affiliated with a religious congregations
| Name | Southern Baptist Convention | Catholic Church | United Methodist Church | American Baptist Churches in the USA | Lutheran Church |
| Adherents | 27.1% | 11.6% | 9.7% | 9.5% | 9.1% |
| Congregations | 19.3% | 4.5% | 12.5% | 10.2% | 5.7% |
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| Name | Evangelical Lutheran Church in America | Christian Churches and Churches of Christ | Muslim Estimate | Assemblies of God | Other |
| Adherents | 5.4% | 5.2% | 4.4% | 2.3% | 15.8% |
| Congregations | 5.7% | 5.7% | 2.3% | 4.5% | 29.5% |
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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.
Food Environment Statistics:Number of grocery stores: 14 | Jackson County: | 2.40 / 10,000 pop. | | Illinois: | 2.24 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of supercenters and club stores: 1 | This county: | 0.17 / 10,000 pop. | | State: | 0.08 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of convenience stores (no gas): 3 | Jackson County: | 0.52 / 10,000 pop. | | Illinois: | 0.75 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of convenience stores (with gas): 23 | Jackson County: | 3.95 / 10,000 pop. | | State: | 2.61 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of full-service restaurants: 54 | Here: | 9.27 / 10,000 pop. | | State: | 6.86 / 10,000 pop. |
Adult diabetes rate: | This county: | 7.3% | | Illinois: | 8.3% |
Adult obesity rate: | Jackson County: | 28.3% | | Illinois: | 25.2% |
Low-income preschool obesity rate: | This county: | 9.8% | | State: | 14.5% |
| 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 | $208 |
| Other Government Administration |
0 | $0 | | 8 | $480 |
| Streets and Highways |
0 | $0 | | 2 | $258 |
| Totals for Government |
0 | $0 | | 11 | $946 |
Makanda government finances in 2002:
- Current Operations - Financial Administration: $98,000 ($174.38)
- Miscellaneous - General Revenue, NEC: $3,000 ($5.34)
Interest Earnings: $1,000 ($1.78)
- Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $60,000 ($106.76)
- State Intergovernmental - General Support: $46,000 ($81.85)
Highways: $13,000 ($23.13)
- Tax - Property: $28,000 ($49.82)
NEC: $2,000 ($3.56)
- Total Salaries & Wages: $23,000 ($40.93)
10.95% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($21,966 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 10.95% | | Illinois average: | 5.66% |
1.05% of residents moved from foreign countries ($448 average AGI)| Jackson County: | 1.05% | | Illinois average: | 0.19% |
Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
11.75% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($26,132 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 11.75% | | Illinois average: | 5.99% |
0.11% of residents moved to foreign countries ($222 average AGI)| Jackson County: | 0.11% | | Illinois average: | 0.07% |
Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
Strongest AM radio stations in Makanda:
- WDDD (810 AM; 10 kW; JOHNSTON CITY, IL; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
- WCIL (1020 AM; daytime; 1 kW; CARBONDALE, IL; Owner: LYLE BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
- WGGH (1150 AM; 5 kW; MARION, IL)
- KZIM (960 AM; 5 kW; CAPE GIRARDEAU, MO; Owner: ZIMMER RADIO OF MID-MISSOURI, 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.)
- WINI (1420 AM; 1 kW; MURPHYSBORO, IL; Owner: RADIO STATION WINI)
- KAPE (1550 AM; 5 kW; CAPE GIRARDEAU, MO; Owner: W. RUSSELL WITHERS, JR.)
- WSDZ (1260 AM; 20 kW; BELLEVILLE, IL)
- WIBH (1440 AM; 1 kW; ANNA, IL; Owner: WIBH, INC.)
- WPAD (1560 AM; 10 kW; PADUCAH, KY; Owner: BRISTOL BROADCASTING COMPANY, INC.)
- WSM (650 AM; 50 kW; NASHVILLE, TN; Owner: GAYLORD ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY)
- WILY (1210 AM; daytime; 10 kW; CENTRALIA, IL; Owner: W. RUSSELL WITHERS, JR.)
Strongest FM radio stations in Makanda:
- WCIL-FM (101.5 FM; CARBONDALE, IL; Owner: LYLE BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
- WUEZ (95.1 FM; CARTERVILLE, IL; Owner: ZRG OF ILLINOIS, INC.)
- WSIU (91.9 FM; CARBONDALE, IL; Owner: SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY)
- KEZS-FM (102.9 FM; CAPE GIRARDEAU, MO; Owner: ZIMMER BROADCASTING COMPANY, INC.)
- KGMO (100.7 FM; CAPE GIRARDEAU, MO; Owner: W. RUSSELL WITHERS, JR.)
- WTAO-FM (105.1 FM; MURPHYSBORO, IL; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
- WKIB (96.5 FM; ANNA, IL; Owner: W. RUSSELL WITHERS)
- WOOZ-FM (99.9 FM; HARRISBURG, IL; Owner: ZIMMER COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
- KRCU (90.9 FM; CAPE GIRARDEAU, MO; Owner: BOARD OF REGENTS, SOUTHEAST MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY)
- WDDD-FM (107.3 FM; MARION, IL; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
- WVZA (92.7 FM; HERRIN, IL; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
- WQUL (97.7 FM; WEST FRANKFORT, IL; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
- WDBX (91.1 FM; CARBONDALE, IL; Owner: HETERODYNE BROADCASTING COMPANY)
- WXAN (103.9 FM; AVA, IL; Owner: HAROLD L. LAWDER)
- WAWJ (90.1 FM; MARION, IL; Owner: AMERICAN FAMILY ASSOCIATION)
- KGKS (93.9 FM; SCOTT CITY, MO; Owner: ZIMMER RADIO OF MID-MISSOURI, INC.)
TV broadcast stations around Makanda:
- KFVS-TV (Channel 12; CAPE GIRARDEAU, MO; Owner: RAYCOM AMERICA, INC.)
- WSIL-TV (Channel 3; HARRISBURG, IL; Owner: WSIL-TV, INC.)
- KBSI (Channel 23; CAPE GIRARDEAU, MO; Owner: KBSI LICENSEE L.P.)
- W10AH (Channel 10; CARBONDALE, IL; Owner: WPSD-TV, LLC)
- WDKA (Channel 49; PADUCAH, KY; Owner: WDKA ACQUISITION CORPORATION)
- WTCT (Channel 27; MARION, IL; Owner: TRI-STATE CHRISTIAN TV, INC.)
- WPSD-TV (Channel 6; PADUCAH, KY; Owner: WPSD-TV, LLC)
- KCGI-CA (Channel 45; CAPE GIRARDEAU, MO; Owner: TRI-STATE CHRISTIAN TV, INC.)
- WSIU-TV (Channel 8; CARBONDALE, IL; Owner: BOARD OF TRUSTEES SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY)
- W15BU (Channel 17; JOHNSTON CITY, IL; Owner: THREE ANGELS BROADCASTING NETWORK)
Makanda fatal accident list:
Sep 12, 2004 03:32 PM, Sr-919, Vehicles: 2, Persons: 3, Fatalities: 1, Drunken drivers: 1
Mar 2, 1995 04:45 PM, 51, Vehicles: 2, Persons: 2, Fatalities: 1
National Bridge Inventory (NBI) Statistics
Number of bridges: 2
Total length: 5 meters (16ft)
Total average daily traffic: 650
Total average daily truck traffic: 24
Total future (year 2022) average daily traffic: 1,225
FCC Registered Antenna Towers: 7 - Terry Addington, (Goreville - Lick Creek Tower); 620 Hall Church Road (Lat: 37.525611 Lon: -89.099611), Type: Tower, Structure height: 61 m, Overall height: 61 m
Registrant: Blooston, Mordkofsky, Dickens, Duffy & Prendergast, 2120 L Street, N.W., Suite 300, Washington, DC 20037, Phone: (202) 828-5515, Email:
- Terry Addington, (Goreville - Lick Creek Tower); 620 Hall Church Road (Lat: 37.525611 Lon: -89.099611), Type: Tower, Structure height: 61 m, Overall height: 61 m, Licensee ID: L00000615
Registrant: Southern Illinois Rsa Partnership D/B/A First Cellular Of Southern Ill, King City Square, 417 South 42nd St, Mt. Vernon, IL 62864, Phone: (618) 244-2355, Email:
- James E McDonald, (Goreville - Lick Creek Tower); 620 Hall Church Road (Lat: 37.525611 Lon: -89.099611), Type: Tower, Structure height: 61 m, Overall height: 61 m
Registrant: Alltel Communications Inc., One Allied Drive, B2f2-A, Little Rock, AR 72202, Phone: (501) 905-8555, Email:
- James E McDonald, 620 Hall Church Road - Lick Creek - 140002867 (Lat: 37.525556 Lon: -89.099583), Type: Tower, Structure height: 58.8 m, Overall height: 61.9 m
Registrant: Alltel Communications, LLC., One Allied Drive, B1f02-D, Little Rock, AR 72202, Phone: (501) 905-8555, Email:
- James E McDonald, 620 Hall Church Road - Lick Creek - 140002867 (Lat: 37.525556 Lon: -89.099583), Type: Tower, Structure height: 58.8 m, Overall height: 61.9 m
Registrant: Alltel Communications, LLC., One Allied Drive, B1f02-D, Little Rock, AR 72202, Phone: (501) 905-8555, Email:
- I Km S Of Int Poplar Camp Rd & Cedar Creek Rd (Lat: 37.660278 Lon: -89.260000), Type: Tower, Structure height: 122 m, Overall height: 122 m
Registrant: 429 Church Camp Rd, Makanda, IL 62958, Phone: (618) 529-3301 - 8 Km Sw Int Hwys 13 & 51 Nw Of (Lat: 37.664167 Lon: -89.244444), Type: Tower, Structure height: 58 m, Overall height: 58 m
Registrant: Roy Walker Communications Inc, 441 Church Camp Rd, Makanda, IL 62958, Phone: (618) 529-3301
FCC Registered Commercial Land Mobile Towers: 2 ( See the full list of FCC Registered Commercial Land Mobile Towers in Makanda, IL)
FCC Registered Private Land Mobile Towers: 5 ( See the full list of FCC Registered Private Land Mobile Towers)
FCC Registered Broadcast Land Mobile Towers: 1 ( See the full list of FCC Registered Broadcast Land Mobile Towers)
FCC Registered Paging Towers: 1 - Poplar Camp Road (Lat: 37.660306 Lon: -89.260083), Type: Tower, Structure height: 121.9 m, Call Sign: WRV961
Assigned Frequencies: 152.240 MHz Grant Date: 04/28/2009, Expiration Date: 04/01/2019, Certifier: Sanford L Green
Registrant: Blooston, Mordkofsky, Dickens, Duffy & Prendergast, LLP, 2120 L Street, N.W., Suite 300, Washington, DC 20037, Phone: (202) 659-0830, Fax: (202) 828-5568
FCC Registered Amateur Radio Licenses: 11 ( See the full list of FCC Registered Amateur Radio Licenses in Makanda)
FAA Registered Aircraft: 5 - Aircraft: CESSNA 170B (Category: Land, Seats: 4, Weight: Up to 12,499 Pounds, Speed: 105 mph), Engine: CONT MOTOR C145 SERIES (145 HP) (Reciprocating)
N-Number: 1839C , Serial Number: 25983, Year manufactured: 1953, Airworthiness Date: 08/12/1955
Registrant (Individual): William H Oploh, 602 Raccoon Valley Rd, Makanda, IL 62958 - Aircraft: OGLE JACK T RANS S6ES COYOTE II (Category: Land, Seats: 2, Weight: Up to 12,499 Pounds), Engine: BOMBARDIER ROTAX (ALL) (Reciprocating)
N-Number: 3284H , Serial Number: 09041606, Year manufactured: 2006, Airworthiness Date: 07/25/2006
Registrant (Co-Owned): William S Hunter, 621 Sheppard Ln, Makanda, IL 62958, Other Owners: Martha S Ellert - Aircraft: AVIAT AIRCRAFT INC A-1B (Category: Land, Seats: 2, Weight: Up to 12,499 Pounds), Engine: LYCOMING O-360 SERIES (180 HP) (Reciprocating)
N-Number: 811YD , Serial Number: 2278, Year manufactured: 2004, Airworthiness Date: 09/08/2004
Registrant (Individual): Richard H Thomas, 70 Clay Creek Rd, Makanda, IL 62958 - Aircraft: ENSTROM F-28F (Category: Land, Seats: 3, Weight: Up to 12,499 Pounds), Engine: LYCOMING HIO-360 SER (205 HP) (Reciprocating)
N-Number: 86243 , Serial Number: 724, Year manufactured: 1982, Airworthiness Date: 08/09/1982
Registrant (Corporation): D D Williams Construction Inc, 877 S Poplar Camp Rd, Makanda, IL 62958 - Aircraft: PIPER PA-28-180 (Category: Land, Seats: 4, Weight: Up to 12,499 Pounds, Speed: 107 mph), Engine: LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER (180 HP) (Reciprocating)
N-Number: 9520J , Serial Number: 28-3645, Year manufactured: 1966, Airworthiness Date: 09/17/1966
Registrant (Individual): Laurence C Staples, 3205 N Rocky Comfort Rd, Makanda, IL 62958
2006 National Fire Incident Reporting System Incidents:
| Most common first names in Makanda, IL among deceased individuals |
| Name | Count | Lived (average) |
| Mary | 8 | 75.8 years |
| John | 7 | 68.0 years |
| James | 6 | 73.7 years |
| William | 6 | 74.6 years |
| David | 5 | 67.2 years |
| George | 5 | 81.2 years |
| Carl | 4 | 72.2 years |
| Helen | 4 | 87.7 years |
| Mildred | 4 | 86.0 years |
| Margaret | 4 | 79.8 years |
| Most common last names in Makanda, IL among deceased individuals |
| Last name | Count | Lived (average) |
| Heern | 11 | 74.3 years |
| Brewer | 8 | 81.4 years |
| Forby | 7 | 69.4 years |
| Smith | 6 | 72.4 years |
| Allen | 4 | 78.5 years |
| Rowan | 4 | 63.0 years |
| Schwartz | 4 | 84.0 years |
| Cox | 4 | 77.0 years |
| Davis | 4 | 79.3 years |
| Sullivan | 4 | 86.0 years |
- #9 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of males working in industry: Other health and personal care stores"
- #21 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of males in occupations: Professional and related occupations:"
- #32 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of females in occupations: Life, physical, and social science occupations:"
- #57 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of males in occupations: Special education teachers"
- #85 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of males working in industry: Jewelry, luggage, and leather goods stores"
- #89 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of males working in industry: Data processing and other information services"
- #72 (62958) on the list of "Top 101 zip codes with the largest percentage of Bulgarian first ancestries"
- #97 (62958) on the list of "Top 101 zip codes with the largest percentage of Arab/Arabic first ancestries (pop 1,000+)"
- #44 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest percentage of residents relocating from foreign countries between 2005 and 2006"
- #46 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest percentage of residents relocating to other counties in 2006 (pop. 50,000+)"
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