Matherville, Illinois

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Population (year 2000): 772. Estimated population in July 2006: 765 (-0.9% change)

Males: 367	(47.5%)
Females: 405	(52.5%)

Mercer County

Median resident age:	32.3 years
Illinois median age:	34.7 years

Zip codes: 61263.

Estimated median household income in 2005: $35,100 (it was $33,438 in 2000)

Matherville	$35,100
Illinois:	$50,260

Estimated median house/condo value in 2005: $60,200 (it was $56,000 in 2000)

Matherville	$60,200
Illinois:	$183,900

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Races in Matherville:

White Non-Hispanic (98.1%)
Hispanic (1.0%)
Two or more races (0.8%)
Other race (0.5%)

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Ancestries: Irish (17.7%), German (16.7%), United States (14.1%), English (10.6%), Dutch (5.7%), Scottish (3.6%).

Current Local Time: CST time zone

Elevation: 750 feet

Land area: 0.39 square miles.

Population density: 1979 people per square mile

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For population 25 years and over in Matherville

High school or higher: 85.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher: 4.0%
Graduate or professional degree: 1.3%
Unemployed: 4.8%
Mean travel time to work: 28.8 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Matherville village

Never married: 21.4%
Now married: 54.0%
Separated: 1.7%
Widowed: 6.7%
Divorced: 16.3%

5 residents are foreign born

This village:	0.6%
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:

Matherville:	2.0% ($1,132)
Illinois:	1.7% ($2,285)

Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Peoria, IL (78.0 miles , pop. 112,936).

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Chicago, IL (205.0 miles , pop. 2,896,016).

Nearest cities: Viola, IL (4.2 miles ), Reynolds, IL (6.6 miles ), Sherrard, IL (8.0 miles ), Coyne Center, IL (10.6 miles ), Aledo, IL (10.7 miles ), Oak Grove, IL (10.9 miles ), Windsor, IL (11.8 miles ), Milan, IL (13.2 miles ).

Single-family new house construction building permits:

1996: 0 buildings
1997: 0 buildings
1998: 0 buildings
1999: 3 buildings, average cost: $100,000
2000: 3 buildings, average cost: $100,000
2001: 3 buildings, average cost: $100,000
2002: 3 buildings, average cost: $100,000
2003: 4 buildings, average cost: $100,000
2004: 0 buildings
2005: 0 buildings
2006: 0 buildings
2007: 0 buildings

Number of permits per 10,000 residents

Average cost (in 1000s)

Latitude: 41.26 N, Longitude: 90.61 W

Area code: 309

Matherville household income distribution

Population change in the 1990s: +69 (+9.8%).

Most common industries for males:

Construction (24%)
Metal and metal products (20%)
Truck transportation (13%)
Repair and maintenance (5%)
Food and beverage stores (5%)
Transportation equipment (4%)
Accommodation and food services (4%)

Most common industries for females:

Health care (15%)
Finance and insurance (12%)
Accommodation and food services (9%)
Public administration (8%)
Social assistance (6%)
Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
Transportation equipment (4%)

Most common occupations for males

Metal workers and plastic workers (14%)
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (13%)
Material moving workers except laborers and material movers, hand (8%)
Construction laborers (6%)
Assemblers and fabricators (6%)
Laborers and material movers, hand (6%)
Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)

Most common occupations for females

Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (9%)
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (8%)
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (7%)
Other sales and related workers including supervisors (7%)
Cashiers (6%)
Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)

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Matherville-area historical tornado activity is near Illinois state average. It is 90% greater than the overall U.S. average.

On 8/15/1978, a category 3 (max. wind speeds 158-206 mph) tornado 9.0 miles away from the Matherville village center caused between $50,000 and $500,000 in damages.

On 6/14/1974, a category 3 tornado 9.4 miles away from the village center injured 2 people.

Hospitals/medical centers near Matherville:

MERCER COUNTY HOSPITAL (about 10 miles; ALEDO, IL)
TRINITY MEDICAL CENTER WEST (about 17 miles; ROCK ISLAND, IL)
ILLINI HOSPITAL (about 22 miles; SILVIS, IL)

Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to Matherville:

QUAD CITY INTL (about 14 miles; MOLINE, IL; ID: MLI)
CLINTON MUNI (about 44 miles; CLINTON, IA; ID: CWI)
SOUTHEAST IOWA REGIONAL (about 49 miles; BURLINGTON, IA; ID: BRL)

Other public-use airports nearest to Matherville:

MERCER COUNTY (about 10 miles; ALEDO, IL; ID: C00)
QUAD-CITY (about 16 miles; MOLINE, IL; ID: I04)
DAVENPORT MUNI (about 24 miles; DAVENPORT, IA; ID: DVN)

Amtrak stations near Matherville:

16 miles: MOLINE (QUAD CITY AIRPORT, 2200 69TH ST.) - Bus Station. Services: enclosed waiting area, public restrooms, public payphones, call for taxi service.
18 miles: DAVENPORT (BURLINGTON DEPOT, 304 WEST RIVER DR.) - Bus Station. Services: enclosed waiting area, public restrooms, public payphones, taxi stand.

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Matherville:

AUGUSTANA COLLEGE (about 17 miles; ROCK ISLAND, IL; Full-time enrollment: 2,220)
BLACK HAWK COLLEGE (about 20 miles; MOLINE, IL; FT enrollment: 3,891)
WESTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY (about 56 miles; MACOMB, IL; FT enrollment: 11,096)
ILLINOIS CENTRAL COLLEGE (about 71 miles; EAST PEORIA, IL; FT enrollment: 6,404)
BRADLEY UNIVERSITY (about 79 miles; PEORIA, IL; FT enrollment: 5,262)
ILLINOIS VALLEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 109 miles; OGLESBY, IL; FT enrollment: 2,272)
ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY (about 123 miles; NORMAL, IL; FT enrollment: 18,785)

Public elementary/middle school in Matherville:

MATHERVILLE INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL (Students: 269; Location: P O BOX 639; Grades: 05 - 06)

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Average household size:

This village:	2.7 people
Illinois:	2.6 people

Percentage of family households:

This village:	74.5%
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: 0.3% of all households
Gay men: 0.0% of all households

Residents with income below the poverty level in 1999:

This village:	15.8%
Whole state:	10.7%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 1999:

This village:	9.8%
Whole state:	5.1%

Matherville compared to Illinois state average:

Median house value significantly 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 below state average.
Number of college students 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

Matherville mode of transportation to work chart

2004 Presidential Election results in Mercer County Illinois:

Most commonly used house heating fuel:

5.06% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($36,348 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	5.06%
Illinois average:	5.66%

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:

from Rock Island County, IL	2.00% ($36,283 average AGI)
from Henry County, IL	0.29% ($33,350)
from Knox County, IL	0.28% ($28,684)

6.32% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($33,984 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	6.32%
Illinois average:	5.99%

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:

to Rock Island County, IL	2.02% ($35,312 average AGI)
to Knox County, IL	0.49% ($30,353)
to Henry County, IL	0.43% ($35,267)

Strongest AM radio stations in Matherville:

WKBF (1270 AM; 5 kW; ROCK ISLAND, IL; Owner: MERCURY BROADCASTING COMPANY, INC.)
WOC (1420 AM; 5 kW; DAVENPORT, IA; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)
KJOC (1170 AM; 1 kW; DAVENPORT, IA; Owner: CUMULUS LICENSING CORP.)
WAIK (1590 AM; 5 kW; GALESBURG, IL; Owner: WPW BROADCASTING, INC.)
WDLM (960 AM; 1 kW; EAST MOLINE, IL; Owner: THE MOODY BIBLE INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO)
WFXN (1230 AM; 1 kW; MOLINE, IL; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)
WSCR (670 AM; 50 kW; CHICAGO, IL; Owner: INFINITY BROADCASTING OPERATIONS, INC.)
WGN (720 AM; 50 kW; CHICAGO, IL; Owner: WGN CONTINENTAL BROADCASTING CO.)
KXEL (1540 AM; 50 kW; WATERLOO, IA; Owner: KXEL BROADCASTING COMPANY, INC.)
WTMJ (620 AM; 50 kW; MILWAUKEE, WI; Owner: JOURNAL BROADCAST CORPORATION)
WBBM (780 AM; 50 kW; CHICAGO, IL; Owner: INFINITY BROADCASTING OPERATIONS, INC.)
WRAM (1330 AM; 1 kW; MONMOUTH, IL; Owner: WPW BROADCASTING, INC)
KXEN (1010 AM; 50 kW; FESTUS-ST. LOUIS, MO; Owner: BDJ RADIO ENTERPRISES, LLC)

Strongest FM radio stations in Matherville:

WHTS (98.9 FM; ROCK ISLAND, IL; Owner: MERCURY BROADCASTING COMPANY, INC.)
WLLR-FM (103.7 FM; DAVENPORT, IA; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)
WVIK (90.3 FM; ROCK ISLAND, IL; Owner: AUGUSTANA COLLEGE)
WXLP (96.9 FM; MOLINE, IL; Owner: CUMULUS LICENSING CORP.)
KCQQ (106.5 FM; DAVENPORT, IA; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)
KMXG (96.1 FM; CLINTON, IA; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)
KUUL (101.3 FM; EAST MOLINE, IL; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)
WRMJ (102.3 FM; ALEDO, IL; Owner: WESTERN ILLINOIS BROADCASTING, INC.)
WDLM-FM (89.3 FM; EAST MOLINE, IL; Owner: THE MOODY BIBLE INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO)
KBEA-FM (99.7 FM; MUSCATINE, IA; Owner: CUMULUS LICENSING CORP.)
WMOI (97.7 FM; MONMOUTH, IL; Owner: WPW BROADCASTING, INC)
WAAG (94.9 FM; GALESBURG, IL; Owner: GALESBURG BROADCASTING CO.)
WLSR (92.7 FM; GALESBURG, IL; Owner: GALESBURG BROADCASTING COMPANY)

TV broadcast stations around Matherville:

KWQC-TV (Channel 6; DAVENPORT, IA; Owner: YOUNG BROADCASTING OF DAVENPORT, INC.)
WQAD-TV (Channel 8; MOLINE, IL; Owner: NEW YORK TIMES MANAGEMENT SERVICES)
KLJB-TV (Channel 18; DAVENPORT, IA; Owner: QUAD CITIES TELEVISION ACQUISITION CORP.)
WQPT-TV (Channel 24; MOLINE, IL; Owner: BLACK HAWK COLLEGE)
WBQD-LP (Channel 26; DAVENPORT, IA; Owner: FOUR SEASONS PEORIA, LLC)
WHBF-TV (Channel 4; ROCK ISLAND, IL; Owner: CORONET COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY)
K61HD (Channel 61; DAVENPORT, IA; Owner: TRINITY BROADCASTING NETWORK)
KGWB-TV (Channel 26; BURLINGTON, IA; Owner: BURLINGTON TELEVISION ACQUISITION CORP.)
KQIN (Channel 36; DAVENPORT, IA; Owner: IOWA PUBLIC BROADCASTING BOARD)
K16EL (Channel 66; DAVENPORT, IA; Owner: THREE ANGELS BROADCASTING NETWORK)

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