Granite City, IL (Illinois) Houses and Residents

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Total population: 30,683 (Urban population: 30,634, Rural population: 49 (all nonfarm))

Granite City, Illinois Age and Sex of Residents

Houses: 14,130 (12,860 occupied: 9,055 owner occupied, 3,805 renter occupied)

% of renters here:	30%
State:	33%

Housing density: 847 houses/condos per square mile

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Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2007 in this state: $284,819.

Median contract rent in 2007: $433 (lower quartile is $334, upper quartile is $517)

Median rent asked for vacant for-rent units in 2007: $380

Median gross rent in Granite City, IL in 2007: $552

Housing units in Granite City with a mortgage: 4,956 (459 second mortgage, 470 home equity loan, 17 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 3,464

Granite City,IL index of house prices

Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $86,407 (it was $56,400 in 2000)

Granite City:	$86,407
Illinois:	$208,800

Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $53,397 - $110,782

Mean price in 2007:

Detached houses: $93,856
Here: $93,856
State: $269,211

Townhouses or other attached units: $122,432
Here: $122,432
State: $258,887

In 2-unit structures: $76,231
Here: $76,231
State: $320,810

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $47,224
Here: $47,224
State: $275,408

Mobile homes: $20,880
Here: $20,880
State: $35,670

Household type by relationship

Households: 31,339

In family households: 26,233 (6,241 male householders, 2,239 female householders)
5,992 spouses, 9,606 children (8,592 natural, 173 adopted, 841 stepchildren), 645 grandchildren, 182 brothers or sisters, 166 parents, 508 other relatives, 654 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 5,106 (1,824 male householders (1,461 living alone)), 2,558 female householders (2,359 living alone)), 724 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 293 (208 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 3,688 2-persons, 2,058 3-persons, 1,677 4-persons, 702 5-persons, 250 6-persons, 105 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 3,820 1-person, 451 2-persons, 94 3-persons, 11 5-persons, 6 7-or-more-persons.

4,637 married couples with children.
2,251 single-parent households (514 men, 1,737 women).

96.6% of residents of Granite City speak English at home.
1.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (60% speak English very well, 33% speak English well, 7% speak English not well).
1.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (73% speak English very well, 21% speak English well, 6% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).

Foreign born population: 357 (1.1%)
(48.2% of them are naturalized citizens)

Median number of rooms in houses and condos:

Here:	5.3
State:	6.1

Median number of rooms in apartments:

Here:	4.1
State:	4.1

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Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Granite City, Illinois:
	1 room: 0 2 rooms: 16 3 rooms: 133 4 rooms: 1,457 5 rooms: 3,475 6 rooms: 1,873 7 rooms: 1,201 8 rooms: 544 9 or more rooms: 356

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Granite City, Illinois:
	1 room: 29 2 rooms: 144 3 rooms: 915 4 rooms: 1,276 5 rooms: 725 6 rooms: 386 7 rooms: 168 8 rooms: 93 9 or more rooms: 69

Year house built:

1999 to March 2000: 38
1995 to 1998: 211
1990 to 1994: 202
1980 to 1989: 533
1970 to 1979: 1,182
1960 to 1969: 2,493
1950 to 1959: 3,897
1940 to 1949: 1,976
1939 or earlier: 3,598

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Granite City:
	no bedroom: 0 1 bedroom: 330 2 bedrooms: 3,249 3 bedrooms: 4,414 4 bedrooms: 846 5 or more bedrooms: 216

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Granite City:
	no bedroom: 76 1 bedroom: 1,155 2 bedrooms: 1,621 3 bedrooms: 665 4 bedrooms: 220 5 or more bedrooms: 68

Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders

Cars and other vehicles available in Granite City in owner-occupied houses/condos:
	no vehicle: 504 1 vehicle: 3,166 2 vehicles: 3,799 3 vehicles: 1,155 4 vehicles: 314 5 or more vehicles: 117

Cars and other vehicles available in Granite City in n renter-occupied apartments
	no vehicle: 856 1 vehicle: 1,870 2 vehicles: 841 3 vehicles: 222 4 vehicles: 16 5 or more vehicles: 0

Estimate of home value of owner-occupied houses in 2007 in Granite City, IL:

Less than $10,000: 56
$10,000 to $14,999: 28
$15,000 to $19,999: 70
$20,000 to $24,999: 86
$25,000 to $29,999: 105
$30,000 to $34,999: 160
$35,000 to $39,999: 197
$40,000 to $49,999: 593
$50,000 to $59,999: 826
$60,000 to $69,999: 912
$70,000 to $79,999: 882
$80,000 to $89,999: 816
$90,000 to $99,999: 840
$100,000 to $124,999: 1676
$125,000 to $149,999: 865
$150,000 to $174,999: 283
$175,000 to $199,999: 176
$200,000 to $249,999: 153
$250,000 to $299,999: 82
$300,000 to $399,999: 59
$400,000 to $499,999: 11
$500,000 to $749,999: 0
$750,000 to $999,999: 0
$1,000,000 or more: 0

Granite City rent paid by renters for apartments graph

Rent paid by renters in 2007 in Granite City:

Less than $100: 172 people
$100 to $149: 95
$150 to $199: 103
$200 to $249: 89
$250 to $299: 229
$300 to $349: 313
$350 to $399: 395
$400 to $449: 470
$450 to $499: 491
$500 to $549: 382
$550 to $599: 252
$600 to $649: 153
$650 to $699: 124
$700 to $749: 48
$750 to $799: 16
$800 to $899: 22
$900 to $999: 17
$1,000 to $1,249: 28
$1,250 to $1,499: 15
$1,500 to $1,999: 6
$2,000 or more: 0
No cash rent: 310

Year of entry for the foreign-born population
	1995 to March 2000: 94 1990 to 1994: 35 1985 to 1989: 6 1980 to 1984: 29 1975 to 1979: 38 1970 to 1974: 22 1970 to 1974: 26 1965 to 1969: 107

Granite City, IL Time Leaving Home for Work

Percentage of workers working in this county: 60.3%
Number of people working at home: 172 (1.2% of all workers)

Travel time to work

Less than 5 minutes: 503
5 to 9 minutes: 2244
10 to 14 minutes: 2512
15 to 19 minutes: 1727
20 to 24 minutes: 1738
25 to 29 minutes: 812
30 to 34 minutes: 1777
35 to 39 minutes: 379
40 to 44 minutes: 387
45 to 59 minutes: 1117
60 to 89 minutes: 245
90 or more minutes: 247

Granite City mode of transportation to work chart

Means of transportation to work

Drove a car alone: 11,244 (81%)
Carpooled: 1,750 (13%)
Bus or trolley bus: 248 (2%)
Subway or elevated: 19 (0%)
Taxi: 19 (0%)
Motorcycle: 18 (0%)
Bicycle: 32 (0%)
Walked: 262 (2%)
Other means: 96 (1%)
Worked at home: 172 (1%)

Household income:

Less than $10,000: 1295
$10,000 to $14,999: 1149
$15,000 to $19,999: 889
$20,000 to $24,999: 969
$25,000 to $29,999: 1016
$30,000 to $34,999: 955
$35,000 to $39,999: 990
$40,000 to $44,999: 786
$45,000 to $49,999: 544
$50,000 to $59,999: 1364
$60,000 to $74,999: 1418
$75,000 to $99,999: 910
$100,000 to $124,999: 276
$125,000 to $149,999: 115
$150,000 to $199,999: 89
$200,000 or more: 97

First ancestries reported:

German: 4638

United States or American: 3263

Irish: 3213

Other groups: 3169

English: 2049

Italian: 950

Polish: 798

French (except Basque): 767

Dutch: 424

Croatian: 343

Scotch-Irish: 334

European: 324

Hungarian: 319

Scottish: 156

Macedonian: 150

Welsh: 126

Slovak: 112

Russian: 100

British: 90

Norwegian: 84

Armenian: 82

French Canadian: 81

Czech: 74

Yugoslavian: 71

Austrian: 68

Romanian: 64

Lithuanian: 60

Greek: 52

Bulgarian: 42

Czechoslovakian: 38

Swiss: 35

Swedish: 34

Danish: 30

Ukrainian: 23

Lebanese: 22

Arab:: 22

Finnish: 10

Scandinavian: 9

Serbian: 9

Canadian: 7

Eastern European: 7

Brazilian: 7

Portuguese: 6

Subsaharan African:: 4

African: 4

Iranian: 4

Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:

Mexico (30%)
Germany (15%)
Canada (10%)
El Salvador (6%)
Panama (6%)
Korea (4%)
United Kingdom (4%)

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

This state: 21115
Northeast: 468
Midwest: 6535
South: 2502
West: 496

60% of Granite City residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 72% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 33% lived in Illinois.

Education attainment for males 25 years and older:

No schooling: 45
Nursery to 4th grade: 19
5th and 6th grade: 72
7th and 8th grade: 423
9th grade: 335
10th grade: 424
11th grade: 435
12th grade, no diploma: 321
High school graduate (or equivalency): 3,654
Less than 1 year of college: 795
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 1,559
Associate degree: 621
Bachelor's degree: 729
Master's degree: 305
Professional school degree: 59
Doctorate degree: 6

Educational Attainment for Males

Education attainment for females 25 years and older:

No schooling: 84
Nursery to 4th grade: 25
5th and 6th grade: 127
7th and 8th grade: 802
9th grade: 358
10th grade: 513
11th grade: 317
12th grade, no diploma: 375
High school graduate (or equivalency): 4,632
Less than 1 year of college: 1,111
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 1,269
Associate degree: 678
Bachelor's degree: 712
Master's degree: 227
Professional school degree: 33
Doctorate degree: 0

Educational Attainment for Females

Class of Workers

Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic males: 6.6%
Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic females: 8.4%

Unemployment rate for Black males: 9.8%
Unemployment rate for Black females: 18.9%

Unemployment rate for Asian males: 0.0%
Unemployment rate for Asian females: 0.0%

Unemployment rate for other race males: 14.9%
Unemployment rate for other race females: 27.3%

Unemployment rate for two or more race males: 7.7%
Unemployment rate for two or more race females: 15.9%

Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino males: 5.1%
Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino females: 11.9%

Median household income in 2007 for:

White non-Hispanic householders: $43,926
Black householders: $45,861
American Indian and Alaska Native householders: $44,418
Asian householders: $27,026
Some other race householders: $51,082
Two or more races householders: $26,306
Hispanic or Latino race householders: $34,121

Granite City household income for White non-Hispanic householders

Granite City household income for Black householders

Granite City household income for American Indian and Alaska Native householders

Granite City household income for Asian householders

Granite City household income for Some other race householders

Granite City household income for Two or more races householders

Granite City household income for Hispanic or Latino race householders

Granite City marital status for males

Granite City marital status for females

Median 2007 house value for:

White Non-Hispanic householders: $88,245
Black or African American householders: $114,903
American Indian or Alaska Native householders: $114,903
Asian householders: $65,571
Some other race householders: $58,677
Two or more races householders: $80,125
Hispanic or Latino householders: $57,758

Housing units in structures:

One, detached: 10,386
One, attached: 216
Two: 747
3 or 4: 819
5 to 9: 708
10 to 19: 429
20 to 49: 235
50 or more: 172
Mobile homes: 411
Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 7

Median worth of mobile homes: $26,392

Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 1%

Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 1%

Year Householders Moved Into Unit in Granite City:

Most commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos:
	Utility gas (92%) Electricity (6%) Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)

Most commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:
	Utility gas (79%) Electricity (18%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%) Other fuel (1%)

Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 273

Here:	7.2%
Illinois:	13.4%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 77

Here:	4.3%
Illinois:	11.1%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 202

Here:	16.1%
Illinois:	25.8%

School Enrollment by Level of School for Male Students

School Enrollment by Level of School for Female Students

Age and Sex of Sensory-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Physically-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Mentally-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Self-Care Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Go-Outside-Home Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Residents with Employment Disability (Noninst.)

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