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Population (year 2000): 2,749. Estimated population in July 2006: 2,578 (-6.2% change)
 
Males: 1,285   (46.7%)
Females: 1,464   (53.3%)

St. Clair County

Median resident age:   26.3 years
Illinois median age:   34.7 years

Zip codes: 62207 .

Estimated median household income in 2005: $19,500 (it was $17,860 in 2000)
Alorton   $19,500
Illinois:   $50,260

Estimated median house/condo value in 2005: $40,800 (it was $31,700 in 2000)
Alorton   $40,800
Illinois:   $183,900

Alorton, IL residents, houses, and apartments details

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Races in Alorton:

  • Black (97.1%)
  • White Non-Hispanic (1.5%)
  • Two or more races (0.9%)
  • Hispanic (0.7%)


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Ancestries: Subsaharan African (1.1%).

Current Local Time: CST time zone

Incorporated on 12/04/1944

Elevation: 418 feet

Land area: 1.78 square miles.

Population density: 1463 people per square mile 
 
 (low).


Alorton

For population 25 years and over in Alorton

  • High school or higher: 57.9%
  • Bachelor's degree or higher: 3.4%
  • Graduate or professional degree: 0.6%
  • Unemployed: 22.5%
  • Mean travel time to work: 25.0 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Alorton village

  • Never married: 45.7%
  • Now married: 29.6%
  • Separated: 6.2%
  • Widowed: 7.7%
  • Divorced: 10.7%

29 residents are foreign born

This village:   1.1%
Illinois:   12.3%


According to our research there were 5 registered sex offenders living in Alorton, Illinois in early 2007.
The ratio of number of residents in Alorton to the number of sex offenders is 521 to 1.

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

Alorton:   1.3% ($402)
Illinois:   1.7% ($2,285)

Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: St. Louis, MO (9.1 miles , pop. 348,189).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Chicago, IL (280.7 miles , pop. 2,896,016).

Nearest cities: Centreville, IL (1.0 miles ), East St. Louis, IL (2.3 miles ), Sauget, IL (3.4 miles ), Washington Park, IL (3.5 miles ), Cahokia, IL (4.1 miles ), Fairmont City, IL (4.8 miles ), Brooklyn, IL (6.0 miles ), Caseyville, IL (6.8 miles ).

Latitude: 38.58 N, Longitude: 90.12 W


51 people in other noninstitutional group quarters

Alorton, Illinois business and economic data: stores, dealers, real estate agents, wholesalers, restaurants...


Population change in the 1990s: -208 (-7.0%).

Historical population


Historical housing units



Most common industries for males:

  • Accommodation and food services (19%)
  • Construction (12%)
  • Arts, entertainment, and recreation (8%)
  • Administrative and support and waste management services (6%)
  • Food (6%)
  • Metal and metal products (4%)
  • Other transportation, and support activities, and couriers (4%)


Most common industries for females:

  • Health care (21%)
  • Social assistance (9%)
  • Accommodation and food services (9%)
  • Educational services (9%)
  • Public administration (7%)
  • Arts, entertainment, and recreation (6%)
  • Finance and insurance (6%)


Most common occupations for males

  • Cooks and food preparation workers (15%)
  • Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (11%)
  • Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (9%)
  • Construction laborers (7%)
  • Other food preparation and serving workers including supervisors (5%)
  • Material moving workers except laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
  • Metal workers and plastic workers (4%)


Most common occupations for females

  • Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (12%)
  • Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (10%)
  • Child care workers (8%)
  • Cashiers (6%)
  • Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (4%)
  • Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (4%)
  • Communications equipment operators (4%)


 

Crime in Alorton by Year

Type 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
Murders 2 2 1 0 0 1 2 0
    per 100,000 72.1 72.8 36.4 0.0 0.0 36.9 75.4 0.0
Rapes 13 13 5 6 6 7 8 5
    per 100,000 468.8 472.9 181.9 218.3 219.4 258.2 301.4 190.8
Robberies 13 14 7 5 16 5 19 30
    per 100,000 468.8 509.3 254.6 181.9 585.0 184.4 715.9 1145.0
Assaults 176 191 201 63 115 92 117 79
    per 100,000 6346.9 6948.0 7311.7 2291.7 4204.8 3393.6 4408.4 3015.3
Burglaries 47 76 73 17 39 37 44 54
    per 100,000 1694.9 2764.6 2655.5 618.4 1426.0 1364.8 1657.9 2061.1
Thefts 88 85 100 19 49 27 25 36
    per 100,000 3173.5 3092.0 3637.7 691.2 1791.6 995.9 942.0 1374.0
Auto thefts 46 61 63 17 11 9 30 36
    per 100,000 1658.9 2219.0 2291.7 618.4 402.2 332.0 1130.4 1374.0
Arson 0 5 4 1 2 2 4 0
    per 100,000 0.0 181.9 145.5 36.4 73.1 73.8 150.7 0.0
usaelectionpolls.com crime index (higher means more crime, U.S. average = 323.2) 2307.6 2560.9 2271.7 807.9 1395.6 1176.3 1732.5 1408.4

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Full-time Law Enforcement Employees in 2006: 8 (8 officers).
Officers per 1,000 residents here:   3.07
US city average:   3.00

Average climate in Alorton, Illinois

Based on data reported by over 4,000 weather stations

 

Alorton-area historical tornado activity is slightly above Illinois state average. It is 115% greater than the overall U.S. average.

On 2/10/1959, a category 4 (max. wind speeds 207-260 mph) tornado 6.3 miles away from the Alorton village center killed 21 people and injured 345 people and caused between $5,000,000 and $50,000,000 in damages.

On 4/3/1981, a category 4 tornado 9.4 miles away from the village center injured 32 people and caused between $5,000,000 and $50,000,000 in damages.


Hospitals/medical centers near Alorton:
  • TOUCHETTE REGIONAL HOSPITAL INC (about 2 miles; CENTREVILLE, IL)
  • ST MARYS HOSPITAL OF EAST ST LOUIS (about 2 miles; EAST SAINT LOUIS, IL)
  • MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 6 miles; BELLEVILLE, IL)

Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to Alorton:
  • LAMBERT-ST LOUIS INTL (about 20 miles; ST LOUIS, MO; ID: STL)
  • SCOTT AFB/MIDAMERICA (about 20 miles; BELLEVILLE, IL; ID: BLV)
  • ST LOUIS REGIONAL (about 22 miles; ALTON/ST LOUIS, IL; ID: ALN)
Other public-use airports nearest to Alorton:
  • ST LOUIS DOWNTOWN (about 3 miles; CAHOKIA/ST LOUIS, IL; ID: CPS)
  • SACKMAN FIELD (about 13 miles; COLUMBIA, IL; ID: H49)
  • ST LOUIS METRO-EAST/SHAFER FIELD (about 24 miles; ST JACOB, IL; ID: 3K6)

Amtrak station near Alorton:
  • 7 miles: ST. LOUIS (550 S. 16TH ST.). Services: ticket office, partially wheelchair accessible, enclosed waiting area, public restrooms, public payphones, vending machines, free short-term parking, free long-term parking, call for car rental service, taxi stand.

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Alorton:
  • SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY-MAIN CAMPUS (about 8 miles; ST LOUIS, MO; Full-time enrollment: 10,286)
  • SAINT LOUIS COMMUNITY COLLEGE-FOREST PARK (about 11 miles; ST LOUIS, MO; FT enrollment: 3,441)
  • SOUTHWESTERN ILLINOIS COLLEGE (about 13 miles; BELLEVILLE, IL; FT enrollment: 7,333)
  • UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI-ST LOUIS (about 15 miles; ST LOUIS, MO; FT enrollment: 9,715)
  • WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY (about 16 miles; ST LOUIS, MO; FT enrollment: 10,939)
  • SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY-EDWARDSVILLE (about 16 miles; EDWARDSVILLE, IL; FT enrollment: 10,038)
  • WEBSTER UNIVERSITY (about 17 miles; ST LOUIS, MO; FT enrollment: 8,252)
Public high school in Alorton:
  • ALTERNATIVE HIGH SCHOOL & CRISIS (Students: 153; Location: 4400 GRAND ST; Grades: 08 - 12)
Public elementary/middle school in Alorton:
  • VERNICE G NEELY SCHOOL (Students: 137; Location: 4400 GRAND ST; Grades: 02 - 09)

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Notable location: Cahokia Downs (A)

 

Average household size:
This village:   3.0 people
Illinois:   2.6 people

Percentage of family households:
This village:   75.7%
Whole state:   67.6%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
This village:   7.8%
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: 0.3% of all households

Residents with income below the poverty level in 1999:
This village:   47.3%
Whole state:   10.7%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 1999:
This village:   24.9%
Whole state:   5.1%

Alorton compared to Illinois state average:

  • Median household income below state average.
  • Median house value significantly below state average.
  • Unemployed percentage significantly above state average.
  • Black race population percentage significantly above state average.
  • Hispanic race population percentage below state average.
  • Median age significantly below state average.
  • Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average.
  • Number of college students below state average.
  • Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher significantly below state average.


Educational Attainment



School Enrollment by Level of School


Most commonly used house heating fuel:

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
Police Protection - Officers 0 $0   13 $15,055
Streets and Highways 0 $0   5 $7,229
Police - Other 0 $0   1 $1,364
Financial Administration 0 $0   1 $1,364
Other Government Administration 0 $0   9 $7,486
Totals for Government 0 $0   29 $32,497

6.09% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($42,239 average adjusted gross income)

Here:   6.09%
Illinois average:   5.66%

0.29% of residents moved from foreign countries ($2,296 average AGI)
St. Clair County:   0.29%
Illinois average:   0.19%

Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
from Madison County, IL  0.98% ($32,037 average AGI)
from St. Louis County, MO  0.53% ($40,693)
from St. Louis city, MO  0.37% ($33,103)

6.04% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($41,683 average adjusted gross income)

Here:   6.04%
Illinois average:   5.99%

0.21% of residents moved to foreign countries ($1,651 average AGI)
St. Clair County:   0.21%
Illinois average:   0.07%

Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
to Madison County, IL  0.96% ($36,962 average AGI)
to St. Louis County, MO  0.48% ($40,909)
to St. Louis city, MO  0.36% ($27,370)

Strongest AM radio stations in Alorton:
  • KMOX (1120 AM; 50 kW; ST. LOUIS, MO; Owner: INFINITY BROADCASTING OPERATIONS, INC.)
  • KTRS (550 AM; 5 kW; ST. LOUIS, MO; Owner: KTRS-AM LICENSE, L.L.C.)
  • KXEN (1010 AM; 50 kW; FESTUS-ST. LOUIS, MO; Owner: BDJ RADIO ENTERPRISES, LLC)
  • KJSL (630 AM; 5 kW; ST. LOUIS, MO; Owner: WMUZ RADIO, INC.)
  • KATZ (1600 AM; 5 kW; ST. LOUIS, MO; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)
  • WRTH (1430 AM; 5 kW; ST. LOUIS, MO)
  • KRFT (1190 AM; 10 kW; DE SOTO, MO; Owner: ALL SPORTS RADIO, LLC)
  • WEW (770 AM; daytime; 1 kW; ST. LOUIS, MO; Owner: METROPOLITAN RADIO GROUP, INC.)
  • WSDZ (1260 AM; 20 kW; BELLEVILLE, IL)
  • KSTL (690 AM; 1 kW; ST. LOUIS, MO; Owner: WMUZ RADIO, INC.)
  • WESL (1490 AM; 1 kW; EAST ST. LOUIS, IL; Owner: M&R ENTERPRISES, INC)
  • KSLG (1380 AM; 5 kW; ST. LOUIS, MO; Owner: NEW HORIZON 7TH-DAY CHRISTIAN CHURCH, INC.)
  • KFUO (850 AM; 5 kW; CLAYTON, MO; Owner: LUTHERAN CHURCH-MISSOURI SYNOD)

Strongest FM radio stations in Alorton:
  • KSIV-FM (91.5 FM; ST. LOUIS, MO; Owner: COMMUNITY BROADCASTING, INC.)
  • KFTK-FM1 (97.1 FM; ST. LOUIS, MO; Owner: EMMIS RADIO LICENSE CORPORATION)
  • KMJM-FM (104.9 FM; COLUMBIA, IL; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)
  • KSHE (94.7 FM; CRESTWOOD, MO; Owner: EMMIS RADIO LICENSE CORPORATION)
  • KLOU (103.3 FM; ST. LOUIS, MO; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)
  • KSLZ (107.7 FM; ST. LOUIS, MO; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)
  • KFUO-FM (99.1 FM; CLAYTON, MO; Owner: THE LUTHERAN CHURCH-MISSOURI SYNOD)
  • KYKY (98.1 FM; ST. LOUIS, MO; Owner: INFINITY RADIO SUBSIDIARY OPERATIONS INC.)
  • WSSM (106.5 FM; GRANITE CITY, IL; Owner: BONNEVILLE HOLDING COMPANY)
  • KSD (93.7 FM; ST. LOUIS, MO; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)
  • KWMU (90.7 FM; ST. LOUIS, MO; Owner: THE CURATORS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI)
  • KEZK-FM (102.5 FM; ST. LOUIS, MO; Owner: INFINITY RADIO SUBSIDIARY OPERATIONS INC.)
  • KIHT (96.3 FM; ST. LOUIS, MO; Owner: EMMIS RADIO LICENSE CORPORATION)
  • WSIE (88.7 FM; EDWARDSVILLE, IL; Owner: BOARD OF TRUSTEES, S. ILLINOIS UNIV.)
  • WVRV (101.1 FM; EAST ST. LOUIS, IL; Owner: BONNEVILLE HOLDING COMPANY)
  • WIL-FM (92.3 FM; ST. LOUIS, MO; Owner: BONNEVILLE HOLDING COMPANY)
  • WCBW-FM (89.7 FM; EAST ST. LOUIS, IL; Owner: NEW LIFE EVANGELISTIC CENTER, INC.)
  • KDHX (88.1 FM; ST. LOUIS, MO; Owner: DOUBLE HELIX CORPORATION)
  • KPNT (105.7 FM; ST. GENEVIEVE, MO; Owner: EMMIS RADIO LICENSE CORPORATION)
  • WMLL (104.1 FM; JERSEYVILLE, IL; Owner: EMMIS RADIO LICENSE CORPORATION)

TV broadcast stations around Alorton:
  • K40FF (Channel 40; ST. LOUIS, MO; Owner: EBC ST. LOUIS, INC.)
  • K64DT (Channel 64; ST. LOUIS, MO; Owner: WORD OF GOD FELLOWSHIP, INC.)
  • KSDK (Channel 5; ST. LOUIS, MO; Owner: MULTIMEDIA KSDK, INC.)
  • KPLR-TV (Channel 11; ST. LOUIS, MO; Owner: KPLR, INC.)
  • KMOV (Channel 4; ST. LOUIS, MO; Owner: KMOV-TV, INC.)
  • KDNL-TV (Channel 30; ST. LOUIS, MO; Owner: KDNL LICENSEE, LLC)
  • K49FC (Channel 49; ST. LOUIS, MO; Owner: THREE ANGELS BROADCASTING NETWORK)
  • KTVI (Channel 2; ST. LOUIS, MO; Owner: KTVI LICENSE, INC.)
  • KETC (Channel 9; ST. LOUIS, MO; Owner: ST. LOUIS REGIONAL & EDUCATIONAL PUBLIC TV COMMISSION)
  • KPTN-LP (Channel 58; ST. LOUIS, MO; Owner: KURT J. PETERSEN)
  • K18BT (Channel 18; ST. LOUIS, MO; Owner: TRINITY BROADCASTING NETWORK)
  • K65FN (Channel 65; BATESVILLE, AR; Owner: MS COMMUNICATIONS, LLC)
  • K38HD (Channel 38; ST. LOUIS, MO; Owner: VENTANA TELEVISION, INC.)
  • WRBU (Channel 46; EAST ST. LOUIS, IL; Owner: ROBERTS BROADCASTING COMPANY)
  • KNLC (Channel 24; ST. LOUIS, MO; Owner: NEW LIFE EVANGELISTIC CENTER, INC.)
  • K62EG (Channel 62; ST. LOUIS, MO; Owner: ETERNAL FAMILY NETWORK)
  • WPXS (Channel 13; MT. VERNON, IL; Owner: EBC ST. LOUIS, INC.)

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