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Population (year 2000): 748. Estimated
population in July 2005: 729 (-2.5% change)
Males: 347 (46.4%), Females: 401 (53.6%)
Scott County
Zip code:
62621
Median resident age: 35.9 years
Median household income: $34,531 (year 2000)
Median house value: $47,600 (year 2000)
Races in Bluffs:
- White Non-Hispanic (99.6%)
Ancestries: German (33.6%), English (18.0%),
United States (10.6%), Irish (7.4%), Scotch-Irish (3.6%), French
(1.7%).
Elevation: 474 feet
Land area: 1.0 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Bluffs
- High school or higher: 82.7%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 13.4%
- Graduate or professional degree: 2.3%
- Unemployed: 7.3%
- Mean travel time to work: 25.6 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Bluffs village
- Never married: 23.7%
- Now married: 55.7%
- Separated: 1.3%
- Widowed: 9.9%
- Divorced: 9.4%
0.5% Foreign born
Population change in the 1990s: -25 (-3.2%).
Hospitals/medical centers near Bluffs:
- ILLINI COMMUNITY HOSPITAL (about 20 miles;
PITTSFIELD, IL)
- PASSAVANT AREA HOSPITAL (about 22 miles;
JACKSONVILLE, IL)
- SARAH D CULBERTSON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 27
miles; RUSHVILLE, IL)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Bluffs:
- QUINCY REGIONAL-BALDWIN FIELD (about 47 miles;
QUINCY, IL; ID: UIN)
- CAPITAL (about 61 miles; SPRINGFIELD, IL; ID: SPI)
- ST LOUIS REGIONAL (about 69 miles; ALTON/ST LOUIS,
IL; ID: ALN)
Other public-use airports nearest to Bluffs:
- GREATER BEARDSTOWN (about 18 miles; BEARDSTOWN, IL;
ID: K06)
- PITTSFIELD PENSTONE MUNI (about 18 miles;
PITTSFIELD, IL; ID: PPQ)
- JACKSONVILLE MUNI (about 21 miles; JACKSONVILLE, IL;
ID: IJX)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Bluffs:
- WESTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY (about 50 miles; MACOMB,
IL; Full-time enrollment: 11,096)
- LEWIS AND CLARK COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 60 miles;
GODFREY, IL; FT enrollment: 3,451)
- LINCOLN LAND COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 65 miles;
SPRINGFIELD, IL; FT enrollment: 3,756)
- UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT SPRINGFIELD (about 65
miles; Springfield, IL; FT enrollment: 2,357)
- LINDENWOOD UNIVERSITY (about 65 miles; ST CHARLES,
MO; FT enrollment: 5,116)
- ST CHARLES COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 67 miles;
ST PETERS, MO; FT enrollment: 3,301)
- SAINT LOUIS COMMUNITY COLLEGE-FLORISSANT VALLEY
(about 71 miles; ST LOUIS, MO; FT enrollment: 3,749)
Public high school in Bluffs:
- BLUFFS HIGH SCHOOL (Students: 91; Location:
PO BOX 230; Grades: 09 - 12)
Public primary/middle schools in Bluffs:
- BLUFFS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students: 150;
Location: PO BOX 230; Grades: PK - 05)
- BLUFFS JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL (Students: 59;
Location: PO BOX 230; Grades: 06 - 08)
Library in Bluffs:
- BLUFFS P.L. (Operating income: $12,784;
Location: 110 N. BLUFFS STREET; 8,560 books; 217 audio
materials; 105 video materials; 13 serial subscriptions)
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