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Population (year 2000): 635. Estimated
population in July 2005: 640 (+0.8% change)
Males: 290 (45.7%), Females: 345 (54.3%)
Jersey County
Zip code:
62028
Median resident age: 20.8 years
Median household income: $57,083 (year 2000)
Median house value: $129,700 (year 2000)
Races in Elsah:
- White Non-Hispanic (88.5%)
- Black (4.3%)
- Hispanic (3.3%)
- Two or more races (2.7%)
- American Indian (1.7%)
- Other race (1.4%)
Ancestries: German (30.7%), English (19.4%),
Scottish (9.1%), Irish (6.9%), Subsaharan African (6.5%),
Swedish (5.4%).
Elevation: 450 feet
Land area: 1.1 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Elsah
- High school or higher: 98.3%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 66.4%
- Graduate or professional degree: 31.1%
- Unemployed: 7.9%
- Mean travel time to work: 9.9 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Elsah village
- Never married: 62.2%
- Now married: 34.3%
- Separated: 0.0%
- Widowed: 2.5%
- Divorced: 1.0%
13.1% Foreign born (6.5% Africa, 2.2% Asia, 2.2%
Latin America).
Population change in the 1990s: -251 (-28.3%).
Hospitals/medical centers near Elsah:
- CHRISTIAN HOSPITAL NORTHWEST (about 11 miles;
FLORISSANT, MO)
- JERSEY COMMUNITY HOSPITAL DISTRICT (about 12 miles;
JERSEYVILLE, IL)
- ALTON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 14 miles; ALTON, IL)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Elsah:
- LAMBERT-ST LOUIS INTL (about 16 miles; ST LOUIS, MO;
ID: STL)
- ST LOUIS REGIONAL (about 23 miles; ALTON/ST LOUIS,
IL; ID: ALN)
- SPIRIT OF ST LOUIS (about 30 miles; ST LOUIS, MO;
ID: SUS)
Other public-use airports nearest to Elsah:
- ST CHARLES COUNTY SMARTT (about 5 miles; ST CHARLES,
MO; ID: SET)
- ST CHARLES (about 14 miles; ST CHARLES, MO; ID: 3SQ)
- CREVE COEUR (about 20 miles; ST LOUIS, MO; ID: 1H0)
Amtrak station near Elsah:
- 16 miles: ALTON (3400 COLLEGE AVE.). Services:
ticket office, fully wheelchair accessible, public
payphones, vending machines, free short-term parking,
free long-term parking, call for taxi service.
College/University in Elsah:
- PRINCIPIA COLLEGE (Full-time enrollment: 544;
Private, not-for-profit)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Elsah:
- LEWIS AND CLARK COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 10 miles;
GODFREY, IL; Full-time enrollment: 3,451)
- LINDENWOOD UNIVERSITY (about 15 miles; ST CHARLES,
MO; FT enrollment: 5,116)
- SAINT LOUIS COMMUNITY COLLEGE-FLORISSANT VALLEY
(about 15 miles; ST LOUIS, MO; FT enrollment: 3,749)
- UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI-ST LOUIS (about 18 miles; ST
LOUIS, MO; FT enrollment: 9,715)
- WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY (about 21 miles; ST LOUIS, MO;
FT enrollment: 10,939)
- MARYVILLE UNIVERSITY OF SAINT LOUIS (about 22 miles;
ST LOUIS, MO; FT enrollment: 2,094)
- ST CHARLES COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 22 miles;
ST PETERS, MO; FT enrollment: 3,301)
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