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Population (year 2000): 296. Estimated
population in July 2005: 317 (+7.1% change)
Males: 142 (48.0%), Females: 154 (52.0%)
Franklin County
Zip code:
62874
Median resident age: 39.4 years
Median household income: $21,250 (year 2000)
Median house value: $25,600 (year 2000)
Races in Orient:
- White Non-Hispanic (99.7%)
Ancestries: United States (35.8%), Irish
(23.3%), German (7.1%), Italian (6.8%), English (6.4%), Polish
(4.4%).
Elevation: 480 feet
Land area: 0.8 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Orient
- High school or higher: 59.4%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 4.5%
- Graduate or professional degree: 0.0%
- Unemployed: 9.7%
- Mean travel time to work: 21.2 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Orient city
- Never married: 16.6%
- Now married: 53.7%
- Separated: 0.8%
- Widowed: 14.7%
- Divorced: 14.3%
0.0% Foreign born
Population change in the 1990s: -131 (-30.7%).
Hospitals/medical centers near Orient:
- FRANKLIN HOSPITAL (about 7 miles; BENTON, IL)
- HERRIN HOSPITAL (about 9 miles; HERRIN, IL)
- MARION MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 14 miles; MARION,
IL)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Orient:
- WILLIAMSON COUNTY REGIONAL (about 12 miles; MARION,
IL; ID: MWA)
- SOUTHERN ILLINOIS (about 22 miles;
CARBONDALE/MURPHYSBORO, IL; ID: MDH)
- MOUNT VERNON (about 29 miles; MOUNT VERNON, IL; ID:
MVN)
Other public-use airports nearest to Orient:
- BENTON MUNI (about 7 miles; BENTON, IL; ID: H96)
- PINCKNEYVILLE-DU QUOIN (about 27 miles;
PINCKNEYVILLE, IL; ID: PJY)
- HARRISBURG-RALEIGH (about 32 miles; HARRISBURG, IL;
ID: HSB)
Amtrak station near Orient:
- 20 miles: DU QUOIN (20 N. CHESTNUT ST.). Services:
enclosed waiting area, public payphones, free short-term
parking, free long-term parking, call for taxi service.
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Orient:
- JOHN A LOGAN COLLEGE (about 13 miles; CARTERVILLE,
IL; Full-time enrollment: 4,255)
- SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY-CARBONDALE (about 21
miles; CARBONDALE, IL; FT enrollment: 19,742)
- SOUTHEAST MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY (about 58 miles;
CAPE GIRARDEAU, MO; FT enrollment: 7,227)
- SOUTHWESTERN ILLINOIS COLLEGE (about 79 miles;
BELLEVILLE, IL; FT enrollment: 7,333)
- SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY-EDWARDSVILLE (about 88
miles; EDWARDSVILLE, IL; FT enrollment: 10,038)
- UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN INDIANA (about 93 miles;
EVANSVILLE, IN; FT enrollment: 7,510)
- SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY-MAIN CAMPUS (about 99 miles;
ST LOUIS, MO; FT enrollment: 10,286)
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