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Population (year 2000): 1,456. Estimated
population in July 2005: 1,435 (-1.4% change)
Males: 680 (46.7%), Females: 776 (53.3%)
Fayette County
Zip code:
62458
Median resident age: 36.9 years
Median household income: $30,750 (year 2000)
Median house value: $47,400 (year 2000)
Races in St. Elmo:
- White Non-Hispanic (98.9%)
Ancestries: German (18.3%), United States
(17.6%), Irish (11.3%), English (9.3%), Scottish (2.8%), Italian
(1.8%).
Elevation: 619 feet
Land area: 1.0 square miles
For population 25 years and over in St. Elmo
- High school or higher: 76.2%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 8.5%
- Graduate or professional degree: 2.7%
- Unemployed: 9.1%
- Mean travel time to work: 22.1 minutes
For population 15
years and over in St. Elmo city
- Never married: 17.1%
- Now married: 64.0%
- Separated: 1.2%
- Widowed: 9.3%
- Divorced: 8.5%
0.1% Foreign born
Population change in the 1990s: -15 (-1.0%).
Hospitals/medical centers near St. Elmo:
- FAYETTE COUNTY HOSPITAL (about 19 miles; VANDALIA,
IL)
- ST ANTHONYS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 22 miles;
EFFINGHAM, IL)
- SHELBY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 27 miles;
SHELBYVILLE, IL)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to St.
Elmo:
- MOUNT VERNON (about 49 miles; MOUNT VERNON, IL; ID:
MVN)
- COLES COUNTY MEMORIAL (about 51 miles;
MATTOON/CHARLESTON, IL; ID: MTO)
- DECATUR (about 56 miles; DECATUR, IL; ID: DEC)
Other public-use airports nearest to St. Elmo:
- VANDALIA MUNI (about 21 miles; VANDALIA, IL; ID: VLA)
- PERCIVAL SPRINGS (about 23 miles; WATSON, IL; ID:
2T2)
- EFFINGHAM COUNTY MEMORIAL (about 23 miles;
EFFINGHAM, IL; ID: 1H2)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
St. Elmo:
- LAKE LAND COLLEGE (about 46 miles; MATTOON, IL;
Full-time enrollment: 3,666)
- MILLIKIN UNIVERSITY (about 57 miles; DECATUR, IL; FT
enrollment: 2,274)
- EASTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY (about 57 miles;
CHARLESTON, IL; FT enrollment: 9,582)
- LINCOLN LAND COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 73 miles;
SPRINGFIELD, IL; FT enrollment: 3,756)
- UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT SPRINGFIELD (about 73
miles; Springfield, IL; FT enrollment: 2,357)
- SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY-EDWARDSVILLE (about 79
miles; EDWARDSVILLE, IL; FT enrollment: 10,038)
- SOUTHWESTERN ILLINOIS COLLEGE (about 83 miles;
BELLEVILLE, IL; FT enrollment: 7,333)
Library in St. Elmo:
- ST. ELMO P.L.D. (Operating income: $59,380;
Location: 502 N. MAIN ST.; 19,024 books; 437 audio
materials; 403 video materials; 65 serial subscriptions)
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