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Population (year 2000): 651. Estimated
population in July 2005: 641 (-1.5% change)
Males: 332 (51.0%), Females: 319 (49.0%)
De Witt County
Zip code:
61777
Median resident age: 31.6 years
Median household income: $38,000 (year 2000)
Median house value: $65,900 (year 2000)
Races in Wapella:
- White Non-Hispanic (98.5%)
- Hispanic (0.9%)
Ancestries: German (17.1%), English (14.7%),
Irish (8.4%), United States (6.3%), Polish (3.2%), Scotch-Irish
(3.2%).
Elevation: 748 feet
Land area: 0.5 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Wapella
- High school or higher: 77.9%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 4.5%
- Graduate or professional degree: 0.5%
- Unemployed: 7.7%
- Mean travel time to work: 23.3 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Wapella village
- Never married: 19.3%
- Now married: 64.0%
- Separated: 0.8%
- Widowed: 7.9%
- Divorced: 7.9%
0.5% Foreign born
Population change in the 1990s: -47 (-6.7%).
Hospitals/medical centers near Wapella:
- DR JOHN WARNER HOSPITAL (about 6 miles; CLINTON, IL)
- ST JOSEPH MEDICAL CENTER (about 18 miles;
BLOOMINGTON, IL)
- BROMENN HEALTHCARE (about 21 miles; NORMAL, IL)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Wapella:
- CENTRAL IL REGL ARPT AT BLOOMINGTON-NORMAL (about 18
miles; BLOOMINGTON/NORMAL, IL; ID: BMI)
- DECATUR (about 28 miles; DECATUR, IL; ID: DEC)
- UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS-WILLARD (about 50 miles;
CHAMPAIGN/URBANA, IL; ID: CMI)
Other public-use airports nearest to Wapella:
- LOGAN COUNTY (about 27 miles; LINCOLN, IL; ID: AAA)
- PIATT COUNTY (about 33 miles; MONTICELLO, IL; ID:
2K0)
- PEKIN MUNI (about 52 miles; PEKIN, IL; ID: C15)
Amtrak station near Wapella:
- 20 miles: BLOOMINGTON-NORMAL (NORMAL, 100 E.
PARKINSON ST.). Services: ticket office, fully
wheelchair accessible, enclosed waiting area, public
restrooms, public payphones, vending machines, free
short-term parking, free long-term parking, call for car
rental service, call for taxi service.
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Wapella:
- ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY (about 21 miles; NORMAL,
IL; Full-time enrollment: 18,785)
- HEARTLAND COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 21 miles; Normal,
IL; FT enrollment: 2,390)
- ILLINOIS WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY (about 22 miles;
BLOOMINGTON, IL; FT enrollment: 2,019)
- MILLIKIN UNIVERSITY (about 27 miles; DECATUR, IL; FT
enrollment: 2,274)
- PARKLAND COLLEGE (about 49 miles; CHAMPAIGN, IL; FT
enrollment: 5,186)
- UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA-CHAMPAIGN (about 51
miles; Champaign, IL; FT enrollment: 36,284)
- LINCOLN LAND COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 56 miles;
SPRINGFIELD, IL; FT enrollment: 3,756)
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