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Notable locations in Alton: Alton Municipal Golf Course (A), State House Square (B), North Port Industrial Park (C), Spencer T Olin Golf Course (D), Alton City Hall (E), Alton Diocesan Catholic Orphanage (F), Eunice C Smith Rest Home (G), Hayner Public Library (H), Loretta Home For Working Girls (I). Display/hide their locations on the map
Shopping Center: Alton Square Shopping Center (1). Display/hide its location on the map
Churches in Alton include: Allen Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church (A), Alton Pentecostal Church (B), Sanford Avenue Baptist Church (C), Berea Lutheran Church (D), Saint Peter and Saint Paul Roman Catholic Church (E), Saint Pauls Episcopal Church (F), Saint Patricks Roman Catholic Church (G), Saint Marys Immaculate Conception Roman Catholic Church (H), Brown Street Baptist Church (I). Display/hide their locations on the map
Cemeteries: Alton National Cemetery (1), Alton State Hospital Cemetery (2), Lovejoy Memorial Cemetery (3), Saint Joseph Cemetery (4), Confederate Cemetery (5), Oakwood Cemetery (6), East Alton Cemetery (7). Display/hide their locations on the map
Reservoirs: Alton Lake (A), Paridise Lake (B). Display/hide their locations on the map
Streams, rivers, and creeks: East Fork Wood River (A), Shields Branch (B), West Fork Wood River (C), Coal Branch (D). Display/hide their locations on the map
Parks in Alton include: Wood River Township Park (1), Olin Park (2), Public Square (3), Riverfront Park (4), Riverview Park (5), Rock Springs Park (6), Lovejoy State Memorial (7), Salu Park (8), Seminary Square (9). Display/hide their locations on the map
Tourist attractions: Armed Forces Museum (2 Cut Street) (1), Alton Museum of History & Art Inc (2803 College Avenue) (2), Hawk's Vending (Amusement & Theme Parks; 1430 East Broadway) (3), Alton Regional Convention & Visitors Bureau (200 Piasa Street) (4). Display/hide their approximate locations on the map
Hotels: BEALL MANSION Alton- IL (St. Louis- MO) (407 East 12th Street) (1), Days Inn (1900 Homer M Adams Parkway) (2), Beall Mansion (Ip) (407 East 12th Street) (3), Franco's (3800 Homer M Adams Parkway) (4), College Crest Motel (1809 Burling Drive) (5), Comfort Inn Alton (11 Crossroads Court) (6). Display/hide their approximate locations on the map
Court: Madison County - County Offices- Circuit Court- Area Courts- Alton (1700 East Broadway) (1). Display/hide its approximate location on the map
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Residents with income below the poverty level in 2007:
| This city: |  18.7% | | Whole state: |  10.7% |
Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2007:
| This city: | 8.7% | | Whole state: | 5.1% |
Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Alton, IL
People in group quarters in Alton
- 429 people in nursing homes
- 166 people in mental (psychiatric) hospitals or wards
- 112 people in religious group quarters
- 92 people in homes for the mentally ill
- 67 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 28 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 19 people in homes for abused, dependent, and neglected children
- 13 people in short-term care, detention or diagnostic centers for delinquent children
- 8 people in other group homes
- 4 people in unknown juvenile institutions
- 2 people in wards in general hospitals for patients who have no usual home elsewhere
- 2 people in other nonhousehold living situations
Alton compared to Illinois state average:
- Median house value below state average.
- Black race population percentage above state average.
- Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average.
- House age above state average.
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Banks with most branches in Alton (2007 data):
- U.S. Bank National Association: Upper Alton Branch, North Alton Branch, Alton Square Branch. Info updated 2006-10-10: Bank assets: $217,802.3 mil, Deposits: $135,903.1 mil, headquarters in Cincinnati, OH, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 2565 total offices, Holding Company: U.S. Bancorp
- Meridian Bank: Belle Street Drive Thru Facility at 601 Belle Street, branch established on 2005-11-08; Alton Branch at 200 West Third Street, branch established on 2005-01-25. Info updated 2006-11-03: Bank assets: $53.6 mil, Deposits: $49.2 mil, headquarters in Eldred, IL, negative income in the last year, Commercial Lending Specialization, 3 total offices
- The Bank of Edwardsville: Alton Northport Branch at 4415 West Center Drive, branch established on 1995-05-01; Alton Branch at 324 Ridge Street, branch established on 1904-01-01. Info updated 2006-11-03: Bank assets: $1,080.8 mil, Deposits: $886.5 mil, headquarters in Edwardsville, IL, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 16 total offices, Holding Company: Banc Ed Corp., The
- Associated Bank, National Association: Alton Branch at 104 Homer M. Adams Parkway, branch established on 1902-01-01. Info updated 2006-11-03: Bank assets: $20,532.5 mil, Deposits: $14,332.3 mil, headquarters in Green Bay, WI, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 329 total offices, Holding Company: Associated Banc-Corp
- Regions Bank: Alton Facility at 2850 Homer M. Adams Parkway, branch established on 1971-05-12. Info updated 2007-01-23: Bank assets: $138,667.9 mil, Deposits: $101,916.7 mil, headquarters in Birmingham, AL, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 2096 total offices, Holding Company: Regions Financial Corporation
- Carrollton Bank: Alton Branch at 120 Homer Adams Parkway, branch established on 1996-09-03. Info updated 2006-11-03: Bank assets: $669.1 mil, Deposits: $559.5 mil, headquarters in Carrollton, IL, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 8 total offices, Holding Company: Cbx Corporation
- The First National Bank of Grant Park: Alton Branch at 4105 Humbert Road, branch established on 2005-03-17. Info updated 2006-11-03: Bank assets: $112.1 mil, Deposits: $92.4 mil, headquarters in Grant Park, IL, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 5 total offices, Holding Company: Grant Park Bancshares, Inc.
- Cornerstone Bank & Trust, National Association: Homer Adams Parkway Branch at 200 Homer Adams Parkway, branch established on 1999-10-12. Info updated 2006-11-03: Bank assets: $112.4 mil, Deposits: $94.4 mil, headquarters in Carrollton, IL, positive income, Agricultural Specialization, 3 total offices, Holding Company: Carlinville National Bank Shares, Inc.
- Liberty Bank: at 2403 Homer Adams Parkway, branch established on 1994-01-24. Info updated 2006-11-03: Bank assets: $233.5 mil, Deposits: $201.2 mil, local headquarters, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 2 total offices, Holding Company: Liberty Bancshares, Inc.
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2004 Presidential Election results in Madison County Illinois:
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Most commonly used house heating fuel: |
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- Utility gas (76%)
- Electricity (20%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (3%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)
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Local government employment and payroll (March 2006)
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| Function |
Full-time employees |
Monthly full-time payroll |
Average yearly full-time wage |
Part-time employees |
Monthly part-time payroll |
| Other and Unallocable |
16 | $62,917 | $47,188 | 2 | $697 |
| Natural Resources |
2 | $6,394 | $38,364 | 0 | $0 |
| Parks and Recreation |
24 | $83,100 | $41,550 | 33 | $9,237 |
| Sewerage |
21 | $75,276 | $43,015 | 0 | $0 |
| Solid Waste Management |
2 | $6,219 | $37,314 | 0 | $0 |
| Health |
1 | $4,339 | $52,068 | 0 | $0 |
| Streets and Highways |
26 | $87,847 | $40,545 | 0 | $0 |
| Housing and Community Development(Local) |
3 | $13,935 | $55,740 | 0 | $0 |
| Firefighters |
64 | $286,430 | $53,706 | 0 | $0 |
| Police - Other |
20 | $63,276 | $37,966 | 0 | $0 |
| Police Protection - Officers |
72 | $329,011 | $54,835 | 0 | $0 |
| Other Government Administration |
25 | $71,601 | $34,368 | 1 | $354 |
| Financial Administration |
11 | $38,433 | $41,927 | 0 | $0 |
| Fire - Other |
1 | $3,126 | $37,512 | 0 | $0 |
| Totals for Government |
288 | $1,131,905 | $47,163 | 36 | $10,288 |
Alton government finances in 2002:
- Bond Fund - Cash & Deposits: $5,178,000
- Charges - Sewerage: $2,676,000
Parks & Recreation: $2,008,000
All Other: $82,000
- Construction - Police Protection: $6,919,000
Housing & Community Development: $1,623,000
- Current Operations - General - Other: $4,915,000
Police Protection: $4,796,000
Fire Protection: $3,874,000
Regular Highways: $2,469,000
Sewerage: $2,404,000
Parks & Recreation: $2,210,000
Solid Waste Management: $1,708,000
Central Staff Services: $1,034,000
Protective Inspection and Regulation, NEC: $830,000
Financial Administration: $368,000
- General - Interest on Debt: $2,616,000
- Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding - Industrial Revenue: $16,809,000
- Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding, NEC: $20,040,000
- Long Term Debt Issue, Unspecified - Other NEC: $21,000
- Long Term Debt Outstanding - Full Faith & Credit - Other, NEC: $12,535,000
- Long Term Debt Outstanding Nonguaranteed - Industrial Revenue: $13,419,000
Other, NEC: $6,790,000
- Long Term Debt Retired Nonguaranteed - Industrial Revenue: $3,390,000
- Long Term Debt Retired Unspecified - Other, NEC: $736,000
- Miscellaneous - Interest Earnings: $2,189,000
General Revenue, NEC: $1,285,000
- Other Capital Outlay - Central Staff: $610,000
- Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $19,992,000
- Sinking Fund - Cash & Deposits: $13,522,000
- State Intergovernmental - General Support: $16,349,000
Highways: $869,000
All Other: $500,000
- Tax - Property: $3,291,000
Total General Sales: $1,957,000
Public Utilities: $1,621,000
NEC: $437,000
- Total Salaries & Wages: $13,034,000
5.09% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($40,077 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 5.09% | | Illinois average: | 5.66% |
0.10% of residents moved from foreign countries ($501 average AGI)| Madison County: | 0.10% | | Illinois average: | 0.19% |
Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
5.21% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($37,778 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 5.21% | | Illinois average: | 5.99% |
0.05% of residents moved to foreign countries ($333 average AGI)| Madison County: | 0.05% | | Illinois average: | 0.07% |
Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
Strongest AM radio stations in Alton:
- KXEN (1010 AM; 50 kW; FESTUS-ST. LOUIS, MO; Owner: BDJ RADIO ENTERPRISES, LLC)
- KMOX (1120 AM; 50 kW; ST. LOUIS, MO; Owner: INFINITY BROADCASTING OPERATIONS, INC.)
- KFNS (590 AM; 1 kW; WOOD RIVER, IL; Owner: MISSOURI SPORTS RADIO, LLC)
- KRFT (1190 AM; 10 kW; DE SOTO, MO; Owner: ALL SPORTS RADIO, LLC)
- WBGZ (1570 AM; 1 kW; ALTON, IL)
- KJSL (630 AM; 5 kW; ST. LOUIS, MO; Owner: WMUZ RADIO, INC.)
- KTRS (550 AM; 5 kW; ST. LOUIS, MO; Owner: KTRS-AM LICENSE, L.L.C.)
- WSDZ (1260 AM; 20 kW; BELLEVILLE, IL)
- KFUO (850 AM; 5 kW; CLAYTON, MO; Owner: LUTHERAN CHURCH-MISSOURI SYNOD)
- KATZ (1600 AM; 5 kW; ST. LOUIS, MO; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)
- KIRL (1460 AM; 5 kW; ST. CHARLES, MO; Owner: BRONCO BROADCASTING CO., INC.)
- KSIV (1320 AM; 5 kW; CLAYTON, MO; Owner: BOTT COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
- WRTH (1430 AM; 5 kW; ST. LOUIS, MO)
Strongest FM radio stations in Alton:
- W288AW (105.5 FM; ALTON, IL; Owner: ILLINOIS BIBLE INSTITUTE, INC.)
- KATZ-FM (100.3 FM; ALTON, IL; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)
- WLCA (89.9 FM; GODFREY, IL; Owner: LEWIS & CLARK COMMUNITY COLLEGE)
- WSIE (88.7 FM; EDWARDSVILLE, IL; Owner: BOARD OF TRUSTEES, S. ILLINOIS UNIV.)
- WMLL (104.1 FM; JERSEYVILLE, IL; Owner: EMMIS RADIO LICENSE CORPORATION)
- WVRV (101.1 FM; EAST ST. LOUIS, IL; Owner: BONNEVILLE HOLDING COMPANY)
- KSIV-FM (91.5 FM; ST. LOUIS, MO; Owner: COMMUNITY BROADCASTING, INC.)
- KEZK-FM (102.5 FM; ST. LOUIS, MO; Owner: INFINITY RADIO SUBSIDIARY OPERATIONS INC.)
- KIHT (96.3 FM; ST. LOUIS, MO; Owner: EMMIS RADIO LICENSE CORPORATION)
- KSHE (94.7 FM; CRESTWOOD, MO; Owner: EMMIS RADIO LICENSE CORPORATION)
- KSLZ (107.7 FM; ST. LOUIS, MO; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)
- KFUO-FM (99.1 FM; CLAYTON, MO; Owner: THE LUTHERAN CHURCH-MISSOURI SYNOD)
- KYKY (98.1 FM; ST. LOUIS, MO; Owner: INFINITY RADIO SUBSIDIARY OPERATIONS INC.)
- WSSM (106.5 FM; GRANITE CITY, IL; Owner: BONNEVILLE HOLDING COMPANY)
- KWMU (90.7 FM; ST. LOUIS, MO; Owner: THE CURATORS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI)
- KSD (93.7 FM; ST. LOUIS, MO; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)
- WFUN-FM (95.5 FM; BETHALTO, IL; Owner: RADIO ONE LICENSES, LLC)
- KLOU (103.3 FM; ST. LOUIS, MO; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)
- KFTK-FM1 (97.1 FM; ST. LOUIS, MO; Owner: EMMIS RADIO LICENSE CORPORATION)
- WIL-FM (92.3 FM; ST. LOUIS, MO; Owner: BONNEVILLE HOLDING COMPANY)
TV broadcast stations around Alton:
- W50CH (Channel 50; ALTON, IL; Owner: LIBERTY CHRISTIAN CENTER)
- KSDK (Channel 5; ST. LOUIS, MO; Owner: MULTIMEDIA KSDK, INC.)
- KPLR-TV (Channel 11; ST. LOUIS, MO; Owner: KPLR, INC.)
- K40FF (Channel 40; ST. LOUIS, MO; Owner: EBC ST. LOUIS, INC.)
- KDNL-TV (Channel 30; ST. LOUIS, MO; Owner: KDNL LICENSEE, LLC)
- KTVI (Channel 2; ST. LOUIS, MO; Owner: KTVI LICENSE, INC.)
- KMOV (Channel 4; ST. LOUIS, MO; Owner: KMOV-TV, INC.)
- KETC (Channel 9; ST. LOUIS, MO; Owner: ST. LOUIS REGIONAL & EDUCATIONAL PUBLIC TV COMMISSION)
- KPTN-LP (Channel 58; ST. LOUIS, MO; Owner: KURT J. PETERSEN)
- K49FC (Channel 49; ST. LOUIS, MO; Owner: THREE ANGELS BROADCASTING NETWORK)
- K64DT (Channel 64; ST. LOUIS, MO; Owner: WORD OF GOD FELLOWSHIP, INC.)
- K18BT (Channel 18; ST. LOUIS, MO; Owner: TRINITY BROADCASTING NETWORK)
- K65FN (Channel 65; BATESVILLE, AR; Owner: MS COMMUNICATIONS, LLC)
- WRBU (Channel 46; EAST ST. LOUIS, IL; Owner: ROBERTS BROADCASTING COMPANY)
- K38HD (Channel 38; ST. LOUIS, MO; Owner: VENTANA TELEVISION, INC.)
Fatal accident count (per 100,000 population)
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FCC Registered Cell Phone Towers: 3 (See the full list of FCC Registered Cell Phone Towers in Alton)
FCC Registered Antenna Towers: 13 (See the full list of FCC Registered Antenna Towers)
FCC Registered Commercial Land Mobile Towers: 8 (See the full list of FCC Registered Commercial Land Mobile Towers in Alton, IL)
FCC Registered Private Land Mobile Towers: 64 (See the full list of FCC Registered Private Land Mobile Towers)
FCC Registered Microwave Towers: 3 (See the full list of FCC Registered Microwave Towers in this town)
FCC Registered Paging Towers: 6 (See the full list of FCC Registered Paging Towers)
FCC Registered Maritime Coast & Aviation Ground Towers: 6 (See the full list of FCC Registered Maritime Coast & Aviation Ground Towers)
FCC Registered Amateur Radio Licenses: 95 (See the full list of FCC Registered Amateur Radio Licenses in Alton)
FAA Registered Aircrafts: 22 (See the full list of FAA Registered Aircrafts in Alton)
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