Valmeyer, Illinois
Monroe County
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Valmeyer is a city ( with a status of "Village" ) in Monroe County in the western part of the U.S. state of Illinois. In 2010 Valmeyer had 1263 inhabitants.
Valmeyer is located in the Metro - East called the eastern part of the metropolitan area of Greater St. Louis the city of St. Louis in neighboring Missouri.
Geography
Valmeyer located in the southern suburban area of St. Louis about five kilometers east of the Mississippi River, which forms the border with Missouri. Valmeyer is located at 38 ° 18'20 " north latitude and 90 ° 16'35 " west longitude. The city stretches over 9 km ².
The place is located in the west of Monroe County in Precinct 20, one of the districts into which the county is divided.
Neighbouring places of Valmeyer are Columbia (24,7 km northeast), Waterloo (15,8 km to the east ) and Maeystown (14,9 km southeast). The center of the city of St. Louis is located 44.1 km north-northeast.
Traffic
In the center of Valmeyer is the western terminus of Illinois State Route 156 All other roads are County Roads or more minor urban roads.
By Valmeyer runs along the Mississippi a leading south railway line of the Union Pacific Railroad.
The St. Louis Downtown Airport is located 42.1 km north-northeast, the greater Lambert -Saint Louis International Airport is located 66 km north of Valmeyer.
Demographic data
According to the census in 2010 lived in Valmeyer 1263 people in 434 households. The population density was 140.3 inhabitants per square kilometer. In the 434 households lived statistically 2.91 per person.
The racial the population was composed of 98.0 percent white, 0.2 percent African American, 0.1 percent Native American, 0.2 percent Asian and 0.4 percent from other ethnic groups; 1.0 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity were 1.4 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
31.9 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 59.6 percent were between 18 and 64 and 8.5 percent were 65 years or older. 50.7 percent of the population was female.
The median annual income for a household was $ 66,619. The per capita income was $ 23,782. 2.9 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.