Winchester (Illinois)

Scott County

17-82270

Winchester is a town and the administrative seat of Scott County in the western part of the U.S. state of Illinois. In 2000, Winchester had 1,650 inhabitants.

Geography

Winchester is located at 39 ° 37'58 " north latitude and 90 ° 27'21 " west longitude. The city covers more than 2.7 square kilometers, which consist exclusively of land area.

Winchester is located about 13 kilometers west of the Illinois River and 60.5 kilometers east of the Mississippi River, which forms the border to Missouri.

By Winchester leads the Illinois State Route 106, where it meets with a number of minor roads together. 5.5 km north of Winchester runs in an east -west Interstate 72 and the congruent running U.S. Highway 36

84.1 km there are in an easterly direction in Illinois ' capital Springfield, St. Louis, Missouri is located 125 km to the south, the Quad Cities are 237 km to the north and Chicago 403 km to the northeast.

Demographic data

In the census of 2000 a population of 1,650 was determined. These were distributed to 727 households in 460 families. The population density was 608.0 / km ². There were 785 residential buildings, which corresponded to a housing density of 289.2 / km ².

The population consisted in 2000 of 99.9 % White and 0.1 % Indians. 1.1 % said to be descended from at least two of these groups. 0.2 % of the population were Hispanics, belonged to different groups.

25.0 % were under the age of 18, 6.4 % from 18 to 24, 25.5% 25-44, 21.8 % from 45 to 64 and 21.3 % 65 and older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females were statistically 85.4 men in the over 18 -year-olds 80.8.

The average income per household was $ 30,938, the average family income is $ 40,592. The average income of men was $ 31,410, and for women about $ 20,000. The per capita income amounted to $ 17,354. Around 6.8 % of families and 10.4 % of the total population were below the poverty line income.