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POPULAR REAL ESTATE NEAR New Athens, IL Belleville, IL (Illinois Highway 15/Route 158), Freeburg, IL, Mascoutah, IL (Marissa/Saint Libory), Millstadt, IL, New Athens, IL, Red Bud, IL, Sparta, IL (Baldwin/Tilden), Waterloo, IL (Hecker/Maeystown), Waterloo, IL (Town Center)
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| MEDIAN HOUSE VALUE | $144,699 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| RENTAL PRICE | very low cost relative to IL, very low cost relative to the nation | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| NEIGHBORHOOD LOOK, FEEL, & CHARACTER |
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| THE SETTING | Rural (based on population density), farms |
| TYPE OF HOMES / DWELLINGS | mostly Single-family homes, some Mobile homes, some Small apartment buildings, some Complexes/high rise apartments, a few Rowhouses & attached homes |
| SIZE OF HOMES / DWELLINGS | mostly Medium-sized dwellings (3 or 4 bedrooms), some Small dwellings (1, 2 or no bedrooms), a few Large dwellings (4, 5 or more bedrooms) |
| AGE OF HOMES / DWELLINGS | mostly Well established older homes (Built 1940 - 1969), some Historic homes (Built 1939 or earlier), some Established but not old (Built 1970 - 1994), a few Newer Homes (Built 1995 or later) |
| HOME OWNERSHIP | Mostly Owner occupied |
| SPECIAL CHARACTER | mostly Quiet, Urban Sophisticates |
| THE NEIGHBORS | DETAILS |
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| AGE & LIFESTYLE | mostly Families with children (family households with school-aged children), some Mixed ages, some Seniors (people 65 and over), some College students (people currently attending college) |
| EDUCATION LEVEL | Rating: 4 (5 is average for the U.S., 10 is most educated) |
| INCOME | Upper middle income (well-above average income for America) |
| OCCUPATIONS | mostly Executive, managerial & professional, some Manufacturing & Laborers, some Sales & Service workers, some Clerical, assistants & technical support |
| ETHNICITY/ANCESTRY | mostly White (non-Hispanic), some Irish ancestry, some Italian ancestry |
| LANGUAGES | mostly English speaking, some Spanish speaking |
School Rating Information
FREEBURG CCSD 70 School District
745 Students enrolled in District
| DISTRICT RATING COMPARED TO STATE (10 is best) |
9 |
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| Better than: of IL school districts |
87.1% |
DISTRICT RATING COMPARED TO U.S. (10 is best) |
9 |
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| Better than: of US school districts |
82.9% |
STUDENTS PER CLASSROOM |
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| 16 |
| STATE AVERAGE 16 |
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Public School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind)
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| PROFICIENT IN READING & MATH |
PROFICIENT IN READING |
PROFICIENT IN MATH |
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| SCHOOLS IN THIS DISTRICT | GRADES |
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| FREEBURG ELEM SCHOOL 408 S BELLEVILLE ST, FREEBURG, IL 62243 (618) 539-3188 |
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| FREEBURG PRIMARY CENTER 650 S STATE, FREEBURG, IL 62243 (618) 539-3188 |
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| ETHNIC/RACIAL GROUPS | THIS DISTRICT | THIS STATE |
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| WHITE (NON-HISPANIC) (%) | 94.6 | 56.4 |
| BLACK (%) | 0.4 | 20.6 |
| HISPANIC (%) | 2.3 | 19.0 |
| ASIAN OR PACIFIC ISLANDER (%) | 1.1 | 3.8 |
| AMERICAN INDIAN OR NATIVE OF ALASKA (%) | 0.8 | 0.2 |
| ECONOMIC GROUPS | THIS DISTRICT | THIS STATE |
| ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED (%) | 18.7 | 37.2 |
| FOR THIS DISTRICT | PER STUDENT | TOTAL | % OF TOTAL |
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| INSTRUCTIONAL EXPENDITURES | $4,051 | $3,018,000 | 50.2 |
| SUPPORT EXPENDITURES | |||
| STUDENT | $145 | $108,000 | 1.8 |
| STAFF | $234 | $174,000 | 2.9 |
| GENERAL ADMINISTRATION | $291 | $217,000 | 3.6 |
| SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION | $110 | $82,000 | 1.4 |
| OPERATION | $885 | $659,000 | 11.0 |
| TRANSPORTATION | $349 | $260,000 | 4.3 |
| OTHER | $66 | $49,000 | 0.8 |
| TOTAL SUPPORT | $2,079 | $1,549,000 | 25.8 |
| NON-INSTRUCTIONAL EXPENDITURES | $1,942 | $1,447,000 | 24.1 |
| TOTAL EXPENDITURES | $8,072 | $6,014,000 | 100.0 |
New Athens EDUCATIONAL ENVIRONMENT  |
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| ADULTS IN New Athens WITH COLLEGE DEGREE OR HIGHER (%) | 13.3 |
| CHILDREN IN New Athens LIVING IN POVERTY (%) | 5.1 |
New Athens Appreciation Rates
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| PERIOD | TOTAL APPRECIATION | AVG. ANNUAL RATE | COMPARED TO IL* |
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| Since 1990 |  144.11%
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7.58%
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About New Athens
New Athens is a very small town located in the state of Illinois. With a population of 3,293 people and just one neighborhood, New Athens is the 393rd largest community in Illinois.
New Athens is a blue-collar town, with 37.0% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 24.7%. Overall, New Athens is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in New Athens who work in office and administrative support jobs (14.96%), sales jobs (6.23%), and food service (5.69%).
Also of interest is that New Athens has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
New Athens is a small town, and as is often the case with smaller towns, the population isn't large or dense enough to support much in the way of a public transportation system. In fact, there are many rural roads around New Athens, which makes walking or biking to and from work a bit difficult. This makes for a very car-oriented town: 96.9% of residents commute to work by private automobile, and people often drive out of town for work, shopping, and other activities.
Being a small town, New Athens does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
New Athens Information and Demographics
The percentage of people in New Athens with college degrees is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 14.96%: just 10.81% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in New Athens in 2000 was $18,624, which is middle income relative to Illinois and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $74,496 for a family of four.
The people who call New Athens home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in New Athens is White, followed by African-American. Important ancestries of people in New Athens include German, English, Irish, and French.
The most common language spoken in New Athens is English.
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