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East St. Louis township, St. Clair County, IL

18,278 Population
13.9 square miles 1,312.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

45.1 ±3.9 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in St. Clair County: 39.5 ±0.3
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Illinois: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$22,037 ±$2,475 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in St. Clair County: $37,824 ±$821
  • about half the amount in Illinois: $45,104 ±$196
$30,992 ±$4,778 Median household income
  • about two-fifths of the amount in St. Clair County: $70,178 ±$2,013
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Illinois: $81,702 ±$363

32.9% ±6.1% (5,988  ±1,110) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in St. Clair County: 13.6% 33,836 (±1.1% / ±2,803)
  • more than double the rate in Illinois: 11.7% 1,454,217 (±0.2% / ±18,530)

22.5 minutes ±1.7 (129,405  ±16,777) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in St. Clair County: 24.7 2,609,880 (±0.6 / ±82,123)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Illinois: 28.1 148,440,910 (±0.1 / ±701,124)

Families

7,436 ±582 Number of households
  • St. Clair County: 101,273 ±966
  • Illinois: 5,001,904 ±7,673
2.4 ±0.2 (18,144  ±21) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in St. Clair County: 2.5 250,416 (±0 / ±73)
  • about the same as the figure in Illinois: 2.5 12,414,044

5.6% ±2.7% (238  ±119) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in St. Clair County: 5.9% † 3,489 (±0.9% / ±535)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Illinois: 5% 150,099 (±0.1% / ±3,035)

Housing

10,973 ±523 Number of housing units
  • St. Clair County: 115,348 ±93
  • Illinois: 5,443,501 ±767

$52,700 ±$5,788 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about one-third of the amount in St. Clair County: $168,800 ±$4,855
  • about one-fifth of the amount in Illinois: $250,500 ±$863

8% ±3.4% (1,457  ±616.3) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in St. Clair County: 11.8% 29,759 (±1% / ±2,430.1)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Illinois: 11.5% 1,442,284 (±0.1% / ±14,975.1)

Social

82.7% ±6.7% (10,931  ±1,018.9) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in St. Clair County: 92.7% 162,056 (±1.9% / ±3,338.3)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Illinois: 90.3% 7,887,284 (±0.3% / ±22,684.6)
14.7% ±3.1% (1,937  ±415.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in St. Clair County: 30.7% 53,719 (±1.1% / ±1,834.1)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Illinois: 37.2% 3,249,494 (±0.2% / ±13,788.4)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

1.4% ±1% (259  ±183) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in St. Clair County: 3.2% 8,156
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Illinois: 14.5% 1,833,810

7.5% ±2.3% (1,116  ±341) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in St. Clair County: 11.8% 22,616 (±0.6% / ±1,055)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Illinois: 5% 493,667 (±0.1% / ±4,919)
1,116 Total veterans ±341 992 Male ±334 124 Female ±77

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