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East Alton, IL

5,729 Population
5.3 square miles 1,077.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

45.2 ±5.7 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the St. Louis, MO-IL Metro Area: 39.8 ±0.2
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Illinois: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$31,385 ±$4,414 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the St. Louis, MO-IL Metro Area: $44,689 ±$304
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Illinois: $45,104 ±$196
$46,926 ±$7,741 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the St. Louis, MO-IL Metro Area: $78,225 ±$675
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Illinois: $81,702 ±$363

14.5% ±7.6% (832  ±435) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the St. Louis, MO-IL Metro Area: 10.3% 283,828 (±0.3% / ±7,339)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Illinois: 11.7% 1,454,217 (±0.2% / ±18,530)

22.5 minutes ±2.9 (59,285  ±11,946) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the St. Louis, MO-IL Metro Area: 25.1 30,087,170 (±0.2 / ±245,452)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Illinois: 28.1 148,440,910 (±0.1 / ±701,124)

Families

2,747 ±306 Number of households
  • the St. Louis, MO-IL Metro Area: 1,154,841 ±3,246
  • Illinois: 5,001,904 ±7,673
2.1 ±0.2 (5,729  ±18) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the St. Louis, MO-IL Metro Area: 2.4 2,753,676 (±0 / ±541)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Illinois: 2.5 12,414,044

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

3,159 ±334 Number of housing units
  • the St. Louis, MO-IL Metro Area: 1,267,353 ±337
  • Illinois: 5,443,501 ±767

$99,600 ±$15,452 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-fifths of the amount in the St. Louis, MO-IL Metro Area: $232,100 ±$1,247
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Illinois: $250,500 ±$863

11.5% ±8.2% (660  ±467.1) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in the St. Louis, MO-IL Metro Area: 11.7% 326,459 (±0.3% / ±7,652.9)
  • about the same as the rate in Illinois: 11.5% 1,442,284 (±0.1% / ±14,975.1)

Social

87.6% ±14% (3,761  ±657.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the St. Louis, MO-IL Metro Area: 93.3% 1,828,862 (±0.5% / ±10,486.7)
  • a little less than the rate in Illinois: 90.3% 7,887,284 (±0.3% / ±22,684.6)
15.9% ±6.8% (681  ±296.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the St. Louis, MO-IL Metro Area: 37.6% 736,151 (±0.3% / ±6,591.4)
  • 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

0.4% ±0.7% (22  ±37) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent of the rate in the St. Louis, MO-IL Metro Area: 5% 141,431
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Illinois: 14.5% 1,833,810

8.1% ±3.7% (377  ±173) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the St. Louis, MO-IL Metro Area: 7.3% 159,471 (±0.1% / ±2,434)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Illinois: 5% 493,667 (±0.1% / ±4,919)
377 Total veterans ±173 353 Male ±176 24 Female ±40

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