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East Cape Girardeau, IL

292 Population
2 square miles 148.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.2 ±3.5 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Cape Girardeau, MO-IL Metro Area: 38.1 ±0.4
  • about the same as the figure in Illinois: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$16,494 ±$7,183 Per capita income
  • about half the amount in the Cape Girardeau, MO-IL Metro Area: $34,373 ±$1,332
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Illinois: $45,104 ±$196
$42,188 ±$12,017 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Cape Girardeau, MO-IL Metro Area: $67,267 ±$2,799
  • about half the amount in Illinois: $81,702 ±$363

35.9% ±26% (101  ±82) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in the Cape Girardeau, MO-IL Metro Area: 14.2% 13,330 (±1.3% / ±1,227)
  • more than double the rate in Illinois: 11.7% 1,454,217 (±0.2% / ±18,530)

21.8 minutes ±4.5 (2,030  ±970) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in the Cape Girardeau, MO-IL Metro Area: 21.4 939,040 (±0.6 / ±35,048)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Illinois: 28.1 148,440,910 (±0.1 / ±701,124)

Families

84 ±25 Number of households
  • the Cape Girardeau, MO-IL Metro Area: 38,257 ±531
  • Illinois: 5,001,904 ±7,673
3.5 ±0.8 (292  ±112) Persons per household
  • about 1.4 times the figure in the Cape Girardeau, MO-IL Metro Area: 2.5 93,821 (±0 / ±83)
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Illinois: 2.5 12,414,044

1.3% ±2.4% (1  ±2) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Cape Girardeau, MO-IL Metro Area: 3.4% † 790 (±0.9% / ±199)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Illinois: 5% 150,099 (±0.1% / ±3,035)

Housing

158 ±45 Number of housing units
  • the Cape Girardeau, MO-IL Metro Area: 43,903 ±57
  • Illinois: 5,443,501 ±767

$57,500 ±$19,460 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about one-quarter of the amount in the Cape Girardeau, MO-IL Metro Area: $195,200 ±$6,325
  • about one-quarter of the amount in Illinois: $250,500 ±$863

35.3% ±29.4% (102  ±93.6) Moved since previous year
  • more than double the rate in the Cape Girardeau, MO-IL Metro Area: 16.1% 15,599 (±1.5% / ±1,459.2)
  • more than double the rate in Illinois: 11.5% 1,442,284 (±0.1% / ±14,975.1)

Social

89.8% ±6.1% (168  ±65.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Cape Girardeau, MO-IL Metro Area: 91.7% 58,831 (±2.6% / ±1,657)
  • about the same as the rate in Illinois: 90.3% 7,887,284 (±0.3% / ±22,684.6)
9.6% ±17.7% (18  ±33.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about one-third of the rate in the Cape Girardeau, MO-IL Metro Area: 30.4% 19,484 (±1.6% / ±1,011.7)
  • about one-quarter 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% ±1.3% (3  ±4) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in the Cape Girardeau, MO-IL Metro Area: 2% 1,991
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Illinois: 14.5% 1,833,810

12.9% ±6.2% (26  ±16) Population with veteran status
  • nearly double the rate in the Cape Girardeau, MO-IL Metro Area: 7.1% 5,465 (±0.6% / ±453)
  • more than double the rate in Illinois: 5% 493,667 (±0.1% / ±4,919)
26 Total veterans ±16 26 Male ±16 N/A Female ±12

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