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East St. Louis, IL

18,796 Population
13.9 square miles 1,349.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.3 ±3 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the St. Louis, MO-IL Metro Area: 39.6 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Illinois: 38.7 ±0.1

Economics

$20,877 ±$2,153 Per capita income
  • about half the amount in the St. Louis, MO-IL Metro Area: $42,724 ±$283
  • about half the amount in Illinois: $43,198 ±$199
$28,519 ±$5,615 Median household income
  • about two-fifths of the amount in the St. Louis, MO-IL Metro Area: $75,316 ±$638
  • about one-third of the amount in Illinois: $78,433 ±$297

31.6% ±6% (5,926  ±1,118) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in the St. Louis, MO-IL Metro Area: 10.5% 288,454 (±0.3% / ±6,870)
  • more than double the rate in Illinois: 11.8% 1,467,893 (±0.1% / ±16,574)

22.7 minutes ±1.4 (148,380  ±16,462) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the St. Louis, MO-IL Metro Area: 25.3 31,033,160 (±0.2 / ±265,577)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Illinois: 28.4 154,142,480 (±0.1 / ±641,806)

Families

7,676 ±485 Number of households
  • the St. Louis, MO-IL Metro Area: 1,146,082 ±3,454
  • Illinois: 4,968,761 ±7,953
2.4 ±0.2 (18,661  ±35) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the St. Louis, MO-IL Metro Area: 2.4 2,758,796 (±0 / ±444)
  • a little less than the figure in Illinois: 2.5 12,480,854

6.3% ±2.7% (290  ±129) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the St. Louis, MO-IL Metro Area: 5% 32,617 (±0.2% / ±1,447)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Illinois: 5.1% 152,825 (±0.1% / ±3,352)

Housing

10,896 ±483 Number of housing units
  • the St. Louis, MO-IL Metro Area: 1,261,744 ±283
  • Illinois: 5,427,357 ±1,016

$55,100 ±$4,986 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about one-quarter of the amount in the St. Louis, MO-IL Metro Area: $219,000 ±$1,311
  • about one-quarter of the amount in Illinois: $239,100 ±$749

7.1% ±3.1% (1,322  ±,577.4) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the St. Louis, MO-IL Metro Area: 12.3% 342,932 (±0.3% / ±7,720.4)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Illinois: 11.8% 1,494,528 (±0.1% / ±15,496.9)

Social

82.4% ±6.2% (11,310  ±1,004.6) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the St. Louis, MO-IL Metro Area: 93% 1,820,352 (±0.5% / ±10,305.4)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Illinois: 90.1% 7,883,680 (±0.3% / ±22,258.1)
12.4% ±2.5% (1,695  ±,353.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about one-third of the rate in the St. Louis, MO-IL Metro Area: 36.8% 719,172 (±0.3% / ±6,453.8)
  • about one-third of the rate in Illinois: 36.7% 3,207,450 (±0.2% / ±14,003.2)

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

1.2% ±1% (229  ±188) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in the St. Louis, MO-IL Metro Area: 4.8% 135,239
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Illinois: 14.2% 1,804,681

7.1% ±1.7% (1,100  ±271) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in the St. Louis, MO-IL Metro Area: 7.5% 164,704 (±0.1% / ±2,893)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Illinois: 5.2% 518,426 (±0.1% / ±6,053)
1,100 Total veterans ±271 1,031 Male ±266 69 Female ±50

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