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Edwardsville, IL

26,474 Population
20 square miles 1,324.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

31.8 ±2.1 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the St. Louis, MO-IL Metro Area: 39.9 ±0.1
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Illinois: 39 ±0.1

Economics

$48,734 ±$4,418 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in the St. Louis, MO-IL Metro Area: $45,864 ±$341
  • a little higher than the amount in Illinois: $46,406 ±$212
$86,721 ±$11,520 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the St. Louis, MO-IL Metro Area: $80,196 ±$701
  • a little higher than the amount in Illinois: $83,390 ±$362

11.6% ±2.6% (2,716  ±611) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the St. Louis, MO-IL Metro Area: 10.5% 288,411 (±0.3% / ±7,791)
  • about the same as the rate in Illinois: 11.8% 1,464,937 (±0.2% / ±18,161)

22.8 minutes ±0.7 (248,420  ±19,583) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the St. Louis, MO-IL Metro Area: 24.9 29,218,560 (±0.2 / ±265,717)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Illinois: 27.8 143,793,920 (±0.1 / ±595,293)

Families

9,828 ±389 Number of households
  • the St. Louis, MO-IL Metro Area: 1,160,386 ±3,136
  • Illinois: 5,036,449 ±8,009
2.4 ±0.1 (23,359  ±300) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the St. Louis, MO-IL Metro Area: 2.4 2,753,388 (±0 / ±453)
  • a little less than the figure in Illinois: 2.5 12,405,980

2.7% ±1.4% (212  ±107) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in the St. Louis, MO-IL Metro Area: 4.9% 31,839 (±0.2% / ±1,447)
  • about half the rate in Illinois: 4.9% 147,208 (±0.1% / ±3,564)

Housing

10,609 ±460 Number of housing units
  • the St. Louis, MO-IL Metro Area: 1,273,302 ±326
  • Illinois: 5,457,452 ±471

$299,800 ±$20,577 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in the St. Louis, MO-IL Metro Area: $244,800 ±$1,415
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Illinois: $263,300 ±$797

20.7% ±3.8% (5,451  ±1,006.2) Moved since previous year
  • nearly double the rate in the St. Louis, MO-IL Metro Area: 11.4% 316,977 (±0.3% / ±7,177.6)
  • nearly double the rate in Illinois: 11.1% 1,396,426 (±0.1% / ±14,640.6)

Social

96.9% ±5.4% (14,814  ±1,027.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the St. Louis, MO-IL Metro Area: 93.6% 1,840,791 (±0.5% / ±10,454.6)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Illinois: 90.5% 7,931,250 (±0.3% / ±22,974.6)
52.6% ±4% (8,037  ±696.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the St. Louis, MO-IL Metro Area: 38.2% 750,935 (±0.3% / ±6,330)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Illinois: 37.9% 3,318,149 (±0.2% / ±14,295.2)

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

2.2% ±0.7% (578  ±197) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the St. Louis, MO-IL Metro Area: 5.2% 146,100
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Illinois: 14.8% 1,872,449

3.8% ±1% (813  ±211) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in the St. Louis, MO-IL Metro Area: 7.1% 155,770 (±0.1% / ±2,618)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Illinois: 4.8% 478,196 (±0.1% / ±4,766)
813 Total veterans ±211 759 Male ±212 54 Female ±48

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