East Alton vs Holiday Shores

A side-by-side comparison of East Alton and Holiday Shores: population, income, housing, and more.

East Alton and Holiday Shores are places in Illinois. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

East Alton has the higher population (5,729 vs 3,162 in Holiday Shores). Holiday Shores has the higher median household income ($98,265 vs $46,926 in East Alton). Holiday Shores has the higher median home value ($231,300 vs $99,600 in East Alton).

Population, income & housing

	East Alton	Holiday Shores
Population	5,729	3,162
Median age	45.2 yrs	44.9 yrs
Median household income	$46,926	$98,265
Median home value	$99,600	$231,300
Median gross rent	$819	$1,755
Housing units	3,159	1,209
Homeownership rate	62.5%	86.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.9%	33.6%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	6.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	East Alton	Holiday Shores
Population	6,061 → 5,729 (-5.5%)	2,930 → 3,162 (+7.9%)
Median household income	$44,830 → $46,926 (+4.7%)	$99,207 → $98,265 (-0.9%)
Median home value	$81,100 → $99,600 (+22.8%)	$182,600 → $231,300 (+26.7%)
Median gross rent	$766 → $819 (+6.9%)	—

East Alton

Population

6,0615,729

Median household income

$44,830$46,926

Median home value

$81,100$99,600

Median gross rent

$766$819

Holiday Shores

Population

2,9303,162

Median household income

$99,207$98,265

Median home value

$182,600$231,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	East Alton	Holiday Shores
Under 5	6.6%	4.5%
5 to 17	12.6%	19.0%
18 to 24	5.9%	4.2%
25 to 34	17.5%	10.2%
35 to 44	6.8%	12.2%
45 to 54	17.2%	13.6%
55 to 64	16.1%	21.7%
65 to 74	10.2%	7.6%
75 and over	7.2%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	East Alton	Holiday Shores
White (non-Hispanic)	89.5%	90.7%
Black or African American	1.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.2%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	2.6%	6.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	East Alton	Holiday Shores
No high school diploma	12.4%	3.3%
High school graduate	37.9%	20.5%
Some college or associate's	33.8%	42.6%
Bachelor's degree	9.5%	26.7%
Graduate or professional degree	6.3%	6.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	East Alton	Holiday Shores
Drove alone	75.2%	81.5%
Carpooled	11.1%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	1.2%
Walked	2.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.1%	17.3%
Other means	0.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	East Alton	Holiday Shores
1-unit, detached	84.9%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	5.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	East Alton	Holiday Shores
Poverty rate	14.5%	2.8%
Average household size	2.09	2.78
Mean commute (minutes)	22	30
Median year structure built	1955	1991