Edwardsville vs Godfrey

A side-by-side comparison of Edwardsville and Godfrey: population, income, housing, and more.

Edwardsville and Godfrey are places in Illinois. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Edwardsville has the higher population (26,543 vs 17,743 in Godfrey). Godfrey has the higher median household income ($92,746 vs $92,671 in Edwardsville). Edwardsville has the higher median home value ($286,700 vs $181,400 in Godfrey).

Population, income & housing

	Edwardsville	Godfrey
Population	26,543	17,743
Median age	32.3 yrs	49.9 yrs
Median household income	$92,671	$92,746
Median home value	$286,700	$181,400
Median gross rent	$1,231	$1,111
Housing units	10,353	8,115
Homeownership rate	68.9%	83.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	54.3%	33.4%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Edwardsville	Godfrey
Population	25,171 → 26,543 (+5.5%)	17,579 → 17,743 (+0.9%)
Median household income	$77,411 → $92,671 (+19.7%)	$73,238 → $92,746 (+26.6%)
Median home value	$228,300 → $286,700 (+25.6%)	$148,300 → $181,400 (+22.3%)
Median gross rent	$971 → $1,231 (+26.8%)	$951 → $1,111 (+16.8%)

Edwardsville

Population

25,17126,543

Median household income

$77,411$92,671

Median home value

$228,300$286,700

Median gross rent

$971$1,231

Godfrey

Population

17,57917,743

Median household income

$73,238$92,746

Median home value

$148,300$181,400

Median gross rent

$951$1,111

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Edwardsville	Godfrey
Under 5	5.2%	4.2%
5 to 17	14.1%	12.8%
18 to 24	22.2%	7.4%
25 to 34	11.3%	10.8%
35 to 44	11.4%	8.4%
45 to 54	12.1%	13.6%
55 to 64	10.8%	17.0%
65 to 74	7.2%	14.7%
75 and over	5.8%	11.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Edwardsville	Godfrey
White (non-Hispanic)	85.1%	88.0%
Black or African American	7.2%	5.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	2.0%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.1%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.2%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	3.1%	1.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Edwardsville	Godfrey
No high school diploma	3.0%	3.6%
High school graduate	18.1%	24.3%
Some college or associate's	24.6%	38.7%
Bachelor's degree	30.5%	21.9%
Graduate or professional degree	23.8%	11.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Edwardsville	Godfrey
Drove alone	79.7%	82.4%
Carpooled	3.6%	4.2%
Public transit	0.6%	0.5%
Walked	0.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.3%	12.6%
Other means	0.8%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Edwardsville	Godfrey
1-unit, detached	72.9%	82.8%
1-unit, attached	2.4%	3.0%
2 to 4 units	6.9%	8.2%
5 to 19 units	13.4%	2.3%
20 or more units	4.3%	1.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.1%

Poverty & households

	Edwardsville	Godfrey
Poverty rate	11.2%	6.7%
Average household size	2.46	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	24	26
Median year structure built	1984	1975