Edwardsville vs Granite City

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

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

Granite City has the higher population (26,670 vs 26,543 in Edwardsville). Edwardsville has the higher median household income ($92,671 vs $60,490 in Granite City). Edwardsville has the higher median home value ($286,700 vs $99,800 in Granite City).

Population, income & housing

	Edwardsville	Granite City
Population	26,543	26,670
Median age	32.3 yrs	40.1 yrs
Median household income	$92,671	$60,490
Median home value	$286,700	$99,800
Median gross rent	$1,231	$761
Housing units	10,353	12,742
Homeownership rate	68.9%	71.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	54.3%	16.2%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	6.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Edwardsville	Granite City
Population	25,171 → 26,543 (+5.5%)	28,612 → 26,670 (-6.8%)
Median household income	$77,411 → $92,671 (+19.7%)	$51,469 → $60,490 (+17.5%)
Median home value	$228,300 → $286,700 (+25.6%)	$83,500 → $99,800 (+19.5%)
Median gross rent	$971 → $1,231 (+26.8%)	$728 → $761 (+4.5%)

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

Granite City

Population

28,61226,670

Median household income

$51,469$60,490

Median home value

$83,500$99,800

Median gross rent

$728$761

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Edwardsville	Granite City
Under 5	5.2%	5.3%
5 to 17	14.1%	16.6%
18 to 24	22.2%	6.6%
25 to 34	11.3%	14.0%
35 to 44	11.4%	13.9%
45 to 54	12.1%	11.3%
55 to 64	10.8%	13.9%
65 to 74	7.2%	11.3%
75 and over	5.8%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Edwardsville	Granite City
White (non-Hispanic)	85.1%	75.9%
Black or African American	7.2%	10.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	2.0%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.2%
Two or more races	2.2%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	3.1%	7.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Edwardsville	Granite City
No high school diploma	3.0%	11.9%
High school graduate	18.1%	34.1%
Some college or associate's	24.6%	37.8%
Bachelor's degree	30.5%	12.0%
Graduate or professional degree	23.8%	4.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Edwardsville	Granite City
Drove alone	79.7%	83.5%
Carpooled	3.6%	6.5%
Public transit	0.6%	1.5%
Walked	0.8%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.3%	7.6%
Other means	0.8%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Edwardsville	Granite City
1-unit, detached	72.9%	81.1%
1-unit, attached	2.4%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	6.9%	9.8%
5 to 19 units	13.4%	2.9%
20 or more units	4.3%	4.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.8%

Poverty & households

	Edwardsville	Granite City
Poverty rate	11.2%	16.4%
Average household size	2.46	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	24	23
Median year structure built	1984	1958