Godfrey vs Granite City

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

Godfrey 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 17,743 in Godfrey). Godfrey has the higher median household income ($92,746 vs $60,490 in Granite City). Godfrey has the higher median home value ($181,400 vs $99,800 in Granite City).

Population, income & housing

	Godfrey	Granite City
Population	17,743	26,670
Median age	49.9 yrs	40.1 yrs
Median household income	$92,746	$60,490
Median home value	$181,400	$99,800
Median gross rent	$1,111	$761
Housing units	8,115	12,742
Homeownership rate	83.3%	71.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.4%	16.2%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	6.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Godfrey	Granite City
Population	17,579 → 17,743 (+0.9%)	28,612 → 26,670 (-6.8%)
Median household income	$73,238 → $92,746 (+26.6%)	$51,469 → $60,490 (+17.5%)
Median home value	$148,300 → $181,400 (+22.3%)	$83,500 → $99,800 (+19.5%)
Median gross rent	$951 → $1,111 (+16.8%)	$728 → $761 (+4.5%)

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

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)

	Godfrey	Granite City
Under 5	4.2%	5.3%
5 to 17	12.8%	16.6%
18 to 24	7.4%	6.6%
25 to 34	10.8%	14.0%
35 to 44	8.4%	13.9%
45 to 54	13.6%	11.3%
55 to 64	17.0%	13.9%
65 to 74	14.7%	11.3%
75 and over	11.2%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Godfrey	Granite City
White (non-Hispanic)	88.0%	75.9%
Black or African American	5.1%	10.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	4.6%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	1.5%	7.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Godfrey	Granite City
No high school diploma	3.6%	11.9%
High school graduate	24.3%	34.1%
Some college or associate's	38.7%	37.8%
Bachelor's degree	21.9%	12.0%
Graduate or professional degree	11.6%	4.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Godfrey	Granite City
Drove alone	82.4%	83.5%
Carpooled	4.2%	6.5%
Public transit	0.5%	1.5%
Walked	0.0%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.6%	7.6%
Other means	0.2%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Godfrey	Granite City
1-unit, detached	82.8%	81.1%
1-unit, attached	3.0%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	8.2%	9.8%
5 to 19 units	2.3%	2.9%
20 or more units	1.6%	4.2%
Mobile home & other	2.1%	0.8%

Poverty & households

	Godfrey	Granite City
Poverty rate	6.7%	16.4%
Average household size	2.29	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	26	23
Median year structure built	1975	1958