East Moline vs Moline

A side-by-side comparison of East Moline and Moline: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Moline has the higher population (42,235 vs 20,837 in East Moline). Moline has the higher median household income ($63,959 vs $63,328 in East Moline). Moline has the higher median home value ($141,900 vs $135,300 in East Moline).

Population, income & housing

	East Moline	Moline
Population	20,837	42,235
Median age	37.3 yrs	38.7 yrs
Median household income	$63,328	$63,959
Median home value	$135,300	$141,900
Median gross rent	$826	$887
Housing units	8,935	19,604
Homeownership rate	64.6%	66.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.0%	29.1%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	6.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	East Moline	Moline
Population	20,916 → 20,837 (-0.4%)	41,920 → 42,235 (+0.8%)
Median household income	$53,660 → $63,328 (+18.0%)	$54,431 → $63,959 (+17.5%)
Median home value	$110,800 → $135,300 (+22.1%)	$119,500 → $141,900 (+18.7%)
Median gross rent	$658 → $826 (+25.5%)	$770 → $887 (+15.2%)

East Moline

Population

20,91620,837

Median household income

$53,660$63,328

Median home value

$110,800$135,300

Median gross rent

$658$826

Moline

Population

41,92042,235

Median household income

$54,431$63,959

Median home value

$119,500$141,900

Median gross rent

$770$887

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	East Moline	Moline
Under 5	7.8%	5.5%
5 to 17	18.7%	18.3%
18 to 24	7.1%	7.4%
25 to 34	12.5%	13.1%
35 to 44	14.1%	13.2%
45 to 54	12.7%	11.3%
55 to 64	10.8%	11.9%
65 to 74	9.1%	10.6%
75 and over	7.2%	8.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	East Moline	Moline
White (non-Hispanic)	52.2%	64.0%
Black or African American	19.7%	9.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	2.8%	3.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.3%
Two or more races	5.9%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	19.2%	18.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	East Moline	Moline
No high school diploma	13.5%	10.9%
High school graduate	32.4%	26.4%
Some college or associate's	33.0%	33.6%
Bachelor's degree	14.2%	19.0%
Graduate or professional degree	6.8%	10.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	East Moline	Moline
Drove alone	79.0%	78.3%
Carpooled	8.6%	10.0%
Public transit	1.2%	1.9%
Walked	5.8%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.2%
Worked from home	3.4%	7.6%
Other means	1.7%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	East Moline	Moline
1-unit, detached	63.4%	67.5%
1-unit, attached	4.7%	5.2%
2 to 4 units	8.0%	9.1%
5 to 19 units	10.5%	10.0%
20 or more units	11.1%	7.2%
Mobile home & other	2.3%	1.1%

Poverty & households

	East Moline	Moline
Poverty rate	18.1%	16.0%
Average household size	2.39	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	19	19
Median year structure built	1967	1957