Belleville vs Cahokia Heights

A side-by-side comparison of Belleville and Cahokia Heights: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Belleville has the higher population (41,722 vs 17,173 in Cahokia Heights). Belleville has the higher median household income ($60,529 vs $37,975 in Cahokia Heights). Belleville has the higher median home value ($131,000 vs $56,900 in Cahokia Heights).

Population, income & housing

	Belleville	Cahokia Heights
Population	41,722	17,173
Median age	38.3 yrs	32.8 yrs
Median household income	$60,529	$37,975
Median home value	$131,000	$56,900
Median gross rent	$947	$959
Housing units	20,187	8,617
Homeownership rate	61.0%	52.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.0%	11.9%
Unemployment rate	5.3%	9.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Belleville	Cahokia Heights
Population	41,585 → 41,722 (+0.3%)	17,753 → 17,173 (-3.3%)
Median household income	$48,099 → $60,529 (+25.8%)	$30,488 → $37,975 (+24.6%)
Median home value	$93,700 → $131,000 (+39.8%)	$53,100 → $56,900 (+7.2%)
Median gross rent	$779 → $947 (+21.6%)	$937 → $959 (+2.3%)

Belleville

Population

41,58541,722

Median household income

$48,099$60,529

Median home value

$93,700$131,000

Median gross rent

$779$947

Cahokia Heights

Population

17,75317,173

Median household income

$30,488$37,975

Median home value

$53,100$56,900

Median gross rent

$937$959

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Belleville	Cahokia Heights
Under 5	5.4%	9.6%
5 to 17	17.6%	23.3%
18 to 24	7.9%	7.3%
25 to 34	13.8%	12.8%
35 to 44	15.5%	11.0%
45 to 54	11.9%	8.7%
55 to 64	12.3%	13.9%
65 to 74	9.5%	8.4%
75 and over	6.0%	5.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Belleville	Cahokia Heights
White (non-Hispanic)	57.0%	20.3%
Black or African American	32.0%	71.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.6%
Asian	0.9%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.4%
Two or more races	6.3%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	3.4%	2.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Belleville	Cahokia Heights
No high school diploma	5.5%	15.0%
High school graduate	28.2%	39.8%
Some college or associate's	38.3%	33.4%
Bachelor's degree	15.2%	6.5%
Graduate or professional degree	12.8%	5.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Belleville	Cahokia Heights
Drove alone	76.1%	68.6%
Carpooled	6.6%	12.0%
Public transit	3.6%	7.7%
Walked	1.7%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.0%	7.1%
Other means	0.8%	3.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Belleville	Cahokia Heights
1-unit, detached	64.5%	78.6%
1-unit, attached	4.7%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	14.4%	8.4%
5 to 19 units	11.7%	4.1%
20 or more units	2.2%	3.9%
Mobile home & other	2.5%	3.5%

Poverty & households

	Belleville	Cahokia Heights
Poverty rate	14.9%	32.7%
Average household size	2.27	2.69
Mean commute (minutes)	26	28
Median year structure built	1960	1963