Belleville vs East St. Louis

A side-by-side comparison of Belleville and East St. Louis: population, income, housing, and more.

Belleville and East St. Louis 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 18,278 in East St. Louis). Belleville has the higher median household income ($60,529 vs $30,992 in East St. Louis). Belleville has the higher median home value ($131,000 vs $52,700 in East St. Louis).

Population, income & housing

	Belleville	East St. Louis
Population	41,722	18,278
Median age	38.3 yrs	45.1 yrs
Median household income	$60,529	$30,992
Median home value	$131,000	$52,700
Median gross rent	$947	$597
Housing units	20,187	10,973
Homeownership rate	61.0%	54.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.0%	14.7%
Unemployment rate	5.3%	15.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Belleville	East St. Louis
Population	41,585 → 41,722 (+0.3%)	26,543 → 18,278 (-31.1%)
Median household income	$48,099 → $60,529 (+25.8%)	$24,343 → $30,992 (+27.3%)
Median home value	$93,700 → $131,000 (+39.8%)	$54,500 → $52,700 (-3.3%)
Median gross rent	$779 → $947 (+21.6%)	$484 → $597 (+23.3%)

Belleville

Population

41,58541,722

Median household income

$48,099$60,529

Median home value

$93,700$131,000

Median gross rent

$779$947

East St. Louis

Population

26,54318,278

Median household income

$24,343$30,992

Median home value

$54,500$52,700

Median gross rent

$484$597

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Belleville	East St. Louis
Under 5	5.4%	6.2%
5 to 17	17.6%	12.0%
18 to 24	7.9%	9.5%
25 to 34	13.8%	13.3%
35 to 44	15.5%	8.8%
45 to 54	11.9%	10.9%
55 to 64	12.3%	14.5%
65 to 74	9.5%	14.8%
75 and over	6.0%	9.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Belleville	East St. Louis
White (non-Hispanic)	57.0%	1.6%
Black or African American	32.0%	94.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.9%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.3%
Two or more races	6.3%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	3.4%	1.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Belleville	East St. Louis
No high school diploma	5.5%	17.3%
High school graduate	28.2%	36.6%
Some college or associate's	38.3%	31.4%
Bachelor's degree	15.2%	9.0%
Graduate or professional degree	12.8%	5.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Belleville	East St. Louis
Drove alone	76.1%	70.7%
Carpooled	6.6%	16.2%
Public transit	3.6%	2.5%
Walked	1.7%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.4%
Worked from home	11.0%	6.6%
Other means	0.8%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Belleville	East St. Louis
1-unit, detached	64.5%	64.6%
1-unit, attached	4.7%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	14.4%	13.7%
5 to 19 units	11.7%	11.3%
20 or more units	2.2%	8.0%
Mobile home & other	2.5%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Belleville	East St. Louis
Poverty rate	14.9%	32.8%
Average household size	2.27	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	26	23
Median year structure built	1960	1957