Belleville vs Fairview Heights

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

Belleville and Fairview 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 16,255 in Fairview Heights). Fairview Heights has the higher median household income ($77,960 vs $60,529 in Belleville). Fairview Heights has the higher median home value ($166,800 vs $131,000 in Belleville).

Population, income & housing

	Belleville	Fairview Heights
Population	41,722	16,255
Median age	38.3 yrs	41.6 yrs
Median household income	$60,529	$77,960
Median home value	$131,000	$166,800
Median gross rent	$947	$1,177
Housing units	20,187	8,076
Homeownership rate	61.0%	66.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.0%	32.1%
Unemployment rate	5.3%	6.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Belleville	Fairview Heights
Population	41,585 → 41,722 (+0.3%)	16,125 → 16,255 (+0.8%)
Median household income	$48,099 → $60,529 (+25.8%)	$64,495 → $77,960 (+20.9%)
Median home value	$93,700 → $131,000 (+39.8%)	$135,400 → $166,800 (+23.2%)
Median gross rent	$779 → $947 (+21.6%)	$997 → $1,177 (+18.1%)

Belleville

Population

41,58541,722

Median household income

$48,099$60,529

Median home value

$93,700$131,000

Median gross rent

$779$947

Fairview Heights

Population

16,12516,255

Median household income

$64,495$77,960

Median home value

$135,400$166,800

Median gross rent

$997$1,177

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Belleville	Fairview Heights
Under 5	5.4%	5.3%
5 to 17	17.6%	16.5%
18 to 24	7.9%	7.1%
25 to 34	13.8%	12.1%
35 to 44	15.5%	12.3%
45 to 54	11.9%	13.4%
55 to 64	12.3%	15.0%
65 to 74	9.5%	11.9%
75 and over	6.0%	6.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Belleville	Fairview Heights
White (non-Hispanic)	57.0%	51.3%
Black or African American	32.0%	32.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.9%	2.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.1%
Some other race	0.3%	1.0%
Two or more races	6.3%	10.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.4%	2.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Belleville	Fairview Heights
No high school diploma	5.5%	7.1%
High school graduate	28.2%	23.8%
Some college or associate's	38.3%	37.0%
Bachelor's degree	15.2%	17.7%
Graduate or professional degree	12.8%	14.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Belleville	Fairview Heights
Drove alone	76.1%	80.0%
Carpooled	6.6%	9.0%
Public transit	3.6%	1.6%
Walked	1.7%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.0%	7.4%
Other means	0.8%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Belleville	Fairview Heights
1-unit, detached	64.5%	72.8%
1-unit, attached	4.7%	2.6%
2 to 4 units	14.4%	6.5%
5 to 19 units	11.7%	12.2%
20 or more units	2.2%	3.2%
Mobile home & other	2.5%	2.7%

Poverty & households

	Belleville	Fairview Heights
Poverty rate	14.9%	9.1%
Average household size	2.27	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	26	23
Median year structure built	1960	1974