Cahokia Heights vs East St. Louis

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

Cahokia Heights 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.

East St. Louis has the higher population (18,278 vs 17,173 in Cahokia Heights). Cahokia Heights has the higher median household income ($37,975 vs $30,992 in East St. Louis). Cahokia Heights has the higher median home value ($56,900 vs $52,700 in East St. Louis).

Population, income & housing

	Cahokia Heights	East St. Louis
Population	17,173	18,278
Median age	32.8 yrs	45.1 yrs
Median household income	$37,975	$30,992
Median home value	$56,900	$52,700
Median gross rent	$959	$597
Housing units	8,617	10,973
Homeownership rate	52.6%	54.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.9%	14.7%
Unemployment rate	9.3%	15.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cahokia Heights	East St. Louis
Population	17,753 → 17,173 (-3.3%)	26,543 → 18,278 (-31.1%)
Median household income	$30,488 → $37,975 (+24.6%)	$24,343 → $30,992 (+27.3%)
Median home value	$53,100 → $56,900 (+7.2%)	$54,500 → $52,700 (-3.3%)
Median gross rent	$937 → $959 (+2.3%)	$484 → $597 (+23.3%)

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

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)

	Cahokia Heights	East St. Louis
Under 5	9.6%	6.2%
5 to 17	23.3%	12.0%
18 to 24	7.3%	9.5%
25 to 34	12.8%	13.3%
35 to 44	11.0%	8.8%
45 to 54	8.7%	10.9%
55 to 64	13.9%	14.5%
65 to 74	8.4%	14.8%
75 and over	5.0%	9.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cahokia Heights	East St. Louis
White (non-Hispanic)	20.3%	1.6%
Black or African American	71.1%	94.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.0%
Asian	1.0%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.3%
Two or more races	4.6%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	2.1%	1.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cahokia Heights	East St. Louis
No high school diploma	15.0%	17.3%
High school graduate	39.8%	36.6%
Some college or associate's	33.4%	31.4%
Bachelor's degree	6.5%	9.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.3%	5.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cahokia Heights	East St. Louis
Drove alone	68.6%	70.7%
Carpooled	12.0%	16.2%
Public transit	7.7%	2.5%
Walked	1.1%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	7.1%	6.6%
Other means	3.5%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cahokia Heights	East St. Louis
1-unit, detached	78.6%	64.6%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	8.4%	13.7%
5 to 19 units	4.1%	11.3%
20 or more units	3.9%	8.0%
Mobile home & other	3.5%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Cahokia Heights	East St. Louis
Poverty rate	32.7%	32.8%
Average household size	2.69	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	28	23
Median year structure built	1963	1957