Cahokia Heights vs Fairview Heights

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

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

Cahokia Heights has the higher population (17,173 vs 16,255 in Fairview Heights). Fairview Heights has the higher median household income ($77,960 vs $37,975 in Cahokia Heights). Fairview Heights has the higher median home value ($166,800 vs $56,900 in Cahokia Heights).

Population, income & housing

	Cahokia Heights	Fairview Heights
Population	17,173	16,255
Median age	32.8 yrs	41.6 yrs
Median household income	$37,975	$77,960
Median home value	$56,900	$166,800
Median gross rent	$959	$1,177
Housing units	8,617	8,076
Homeownership rate	52.6%	66.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.9%	32.1%
Unemployment rate	9.3%	6.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cahokia Heights	Fairview Heights
Population	17,753 → 17,173 (-3.3%)	16,125 → 16,255 (+0.8%)
Median household income	$30,488 → $37,975 (+24.6%)	$64,495 → $77,960 (+20.9%)
Median home value	$53,100 → $56,900 (+7.2%)	$135,400 → $166,800 (+23.2%)
Median gross rent	$937 → $959 (+2.3%)	$997 → $1,177 (+18.1%)

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

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)

	Cahokia Heights	Fairview Heights
Under 5	9.6%	5.3%
5 to 17	23.3%	16.5%
18 to 24	7.3%	7.1%
25 to 34	12.8%	12.1%
35 to 44	11.0%	12.3%
45 to 54	8.7%	13.4%
55 to 64	13.9%	15.0%
65 to 74	8.4%	11.9%
75 and over	5.0%	6.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cahokia Heights	Fairview Heights
White (non-Hispanic)	20.3%	51.3%
Black or African American	71.1%	32.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.0%
Asian	1.0%	2.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.4%	1.0%
Two or more races	4.6%	10.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.1%	2.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cahokia Heights	Fairview Heights
No high school diploma	15.0%	7.1%
High school graduate	39.8%	23.8%
Some college or associate's	33.4%	37.0%
Bachelor's degree	6.5%	17.7%
Graduate or professional degree	5.3%	14.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cahokia Heights	Fairview Heights
Drove alone	68.6%	80.0%
Carpooled	12.0%	9.0%
Public transit	7.7%	1.6%
Walked	1.1%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.1%	7.4%
Other means	3.5%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cahokia Heights	Fairview Heights
1-unit, detached	78.6%	72.8%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	2.6%
2 to 4 units	8.4%	6.5%
5 to 19 units	4.1%	12.2%
20 or more units	3.9%	3.2%
Mobile home & other	3.5%	2.7%

Poverty & households

	Cahokia Heights	Fairview Heights
Poverty rate	32.7%	9.1%
Average household size	2.69	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	28	23
Median year structure built	1963	1974