Cahokia Heights vs Mascoutah

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

Cahokia Heights and Mascoutah 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 8,743 in Mascoutah). Mascoutah has the higher median household income ($93,902 vs $37,975 in Cahokia Heights). Mascoutah has the higher median home value ($226,300 vs $56,900 in Cahokia Heights).

Population, income & housing

	Cahokia Heights	Mascoutah
Population	17,173	8,743
Median age	32.8 yrs	36.6 yrs
Median household income	$37,975	$93,902
Median home value	$56,900	$226,300
Median gross rent	$959	$1,235
Housing units	8,617	3,162
Homeownership rate	52.6%	66.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.9%	30.0%
Unemployment rate	9.3%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cahokia Heights	Mascoutah
Population	17,753 → 17,173 (-3.3%)	8,245 → 8,743 (+6.0%)
Median household income	$30,488 → $37,975 (+24.6%)	$78,468 → $93,902 (+19.7%)
Median home value	$53,100 → $56,900 (+7.2%)	$173,200 → $226,300 (+30.7%)
Median gross rent	$937 → $959 (+2.3%)	$993 → $1,235 (+24.4%)

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

Mascoutah

Population

8,2458,743

Median household income

$78,468$93,902

Median home value

$173,200$226,300

Median gross rent

$993$1,235

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cahokia Heights	Mascoutah
Under 5	9.6%	7.5%
5 to 17	23.3%	18.1%
18 to 24	7.3%	9.0%
25 to 34	12.8%	12.5%
35 to 44	11.0%	15.8%
45 to 54	8.7%	12.7%
55 to 64	13.9%	12.2%
65 to 74	8.4%	7.0%
75 and over	5.0%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cahokia Heights	Mascoutah
White (non-Hispanic)	20.3%	77.8%
Black or African American	71.1%	4.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	1.3%
Asian	1.0%	2.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	1.7%
Two or more races	4.6%	5.2%
Hispanic or Latino	2.1%	7.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cahokia Heights	Mascoutah
No high school diploma	15.0%	4.0%
High school graduate	39.8%	26.6%
Some college or associate's	33.4%	39.4%
Bachelor's degree	6.5%	17.6%
Graduate or professional degree	5.3%	12.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cahokia Heights	Mascoutah
Drove alone	68.6%	75.5%
Carpooled	12.0%	11.5%
Public transit	7.7%	0.1%
Walked	1.1%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.1%	10.0%
Other means	3.5%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cahokia Heights	Mascoutah
1-unit, detached	78.6%	80.0%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	8.4%	6.6%
5 to 19 units	4.1%	5.3%
20 or more units	3.9%	3.7%
Mobile home & other	3.5%	3.0%

Poverty & households

	Cahokia Heights	Mascoutah
Poverty rate	32.7%	11.0%
Average household size	2.69	2.88
Mean commute (minutes)	28	23
Median year structure built	1963	1986