Cahokia Heights vs Shiloh

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

Cahokia Heights and Shiloh 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 14,109 in Shiloh). Shiloh has the higher median household income ($100,058 vs $37,975 in Cahokia Heights). Shiloh has the higher median home value ($276,900 vs $56,900 in Cahokia Heights).

Population, income & housing

	Cahokia Heights	Shiloh
Population	17,173	14,109
Median age	32.8 yrs	41.0 yrs
Median household income	$37,975	$100,058
Median home value	$56,900	$276,900
Median gross rent	$959	$1,098
Housing units	8,617	5,687
Homeownership rate	52.6%	65.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.9%	42.0%
Unemployment rate	9.3%	1.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cahokia Heights	Shiloh
Population	17,753 → 17,173 (-3.3%)	13,482 → 14,109 (+4.7%)
Median household income	$30,488 → $37,975 (+24.6%)	$86,021 → $100,058 (+16.3%)
Median home value	$53,100 → $56,900 (+7.2%)	$220,500 → $276,900 (+25.6%)
Median gross rent	$937 → $959 (+2.3%)	$945 → $1,098 (+16.2%)

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

Shiloh

Population

13,48214,109

Median household income

$86,021$100,058

Median home value

$220,500$276,900

Median gross rent

$945$1,098

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cahokia Heights	Shiloh
Under 5	9.6%	3.7%
5 to 17	23.3%	17.7%
18 to 24	7.3%	10.4%
25 to 34	12.8%	10.9%
35 to 44	11.0%	11.5%
45 to 54	8.7%	14.5%
55 to 64	13.9%	14.8%
65 to 74	8.4%	11.4%
75 and over	5.0%	5.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cahokia Heights	Shiloh
White (non-Hispanic)	20.3%	61.1%
Black or African American	71.1%	25.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.2%
Asian	1.0%	2.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.4%
Two or more races	4.6%	5.4%
Hispanic or Latino	2.1%	5.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cahokia Heights	Shiloh
No high school diploma	15.0%	2.8%
High school graduate	39.8%	19.7%
Some college or associate's	33.4%	35.5%
Bachelor's degree	6.5%	22.7%
Graduate or professional degree	5.3%	19.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cahokia Heights	Shiloh
Drove alone	68.6%	75.1%
Carpooled	12.0%	4.5%
Public transit	7.7%	1.7%
Walked	1.1%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.1%	15.5%
Other means	3.5%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cahokia Heights	Shiloh
1-unit, detached	78.6%	66.8%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	6.4%
2 to 4 units	8.4%	7.2%
5 to 19 units	4.1%	12.9%
20 or more units	3.9%	2.7%
Mobile home & other	3.5%	4.0%

Poverty & households

	Cahokia Heights	Shiloh
Poverty rate	32.7%	6.1%
Average household size	2.69	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	28	25
Median year structure built	1963	2000