Cahokia Heights vs Swansea

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

Cahokia Heights and Swansea 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 14,603 in Swansea). Swansea has the higher median household income ($84,367 vs $37,975 in Cahokia Heights). Swansea has the higher median home value ($211,700 vs $56,900 in Cahokia Heights).

Population, income & housing

	Cahokia Heights	Swansea
Population	17,173	14,603
Median age	32.8 yrs	38.4 yrs
Median household income	$37,975	$84,367
Median home value	$56,900	$211,700
Median gross rent	$959	$1,178
Housing units	8,617	5,929
Homeownership rate	52.6%	75.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.9%	43.1%
Unemployment rate	9.3%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cahokia Heights	Swansea
Population	17,753 → 17,173 (-3.3%)	13,851 → 14,603 (+5.4%)
Median household income	$30,488 → $37,975 (+24.6%)	$77,517 → $84,367 (+8.8%)
Median home value	$53,100 → $56,900 (+7.2%)	$167,000 → $211,700 (+26.8%)
Median gross rent	$937 → $959 (+2.3%)	$1,062 → $1,178 (+10.9%)

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

Swansea

Population

13,85114,603

Median household income

$77,517$84,367

Median home value

$167,000$211,700

Median gross rent

$1,062$1,178

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cahokia Heights	Swansea
Under 5	9.6%	5.9%
5 to 17	23.3%	17.2%
18 to 24	7.3%	9.5%
25 to 34	12.8%	13.9%
35 to 44	11.0%	11.7%
45 to 54	8.7%	10.3%
55 to 64	13.9%	13.6%
65 to 74	8.4%	10.5%
75 and over	5.0%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cahokia Heights	Swansea
White (non-Hispanic)	20.3%	71.8%
Black or African American	71.1%	17.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.0%
Asian	1.0%	2.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.6%	7.1%
Hispanic or Latino	2.1%	1.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cahokia Heights	Swansea
No high school diploma	15.0%	3.4%
High school graduate	39.8%	21.3%
Some college or associate's	33.4%	32.2%
Bachelor's degree	6.5%	23.7%
Graduate or professional degree	5.3%	19.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cahokia Heights	Swansea
Drove alone	68.6%	78.7%
Carpooled	12.0%	6.9%
Public transit	7.7%	0.8%
Walked	1.1%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.1%	12.8%
Other means	3.5%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cahokia Heights	Swansea
1-unit, detached	78.6%	70.9%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	3.7%
2 to 4 units	8.4%	4.6%
5 to 19 units	4.1%	6.1%
20 or more units	3.9%	5.9%
Mobile home & other	3.5%	8.8%

Poverty & households

	Cahokia Heights	Swansea
Poverty rate	32.7%	8.3%
Average household size	2.69	2.58
Mean commute (minutes)	28	26
Median year structure built	1963	1993