East Carondelet vs Sauget

A side-by-side comparison of East Carondelet and Sauget: population, income, housing, and more.

East Carondelet and Sauget are places in Illinois. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Sauget has the higher population (299 vs 219 in East Carondelet). East Carondelet has the higher median household income ($65,417 vs $60,469 in Sauget). East Carondelet has the higher median home value ($76,700 vs $53,300 in Sauget).

Population, income & housing

	East Carondelet	Sauget
Population	219	299
Median age	45.4 yrs	59.9 yrs
Median household income	$65,417	$60,469
Median home value	$76,700	$53,300
Median gross rent	$1,094	$676
Housing units	158	175
Homeownership rate	74.7%	51.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.0%	6.5%
Unemployment rate	0.8%	34.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	East Carondelet	Sauget
Population	414 → 219 (-47.1%)	156 → 299 (+91.7%)
Median household income	$53,125 → $65,417 (+23.1%)	$54,167 → $60,469 (+11.6%)
Median home value	$63,500 → $76,700 (+20.8%)	$45,000 → $53,300 (+18.4%)
Median gross rent	$718 → $1,094 (+52.4%)	$725 → $676 (-6.8%)

East Carondelet

Population

414219

Median household income

$53,125$65,417

Median home value

$63,500$76,700

Median gross rent

$718$1,094

Sauget

Population

156299

Median household income

$54,167$60,469

Median home value

$45,000$53,300

Median gross rent

$725$676

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	East Carondelet	Sauget
Under 5	2.7%	1.0%
5 to 17	14.6%	8.0%
18 to 24	6.8%	8.4%
25 to 34	14.2%	7.4%
35 to 44	9.6%	8.7%
45 to 54	20.5%	5.0%
55 to 64	11.9%	24.4%
65 to 74	9.6%	17.4%
75 and over	10.0%	19.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	East Carondelet	Sauget
White (non-Hispanic)	70.3%	97.0%
Black or African American	20.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.2%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	5.9%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	East Carondelet	Sauget
No high school diploma	10.8%	14.6%
High school graduate	46.4%	42.5%
Some college or associate's	33.7%	36.4%
Bachelor's degree	8.4%	4.5%
Graduate or professional degree	0.6%	2.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	East Carondelet	Sauget
Drove alone	79.3%	79.4%
Carpooled	10.3%	0.0%
Public transit	0.9%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	20.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.9%	0.0%
Other means	2.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	East Carondelet	Sauget
1-unit, detached	63.3%	72.6%
1-unit, attached	3.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	31.6%	27.4%

Poverty & households

	East Carondelet	Sauget
Poverty rate	14.2%	8.7%
Average household size	2.21	1.88
Mean commute (minutes)	26	13
Median year structure built	1973	1958