East St. Louis vs Mascoutah

A side-by-side comparison of East St. Louis and Mascoutah: population, income, housing, and more.

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

East St. Louis has the higher population (18,278 vs 8,743 in Mascoutah). Mascoutah has the higher median household income ($93,902 vs $30,992 in East St. Louis). Mascoutah has the higher median home value ($226,300 vs $52,700 in East St. Louis).

Population, income & housing

	East St. Louis	Mascoutah
Population	18,278	8,743
Median age	45.1 yrs	36.6 yrs
Median household income	$30,992	$93,902
Median home value	$52,700	$226,300
Median gross rent	$597	$1,235
Housing units	10,973	3,162
Homeownership rate	54.3%	66.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.7%	30.0%
Unemployment rate	15.3%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	East St. Louis	Mascoutah
Population	26,543 → 18,278 (-31.1%)	8,245 → 8,743 (+6.0%)
Median household income	$24,343 → $30,992 (+27.3%)	$78,468 → $93,902 (+19.7%)
Median home value	$54,500 → $52,700 (-3.3%)	$173,200 → $226,300 (+30.7%)
Median gross rent	$484 → $597 (+23.3%)	$993 → $1,235 (+24.4%)

East St. Louis

Population

26,54318,278

Median household income

$24,343$30,992

Median home value

$54,500$52,700

Median gross rent

$484$597

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)

	East St. Louis	Mascoutah
Under 5	6.2%	7.5%
5 to 17	12.0%	18.1%
18 to 24	9.5%	9.0%
25 to 34	13.3%	12.5%
35 to 44	8.8%	15.8%
45 to 54	10.9%	12.7%
55 to 64	14.5%	12.2%
65 to 74	14.8%	7.0%
75 and over	9.9%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	East St. Louis	Mascoutah
White (non-Hispanic)	1.6%	77.8%
Black or African American	94.0%	4.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.3%
Asian	1.0%	2.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	1.7%
Two or more races	1.7%	5.2%
Hispanic or Latino	1.4%	7.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	East St. Louis	Mascoutah
No high school diploma	17.3%	4.0%
High school graduate	36.6%	26.6%
Some college or associate's	31.4%	39.4%
Bachelor's degree	9.0%	17.6%
Graduate or professional degree	5.6%	12.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	East St. Louis	Mascoutah
Drove alone	70.7%	75.5%
Carpooled	16.2%	11.5%
Public transit	2.5%	0.1%
Walked	1.9%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.6%	10.0%
Other means	1.8%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	East St. Louis	Mascoutah
1-unit, detached	64.6%	80.0%
1-unit, attached	1.9%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	13.7%	6.6%
5 to 19 units	11.3%	5.3%
20 or more units	8.0%	3.7%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	3.0%

Poverty & households

	East St. Louis	Mascoutah
Poverty rate	32.8%	11.0%
Average household size	2.44	2.88
Mean commute (minutes)	23	23
Median year structure built	1957	1986