East St. Louis vs Shiloh

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

East St. Louis and Shiloh 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 14,109 in Shiloh). Shiloh has the higher median household income ($100,058 vs $30,992 in East St. Louis). Shiloh has the higher median home value ($276,900 vs $52,700 in East St. Louis).

Population, income & housing

	East St. Louis	Shiloh
Population	18,278	14,109
Median age	45.1 yrs	41.0 yrs
Median household income	$30,992	$100,058
Median home value	$52,700	$276,900
Median gross rent	$597	$1,098
Housing units	10,973	5,687
Homeownership rate	54.3%	65.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.7%	42.0%
Unemployment rate	15.3%	1.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	East St. Louis	Shiloh
Population	26,543 → 18,278 (-31.1%)	13,482 → 14,109 (+4.7%)
Median household income	$24,343 → $30,992 (+27.3%)	$86,021 → $100,058 (+16.3%)
Median home value	$54,500 → $52,700 (-3.3%)	$220,500 → $276,900 (+25.6%)
Median gross rent	$484 → $597 (+23.3%)	$945 → $1,098 (+16.2%)

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

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)

	East St. Louis	Shiloh
Under 5	6.2%	3.7%
5 to 17	12.0%	17.7%
18 to 24	9.5%	10.4%
25 to 34	13.3%	10.9%
35 to 44	8.8%	11.5%
45 to 54	10.9%	14.5%
55 to 64	14.5%	14.8%
65 to 74	14.8%	11.4%
75 and over	9.9%	5.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	East St. Louis	Shiloh
White (non-Hispanic)	1.6%	61.1%
Black or African American	94.0%	25.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	1.0%	2.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.4%
Two or more races	1.7%	5.4%
Hispanic or Latino	1.4%	5.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	East St. Louis	Shiloh
No high school diploma	17.3%	2.8%
High school graduate	36.6%	19.7%
Some college or associate's	31.4%	35.5%
Bachelor's degree	9.0%	22.7%
Graduate or professional degree	5.6%	19.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	East St. Louis	Shiloh
Drove alone	70.7%	75.1%
Carpooled	16.2%	4.5%
Public transit	2.5%	1.7%
Walked	1.9%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.6%	15.5%
Other means	1.8%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	East St. Louis	Shiloh
1-unit, detached	64.6%	66.8%
1-unit, attached	1.9%	6.4%
2 to 4 units	13.7%	7.2%
5 to 19 units	11.3%	12.9%
20 or more units	8.0%	2.7%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	4.0%

Poverty & households

	East St. Louis	Shiloh
Poverty rate	32.8%	6.1%
Average household size	2.44	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	23	25
Median year structure built	1957	2000