Fairview Heights vs Mascoutah

A side-by-side comparison of Fairview Heights and Mascoutah: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Fairview Heights has the higher population (16,255 vs 8,743 in Mascoutah). Mascoutah has the higher median household income ($93,902 vs $77,960 in Fairview Heights). Mascoutah has the higher median home value ($226,300 vs $166,800 in Fairview Heights).

Population, income & housing

	Fairview Heights	Mascoutah
Population	16,255	8,743
Median age	41.6 yrs	36.6 yrs
Median household income	$77,960	$93,902
Median home value	$166,800	$226,300
Median gross rent	$1,177	$1,235
Housing units	8,076	3,162
Homeownership rate	66.3%	66.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.1%	30.0%
Unemployment rate	6.3%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairview Heights	Mascoutah
Population	16,125 → 16,255 (+0.8%)	8,245 → 8,743 (+6.0%)
Median household income	$64,495 → $77,960 (+20.9%)	$78,468 → $93,902 (+19.7%)
Median home value	$135,400 → $166,800 (+23.2%)	$173,200 → $226,300 (+30.7%)
Median gross rent	$997 → $1,177 (+18.1%)	$993 → $1,235 (+24.4%)

Fairview Heights

Population

16,12516,255

Median household income

$64,495$77,960

Median home value

$135,400$166,800

Median gross rent

$997$1,177

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)

	Fairview Heights	Mascoutah
Under 5	5.3%	7.5%
5 to 17	16.5%	18.1%
18 to 24	7.1%	9.0%
25 to 34	12.1%	12.5%
35 to 44	12.3%	15.8%
45 to 54	13.4%	12.7%
55 to 64	15.0%	12.2%
65 to 74	11.9%	7.0%
75 and over	6.4%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairview Heights	Mascoutah
White (non-Hispanic)	51.3%	77.8%
Black or African American	32.3%	4.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.3%
Asian	2.8%	2.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	1.0%	1.7%
Two or more races	10.0%	5.2%
Hispanic or Latino	2.6%	7.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairview Heights	Mascoutah
No high school diploma	7.1%	4.0%
High school graduate	23.8%	26.6%
Some college or associate's	37.0%	39.4%
Bachelor's degree	17.7%	17.6%
Graduate or professional degree	14.4%	12.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairview Heights	Mascoutah
Drove alone	80.0%	75.5%
Carpooled	9.0%	11.5%
Public transit	1.6%	0.1%
Walked	1.2%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.4%	10.0%
Other means	0.9%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairview Heights	Mascoutah
1-unit, detached	72.8%	80.0%
1-unit, attached	2.6%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	6.5%	6.6%
5 to 19 units	12.2%	5.3%
20 or more units	3.2%	3.7%
Mobile home & other	2.7%	3.0%

Poverty & households

	Fairview Heights	Mascoutah
Poverty rate	9.1%	11.0%
Average household size	2.29	2.88
Mean commute (minutes)	23	23
Median year structure built	1974	1986