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East Alton village, Illinois: commercial real estate data.
East Alton village is a Census village of 5,689 people across 5.32 square miles of land, in Madison County. Median household income is $48,815, 56.5 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 2 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $470,000.
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East Alton
What East Alton is
- Census place typevillage
- Land area5.32 sq mi
- Water area0.16 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,070
- County holding the largest share of its areaMadison County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
East Alton
How many people live in East Alton
- Population5,689
- Median age45.2
- Population under 181,063 plus or minus 325
- Share under 1818.7 percent plus or minus 5.7
- Population 65 and over890 plus or minus 269
- Share 65 and over15.6 percent plus or minus 4.7
- Households2,699
- Family households1,694
- Share of households that are families62.8 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
East Alton
Income and work in East Alton
- Median household income$48,815
- Per capita income$29,577
- Civilian labor force3,061
- Employed2,959
- Unemployed102 plus or minus 76
- Unemployment rate3.3 percent plus or minus 2.5
- Adults 25 and over4,309
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher85.7 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher16.4 percent plus or minus 7.8
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree5.7 percent plus or minus 5.0
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
East Alton
Housing in East Alton
- Housing units2,995
- Occupied units2,699
- Vacant units296 plus or minus 154
- Vacancy rate9.9 percent plus or minus 5.1
- Owner occupied1,526
- Renter occupied1,173 plus or minus 312
- Ownership rate56.5 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$106,700
- Median gross rent, monthly$881
- Annual rent as a share of median income21.7 percent
- Single family units2,559
- Share single family85.4 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more394 plus or minus 171
- Share in buildings of two or more13.2 percent plus or minus 5.6
- Mobile homes25 plus or minus 31
- Median year structure built1956
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
East Alton
How East Alton gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute2,617
- Commuting under 15 minutes802 plus or minus 341
- Share commuting under 15 minutes30.6 percent plus or minus 12.1
- Commuting 30 minutes or more1,032 plus or minus 396
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more39.4 percent plus or minus 13.8
- Drove alone66.5 percent plus or minus 13.9
- Carpooled15.1 percent plus or minus 7.9
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked3.2 percent plus or minus 2.9
- Worked from home11.6 percent plus or minus 7.3
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
East Alton
SBA 7(a) lending to East Alton borrowers
- Approvals2
- Gross approval$470,000
- Average approval$235,000
- Median approval$430,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$430,000
- Largest approval$430,000
- Jobs supported2
- Jobs per approval1.0
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Paid in full0
- Charged off0
- Median term300 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more50.0 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders2
- Distinct industries by NAICS2
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 0 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a rate over that few outcomes would move several points on one loan.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
East Alton
SBA 504 lending to East Alton borrowers
- Approvals1
- Gross approval$378,000
- Average approval$378,000
- Median approval$378,000
- Largest approval$378,000
- Jobs supported22
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Charged off0
- Median term300 months
- Distinct CDCs1
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
East Alton
Flood programme status in East Alton
- Listed NFIP communities1
- Of those, participating1
- NFIP community number170440
- Currently effective map date03/18/80
This community carries no Community Rating System class, so no CRS premium discount applies to it.
FEMA, National Flood Insurance Program Community Status Book, Community Status Book, as retrieved.
Madison County, not East Alton
Madison County context, not East Alton figures
These are Madison County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as East Alton measurements.
- Establishments in Madison County5,659
- Employment at those establishments, Madison County93,915
- Covered employment, Madison County105,166
- Average annual pay, Madison County$57,153
- Average weekly wage, Madison County$1,099
- Housing units permitted, Madison County366
- Of those, single family, Madison County314
- County product, 2024, Madison County$16,575,291,000
- County product change over the prior year, Madison County6.9 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Madison County$53,270
Every figure in this section is published for Madison County as a whole and is not a measurement of East Alton. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
East Alton questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in East Alton, Illinois?
5,689, in 2,699 households. East Alton village covers 5.32 square miles of land, which is 1,070 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is East Alton in?
Madison County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in East Alton?
$48,815. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $106,700. Median gross rent is $881 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to East Alton businesses?
2 7(a) approvals totalling $470,000, across 2 lenders, median approval $430,000, plus 1 504 approvals worth $378,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in East Alton, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to East Alton borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for East Alton. only 0 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a percentage over that few outcomes would move several points on a single loan. The counts are shown instead.
Is East Alton in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. East Alton appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as community 170440, with no Community Rating System class, so no CRS discount applies. Whether a specific parcel sits in a mapped special flood hazard area is an address level question the platform answers.
Are the county figures on this page East Alton figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Madison County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of East Alton.
Is zoning published for East Alton?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.