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East St. Louis city, Illinois: commercial real estate data.
East St. Louis city is a Census city of 17,999 people across 13.92 square miles of land, in St. Clair County. Median household income is $35,700, 60.7 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 15 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $9.4 m.
80 sourced place values · tier FULL · 9 sections · underlined figures are computed by MMCG Analytics, not published by the agency
East St. Louis
What East St. Louis is
- Census place typecity
- Land area13.92 sq mi
- Water area0.38 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,293
- County holding the largest share of its areaSt. Clair 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 St. Louis
How many people live in East St. Louis
- Population17,999
- Median age44.3
- Population under 183,184
- Share under 1817.7 percent
- Population 65 and over4,154
- Share 65 and over23.1 percent
- Households6,982
- Family households3,460
- Share of households that are families49.6 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
East St. Louis
Income and work in East St. Louis
- Median household income$35,700
- Per capita income$23,036
- Civilian labor force7,682
- Employed6,356
- Unemployed1,326 plus or minus 396
- Unemployment rate17.3 percent plus or minus 5.0
- Adults 25 and over13,188
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher85.7 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher15.9 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree6.0 percent plus or minus 1.9
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
East St. Louis
Housing in East St. Louis
- Housing units10,552
- Occupied units6,982
- Vacant units3,570
- Vacancy rate33.8 percent
- Owner occupied4,235
- Renter occupied2,747
- Ownership rate60.7 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$52,600
- Median gross rent, monthly$847
- Annual rent as a share of median income28.5 percent plus or minus 6.4
- Single family units7,486
- Share single family70.9 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more3,003
- Share in buildings of two or more28.5 percent
- Mobile homes63 plus or minus 49
- Median year structure built1956
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
East St. Louis
How East St. Louis gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute5,690
- Commuting under 15 minutes1,045 plus or minus 344
- Share commuting under 15 minutes18.4 percent plus or minus 5.6
- Commuting 30 minutes or more1,852 plus or minus 667
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more32.5 percent plus or minus 11.0
- Drove alone69.3 percent
- Carpooled16.3 percent plus or minus 6.1
- Public transport3.2 percent plus or minus 1.5
- Walked0.2 percent plus or minus 0.3
- Worked from home7.6 percent plus or minus 3.5
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
East St. Louis
SBA loans in East St. Louis (7(a))
- Approvals15
- Gross approval$9,361,400
- Average approval$624,093
- Median approval$703,700
- Ninetieth percentile approval$1,277,000
- Largest approval$1,350,000
- Jobs supported107
- Jobs per approval7.1
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Paid in full0
- Charged off0
- Median term240 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more60.0 percent
- Share to franchises26.7 percent
- Distinct lenders11
- Distinct industries by NAICS10
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 St. Louis
SBA loans in East St. Louis (504)
- Approvals4
- Gross approval$2,621,000
- Average approval$655,250
- Median approval$614,000
- Largest approval$1,319,000
- Jobs supported29
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Charged off0
- Median term300 months
- Distinct CDCs3
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
East St. Louis
Flood risk in East St. Louis
- Listed NFIP communities1
- Of those, participating1
- NFIP community number170626
- Currently effective map date11/05/03
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.
St. Clair County, not East St. Louis
St. Clair County context, not East St. Louis figures
These are St. Clair 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 St. Louis measurements.
- Establishments in St. Clair County4,973
- Employment at those establishments, St. Clair County72,871
- Covered employment, St. Clair County89,981
- Average annual pay, St. Clair County$57,001
- Average weekly wage, St. Clair County$1,096
- Housing units permitted, St. Clair County740
- Of those, single family, St. Clair County346
- County product, 2024, St. Clair County$16,131,374,000
- County product change over the prior year, St. Clair County2.1 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, St. Clair County$57,798
Every figure in this section is published for St. Clair County as a whole and is not a measurement of East St. Louis. 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 St. Louis questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in East St. Louis, Illinois?
17,999, in 6,982 households. East St. Louis city covers 13.92 square miles of land, which is 1,293 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is East St. Louis in?
St. Clair 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 St. Louis?
$35,700. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $52,600. Median gross rent is $847 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 St. Louis businesses?
15 7(a) approvals totalling $9.4 m, across 11 lenders, median approval $703,700, plus 4 504 approvals worth $2.6 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in East St. Louis, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to East St. Louis borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for East St. Louis. 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 St. Louis in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. East St. Louis appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as community 170626, 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 St. Louis figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for St. Clair 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 St. Louis.
Is zoning published for East St. Louis?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.