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Alton, IL (Illinois) Houses and Residents

Estimated median house or condo value in 2022: $100,011 (it was $55,400 in 2000)
Alton:

$100,011
Illinois:

$251,600
Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $64,566 - $144,814

Mean price in 2022:

Detached houses: $118,322
Here:

$118,322
State:

$310,164

Townhouses or other attached units: $315,463
Here:

$315,463
State:

$286,230

In 2-unit structures: $63,359
Here:

$63,359
State:

$299,638

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $324,496
Here:

$324,496
State:

$330,907

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $65,462
Here:

$65,462
State:

$318,887

Mobile homes: $52,762
Here:

$52,762
State:

$78,855

Total population: 27,177 (All urban)

Houses: 12,607 (10,921 occupied: 6,304 owner occupied, 4,689 renter occupied)

% of renters here:

43%
State:

33%

Housing density: 806 houses/condos per square mile

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2022: $60,238.

Median contract rent in 2022: $644 (lower quartile is $489, upper quartile is $778)


Median rent asked for vacant for-rent units in 2022: $781


Median gross rent in Alton, IL in 2022: $864

Housing units in Alton with a mortgage: 3,476 (151 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 116 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 131

Median household income for houses/condos with a mortgage: $73,971

Median household income for apartments without a mortgage: $50,608

Median monthly housing costs: $814

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Alton, Illinois Age and Sex of Residents
Median year house/condo built: 1949

Median year apartment built: 1959

Household type by relationship:

Households: 25,482
  • Male householders: 4,784 (1,978 living alone), Female householders: 6,026 (2,226 living alone)
  • 3,022 spouses (3,008 opposite-sex spouses), 1,115 unmarried partners, (1,054 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 7,333 children (6,683 natural, 233 adopted, 416 stepchildren), 568 grandchildren, 59 brothers or sisters, 393 parents, 49 foster children, 531 other relatives, 1,030 non-relatives
  • In group quarters: 568

Size of family households: 2,092 2-persons, 1,528 3-persons, 1,047 4-persons, 425 5-persons, 217 6-persons, 108 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 4,568 1-person, 952 2-persons, 100 3-persons, 5 4-persons, 129 5-persons, 9 7-or-more-persons.

2,114 married couples with children.
3,068 single-parent households (312 men, 2,756 women).

96.2% of residents of Alton speak English at home.
1.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (49% speak English very well, 26% speak English well, 25% speak English not well).
1.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (73% speak English very well, 18% speak English well, 9% speak English not well).
0.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (57% speak English very well, 43% speak English not well).
0.6% of residents speak other language at home (71% speak English very well, 29% speak English well).

Foreign born population: 493 (1.9%)
(38.9% of them are naturalized citizens)

Median number of rooms in houses and condos:
Here:

6.1
State:

6.4

Median number of rooms in apartments
Here:

4.6
State:

4.1

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied
Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Alton, Illinois
  • Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Alton, Illinois
  • 57no bedroom
  • 1551 bedroom
  • 2,2402 bedrooms
  • 2,9063 bedrooms
  • 7494 bedrooms
  • 1995+ bedrooms
Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Alton, Illinois
  • Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Alton, Illinois
  • 230no bedroom
  • 1,0901 bedroom
  • 1,9742 bedrooms
  • 1,0173 bedrooms
  • 2494 bedrooms
  • 1305+ bedrooms
Owner-occupied Renter-occupied
Cars and other vehicles available in Alton in owner-occupied houses/condos
  • Cars and other vehicles available in Alton in owner-occupied houses/condos
  • 255no vehicle
  • 2,4081 vehicle
  • 2,4562 vehicles
  • 9473 vehicles
  • 1554 vehicles
  • 855+ vehicles
Cars and other vehicles available in Alton in renter-occupied apartments
  • Cars and other vehicles available in Alton in renter-occupied apartments
  • 872no vehicle
  • 2,5631 vehicle
  • 1,0502 vehicles
  • 1373 vehicles
  • 234 vehicles
  • 435+ vehicles
Owner-occupied Renter-occupied
Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Alton, Illinois
  • Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Alton, Illinois
  • 411 room
  • 102 rooms
  • 1323 rooms
  • 9384 rooms
  • 1,3535 rooms
  • 1,2866 rooms
  • 1,0097 rooms
  • 7928 rooms
  • 7439+ rooms
Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Alton, Illinois
  • Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Alton, Illinois
  • 2251 room
  • 1502 rooms
  • 7663 rooms
  • 1,0294 rooms
  • 1,1045 rooms
  • 7506 rooms
  • 3397 rooms
  • 1498 rooms
  • 1799+ rooms
Year house built
Median 2022 house/condo value by year built
Median house/condo value by year householder moved into unit
Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders
Owners and renters by unit type in Alton, IL
Alton city income, earnings, and wages data

  • Alton, IL household income distribution

  • Distribution of median household income in Alton, IL in 2022
  • 1,185Less than $10,000
  • 1,160$10,000 to $19,999
  • 1,305$20,000 to $29,999
  • 1,228$30,000 to $39,999
  • 1,123$40,000 to $49,999
  • 908$50,000 to $59,999
  • 1,266$60,000 to $74,999
  • 1,270$75,000 to $99,999
  • 683$100,000 to $124,999
  • 429$125,000 to $149,999
  • 431$150,000 to $199,999
  • 306$200,000 or more

  • Home value of owner - occupied houses in 2022 in Alton, IL

  • Distribution of house value in Alton, IL in 2022
  • 43Less than $10,000
  • 149$10,000 to $14,999
  • 100$15,000 to $19,999
  • 62$20,000 to $24,999
  • 36$25,000 to $29,999
  • 96$30,000 to $34,999
  • 107$35,000 to $39,999
  • 213$40,000 to $49,999
  • 556$50,000 to $59,999
  • 383$60,000 to $69,999
  • 306$70,000 to $79,999
  • 507$80,000 to $89,999
  • 493$90,000 to $99,999
  • 900$100,000 to $124,999
  • 505$125,000 to $149,999
  • 331$150,000 to $174,999
  • 195$175,000 to $199,999
  • 186$200,000 to $249,999
  • 142$250,000 to $299,999
  • 153$300,000 to $399,999
  • 80$400,000 to $499,999
  • 42$750,000 to $999,999

  • Rent paid by renters in 2022 in Alton, IL

  • Distribution of rent paid by renters in Alton, IL in 2022
  • 21Less than $100
  • 68$100 to $149
  • 119$150 to $199
  • 160$200 to $249
  • 177$250 to $299
  • 81$300 to $349
  • 175$350 to $399
  • 152$400 to $449
  • 388$450 to $499
  • 208$500 to $549
  • 247$550 to $599
  • 457$600 to $649
  • 791$650 to $699
  • 671$700 to $749
  • 367$750 to $799
  • 320$800 to $899
  • 274$900 to $999
  • 223$1,000 to $1,249
  • 48$1,250 to $1,499
  • 85$1,500 to $1,999
  • 10$2,000 to $2,499
  • 5$2,500 to $2,999
  • 19$3,500 or more
  • 155No cash rent
Work and jobs in Alton: detailed stats about occupations, industries, unemployment, workers, commute
Time Leaving Home To Go To Work in 2022

Percentage of workers working in this county: 77.8%
Number of people working at home: 1,220 (11.1% of all workers)

Travel time (in minutes) to work in 2022

Travel time to work (commute)

  • Less than 5 minutes: 241
  • 5 to 9 minutes: 1,817
  • 10 to 14 minutes: 2,118
  • 15 to 19 minutes: 1,563
  • 20 to 24 minutes: 706
  • 25 to 29 minutes: 406
  • 30 to 34 minutes: 920
  • 35 to 39 minutes: 432
  • 40 to 44 minutes: 353
  • 45 to 59 minutes: 965
  • 60 to 89 minutes: 244
  • 90 or more minutes: 214
Means of transportation to work in 2022 - Alton

Means of transportation to work:

  • Drove a car alone: 11,071 (81.3%)
  • Carpooled: 715 (5.3%)
  • Bus: 23 (0.2%)
  • Taxi: 90 (0.7%)
  • Walked: 274 (2.0%)
  • Worked at home: 1,220 (9.0%)
Class of Workers in 2022
  • Unemployment by race in 2022
  • Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic residents
  • 5.0%Males
  • 4.3%Females
  • Unemployment rate for Black residents
  • 6.8%Males
  • 14.4%Females
  • Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native residents
  • 77.1%Males
  • Unemployment rate for two or more race residents
  • 21.9%Males
  • 4.5%Females
  • Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino residents
  • 8.5%Males
Races in Alton detailed stats: ancestries, foreign born residents, place of birth
Year of entry for the foreign-born population in Alton, Illinois
  • Year of entry for the foreign-born population in Alton, Illinois
  • 2112010 or later
  • 1232000 to 2009
  • 731990 to 1999
  • 401980 to 1989
  • 321970 to 1979
  • 124Before 1970
Ancestries in Alton, IL

First ancestries reported:

  • German: 1,837 (14.6%)
  • American: 851 (6.7%)
  • Irish: 805 (6.4%)
  • English: 778 (6.2%)
  • Polish: 295 (2.3%)
  • Italian: 275 (2.2%)
  • European: 181 (1.4%)
  • Scotch-Irish: 106 (0.8%)
  • African: 86 (0.7%)
  • French: 77 (0.6%)
  • Scottish: 69 (0.5%)
  • Eastern European: 67 (0.5%)
  • Croatian: 45 (0.4%)
  • Norwegian: 43 (0.3%)
  • Swedish: 39 (0.3%)
  • Syrian: 34 (0.3%)
  • Welsh: 34 (0.3%)
  • Dutch West Indian: 33 (0.3%)
  • Macedonian: 32 (0.3%)
  • Nigerian: 31 (0.2%)
  • Ethiopian: 28 (0.2%)
  • French Canadian: 21 (0.2%)
  • Ukrainian: 20 (0.2%)
  • Slovak: 17 (0.1%)
  • Northern European: 16 (0.1%)
  • British: 14 (0.1%)
  • Swiss: 10 (0.08%)
  • Greek: 9 (0.07%)
  • Belizean: 8 (0.06%)
  • Cape Verdean: 7 (0.06%)
  • Yugoslavian: 7 (0.06%)
  • Egyptian: 6 (0.05%)
  • Czechoslovakian: 4 (0.03%)
  • Hungarian: 3 (0.02%)
  • Celtic: 3 (0.02%)
  • Finnish: 2 (0.02%)

Most common places of birth for foreign-born residents (%):

India
Alton:

17.1% (86)
Illinois:

9.2% (166,409)

Vietnam
Alton:

11.0% (55)
Illinois:

1.2% (22,269)

Mexico
Alton:

9.4% (47)
Illinois:

34.7% (626,958)

North Macedonia (Macedonia)
Alton:

7.4% (37)
Illinois:

0.2% (4,211)

Ethiopia
Alton:

7.4% (37)
Illinois:

0.3% (4,775)

Nigeria
Alton:

7.4% (37)
Illinois:

1.2% (21,186)

Zimbabwe
Alton:

6.8% (34)
Illinois:

0.0% (494)

Germany
Alton:

6.0% (30)
Illinois:

1.0% (18,753)

Philippines
Alton:

5.4% (27)
Illinois:

5.2% (93,003)

Ireland
Alton:

3.8% (19)
Illinois:

0.4% (6,611)

Canada
Alton:

3.6% (18)
Illinois:

1.1% (19,306)

Peru
Alton:

2.8% (14)
Illinois:

0.5% (8,161)

Bosnia and Herzegovina
Alton:

1.8% (9)
Illinois:

0.6% (10,776)

Argentina
Alton:

1.6% (8)
Illinois:

0.2% (3,955)

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

  • This state: 18,500
  • Other state: 6,383
  • Northeast: 250
  • Midwest: 3,845
  • South: 1,513
  • West: 768

87.6% of Alton residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 36.0% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 51.2% lived in Illinois.


Alton:

87.6%
State average:

88.3%

Education attainment for males 25 years and older:

  • No schooling: 107
  • Nursery to 4th grade: 25
  • 5th and 6th grade: 52
  • 7th and 8th grade: 47
  • 9th grade: 61
  • 10th grade: 368
  • 11th grade: 287
  • 12th grade, no diploma: 194
  • High school graduate (or equivalency): 2,450
  • Less than 1 year of college: 634
  • Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 1,173
  • Associate degree: 841
  • Bachelor's degree: 1,325
  • Master's degree: 469
  • Professional school degree: 65
  • Doctorate degree: 144
Educational Attainment for Males

Education attainment for females 25 years and older:

  • No schooling: 68
  • Nursery to 4th grade: 0
  • 5th and 6th grade: 9
  • 7th and 8th grade: 63
  • 9th grade: 236
  • 10th grade: 209
  • 11th grade: 149
  • 12th grade, no diploma: 239
  • High school graduate (or equivalency): 2,894
  • Less than 1 year of college: 966
  • Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 1,961
  • Associate degree: 929
  • Bachelor's degree: 1,191
  • Master's degree: 536
  • Professional school degree: 58
  • Doctorate degree: 74
Educational Attainment for Females
Alton marital status for males
Alton marital status for females

Housing units in structures:

  • One, detached: 9,653
  • One, attached: 151
  • Two: 709
  • 3 or 4: 679
  • 5 to 9: 275
  • 10 to 19: 245
  • 20 to 49: 156
  • 50 or more: 494
  • Mobile homes: 239

Median worth of mobile homes: $28,779

Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities in 2022: 2.9%

Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities in 2022: 3.6%

House/condo owner moved in on average 15 years ago

Renter moved in on average 5 years ago

Year householders moved into residence in Alton
Houses and condos Apartments
Most commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos in Alton, IL
  • 71.3%Utility gas
  • 26.6%Electricity
  • 1.0%Bottled, tank, or LP gas
  • 0.7%Wood
  • 0.3%Fuel oil, kerosene, etc.
Most commonly used house heating fuel in apartments in Alton, IL
  • 50.8%Electricity
  • 46.2%Utility gas
  • 1.4%Bottled, tank, or LP gas
  • 1.4%No fuel used
  • 0.2%Other fuel

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 458
Here:

16.3%
Illinois:

13.3%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 167
Here:

13.0%
Illinois:

9.9%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 32
Here:

5.1%
Illinois:

27.4%
School Enrollment by Level of School for Male Students
School Enrollment by Level of School for Female Students
Age and Sex of Sensory-Disabled Noninstitutionalized Residents
Age and Sex of Physically-Disabled Noninstitutionalized Residents
Age and Sex of Mentally-Disabled Noninstitutionalized Residents
Age and Sex of Self-Care Disabled Noninstitutionalized Residents
Age and Sex of Go-Outside-Home Disabled Noninstitutionalized Residents
Age and Sex of Noninstitutionalized Residents with Employment Disability
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