What is the median rent in Cahokia Heights, IL?

Name: Median rent in Cahokia Heights, IL, 2020–2024
Creator: US Census Bureau
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The median gross rent in Cahokia Heights, IL is $981 (±$88) a month, according to the US Census Bureau’s 2020–2024 American Community Survey.

That is across 2,584 rented homes; gross rent is the contract rent plus the utilities and fuels a renter pays separately.

Figures last updated on November 12, 2026.

Median gross rent: $981 (±$88)
Rented homes: 2,584 (±427)
$2,000 or more: 0.0%

How much rent costs in Cahokia Heights

Share of rented homes in each gross-rent range, 2020–2024
Monthly gross rent	Cahokia Heights	St. Clair County	Illinois	United States
Less than $500	12.5% (±7.5 points)	7.5%	7.0%	6.3%
$500 to $999	39.8% (±9.6 points)	34.3%	23.5%	20.2%
$1,000 to $1,499	45.7% (±10.9 points)	38.6%	32.6%	28.1%
$1,500 to $1,999	2.1% (±1.9 points)	13.9%	18.7%	21.1%
$2,000 to $2,499	0.0% (±1.4 points)	3.1%	9.6%	12.0%
$2,500 to $2,999	0.0% (±1.4 points)	1.3%	4.1%	5.5%
$3,000 or more	0.0% (±1.4 points)	1.3%	4.4%	6.8%

The most common range is $1,000 to $1,499, paid by 45.7% of renting households.

0.0% of rented homes in Cahokia Heights cost $2,000 or more a month.

Cahokia Heights against St. Clair County, its state and the nation

Estimate (90% margin of error)
	Cahokia Heights	St. Clair County	Illinois	United States
Median gross rent	$981 (±$88)	$1,090 (±$22)	$1,274 (±$5)	$1,413
Rented homes paying rent	2,584 (±427)	30,218 (±1,287)	1,587,238 (±10,609)	42,849,984

In Cahokia Heights, median gross rent is lower than in St. Clair County ($1,090).

It is also lower than in Illinois ($1,274).

It is lower than the national figure ($1,413).

Median gross rent in places near Cahokia Heights

Nearest places with a published estimate, compared with Cahokia Heights
Place	Distance	Median gross rent	Compared with this place
Cahokia Heights	—	$981 (±$88)	—
Sauget	1.0 mi	$733 (±$46)	Lower
East St. Louis	3.3 mi	$847 (±$112)	Not measurably different
East St. Louis Township	3.3 mi	$847 (±$112)	Not measurably different
Sugar Loaf Township	4.3 mi	$922 (±$59)	Not measurably different
Stookey Township	5.0 mi	$985 (±$245)	Not measurably different
Dupo	5.1 mi	$912 (±$60)	Not measurably different
Washington Park	5.2 mi	$864 (±$394)	Not measurably different
East Carondelet	5.2 mi	$1,116 (±$59)	Higher

Nearby places with a measurably lower figure: Sauget, IL ($733).

Nearby places with a measurably higher figure: East Carondelet, IL ($1,116).

Distance is measured in a straight line between the Census Bureau’s internal points for each place.

Cahokia Heights lies inside Centreville Township, whose figures include it, so it is ranked only against places like it.

Survey years: 2020–2024 (American Community Survey 5-year estimates), compared with 2015–2019.

Margins of error are at the 90% confidence level.

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Questions about Cahokia Heights

What is the average rent in Cahokia Heights, IL?

The Census Bureau publishes the median rather than the average: the median gross rent in Cahokia Heights is $981 (±$88) a month (2020–2024 American Community Survey), so half of renting households pay less and half pay more.

How many rentals in Cahokia Heights cost more than $2,000 a month?

0.0% of rented homes in Cahokia Heights have a gross rent of $2,000 or more a month, and 12.5% cost less than $500.

Is rent in Cahokia Heights higher than in St. Clair County?

In Cahokia Heights, median gross rent is lower than in St. Clair County ($1,090).

It is also lower than in Illinois ($1,274).

It is lower than the national figure ($1,413).

Is this the rent for an apartment listed today?

No: these are rents households reported paying across 2020–2024, not asking rents for vacant homes, which usually run higher.

Sources

To check these figures in the Census Bureau’s own API, request the variables below from the 2024 ACS 5-year data profile (acs/acs5/profile) for Cahokia Heights city, Illinois (place:10373, in state:17).

Each estimate (E or PE) has a margin of error beside it (M or PM).

The 2015–2019 figures are B25064_001E, B25064_001M, DP04_0047PE, DP04_0047PM, DP04_0005E, DP04_0005M from the 2019 release.

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DP04_0134E, DP04_0134M, DP04_0126E, DP04_0126M, DP04_0127PE, DP04_0127PM, DP04_0128PE, DP04_0128PM, DP04_0129PE, DP04_0129PM, DP04_0130PE, DP04_0130PM, DP04_0131PE, DP04_0131PM, DP04_0132PE, DP04_0132PM, DP04_0133PE, DP04_0133PM

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Figures are published by the US Census Bureau, HUD, the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the FBI; Seayora reproduces them and does not adjust them, except where a sentence says it compares dollar figures after inflation. They describe the whole place, not any one building or street, and are not an appraisal, a rent determination, a tax bill, a safety rating or legal advice.