Fairview Heights, Illinois
2026 Edition · 10 cards · data as of Oct 30, 2026
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Population
Down 3.1% since 2020.
16,175
people, the 156th-largest of Illinois's cities and towns.
Census Population Estimates, 2025. Rank among Illinois's cities and towns computed by the Almanac. Sources: Census Population Estimates
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The workday
9 in 10 jobs here go to people who live somewhere else.
93.8%
of 11,176 jobs located in Fairview Heights are filled by in-commuters.
Census LEHD LODES, 2023. Sources: Census LEHD LODES
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Rent
Median rent is up 39% since the 2005–2009 survey, before inflation.
$1,174
a month. Illinois's median is $1,274.
Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024 (latest), with earlier 5-year windows. Sources: Census ACS 5-year
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The seam
Cross one tract line and median rent doubles.
A $1,364 gap between neighbors, the sharpest rent edge between adjacent tracts in St. Clair County.
- $949 Tract 5043.58
- $2,313 Tract 5043.53
Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024, adjacent tracts compared by the Almanac. Tract estimates carry wide margins of error. Sources: Census ACS 5-year
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Room to build
The median rent is above what local wages can carry.
$689–$1,033
is the monthly rent range local workforce wages support.
- $1,174 median
Supportable rent computed by the Almanac from 2023 source wage data. Median rent: Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024. Sources: Computed by the Almanac, Census ACS 5-year
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Building
Most of the housing here is older than 2000.
- 135 homes permitted in ten years, 2016–2025
- 31% of those were in multifamily buildings
- 81% of all homes were built before 2000
Census Building Permits Survey, 2016–2025; Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024. Sources: Census Building Permits Survey, Census ACS 5-year
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Units needed
Closing the gap would add 0.2–1.4% to the 8,179 homes here.
20–112
is the estimated number of missing housing units, from the lowest to the highest of three estimates.
Range computed by the Almanac from 2023 jobs and household data, using three demand models: 1% of jobs located here, 1% of renter households, and a rate by town size applied to renters. The low end is the lowest of the three and the high end the highest. It is an estimate, not a count. Sources: Computed by the Almanac
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Home value
A median home costs 33% less than Illinois's.
$177,700
median home value in Fairview Heights.
- $177,700 Fairview Heights
- $263,300 Illinois
- $332,700 U.S.
Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024. Sources: Census ACS 5-year