With a population of 26,543, East St. Louis recorded a median
annual income of $24,343, based on the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2019
American Community Survey.
East St. Louis’s poverty rate was pegged at 33.4 percent, and
its median home value came in at $54,500.
Lower educational attainment is one characteristic that
residents of the poorest cities have in common, according to the
analysis. The share of adults with four-year degrees in many of
the 49 cities on the list averages less than 20 percent, the
study concluded, while nationwide the percentage with bachelor’s
degrees is 31.5 percent.
The analysis considered only cities with populations of more
than 25,000 residents.
No cities in Vermont conformed to the study’s criteria, so the
state was excluded from the analysis.
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