Area data
Edwardsville, IL — ZIP 62026
Population: 851 (Census ACS)
Home values & appreciation
- House Price Index
- 325.3 (+6.1% YoY)
Rents
- 2-bedroom fair-market rent (HUD reference)
- $1,340/mo
- 3BR fair-market rent
- $1,720/mo
Affordability
- Cost of living index (Above Average)
- 100.0 (100 = US avg)
- Electricity rate (state-level)
- 17.7¢/kWh
- Natural gas rate (state-level)
- $11.30/MCF
- 30-year mortgage rate (national)
- 6.66%
- 15-year mortgage rate (national)
- 6.00%
Natural hazards & flood risk
- Overall hazard risk
- Relatively Moderate
- Top hazards
- coldWave, hail, heatWave, lightning, tornado
Climate (30-year normals)
- Annual precipitation
- 45.4 in
Air quality
- Air quality rating
- Good
- Median AQI (annual)
- 49
- Days with Good air quality
- 193
- Days with Unhealthy air quality
- 2
Amenities
- National parks within ~60 mi
- 3
- Nearest national park
- Gateway Arch National Park (15 mi)
- Nearest airport
- St Louis Metro-East Airport/Shafer Field (7 mi)
- Nearest major airport
- St Louis Regional Airport (ALN) (12 mi)
- Hospitals nearby (~15 mi)
- 39
- Avg hospital rating
- 3.2 / 5
- EV charging stations (within 10 mi)
- 10
- Solar radiation rating
- Fair (4.2 kWh/m²/day)
Employment & development
- Total county employment
- 89,215
- Average weekly wage
- $1,059
- Top industries (by employment)
- Health Care, Accommodation & Food, Construction
- Annual residential building permits (county)
- 314
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