What is the population of Granite City city?

Granite City city has 26,670 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #82 of 1,462 in Illinois.

What is the median household income in Granite City city?

Median household income in Granite City city is $60,490 a year, 23% below the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Granite City city?

Median gross rent is $761 a month and the median home value is $99,800, so rent absorbs about 15.1% of median household income.

Is Granite City city affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 1.6× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Granite City city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 15.1% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Granite City, IL population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Granite City, Illinois (Granite City, IL — Census place “Granite City city”) is 26,670 residents, ranking #82 of 1462 places in Illinois. Median household income is $60,490, the median home is worth $99,800 and median gross rent runs $761 a month. Looking for the Granite City Illinois ZIP code list? 2 ZIP codes serve Granite City, IL: 62040, 62048.

Population: 26,670Granite City city residents
Median household income: $60,490Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $99,800Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $761Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 40.1 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 71.9%Owner-occupied households

Granite City ZIP codes (Illinois)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Granite City.

The Granite City IL ZIP code list below covers 2 ZIP codes. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

What the numbers mean in Granite City city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Granite City city median would spend about 15.1% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 1.6× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 16.4% of residents and 71.9% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Granite City city, IL in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Granite City city is a small city in Illinois, with 26,670 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #82 of 1,462 ranked by population — larger than 94% of them. The median age here is 40.1 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly older profile than the country as a whole. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.

Households in Granite City city earn a median of $60,490 a year, 23% below the national figure of $78,538 and 19% below the $74,244 median for the 698 Illinois cities we cover. This figure covers the household, not the worker: two people on ordinary wages at one address outrank a single professional in the same table. Poverty reaches 16.4% of residents here, above the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Granite City city is valued at $99,800, 67.1% below the national figure and 44% below the $179,100 peer median, while median gross rent runs $761 a month, 45.9% below the national figure, or roughly $9,132 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 15.1% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 1.6×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so purchase prices are unusually low against local pay, the pattern in places where supply is plentiful and wage growth has been flat. 71.9% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans toward owners. Rent is reported gross — contract rent plus tenant-paid utilities — which is why it runs above the advertised price on a listing for the same unit.

All values below were released by the Census for this exact geography, with no gap-filling on our side. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about this area.

What is the population of Granite City city?: Granite City city has 26,670 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #82 of 1,462 in Illinois.
What is the median household income in Granite City city?: Median household income in Granite City city is $60,490 a year, 23% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Granite City city?: Median gross rent is $761 a month and the median home value is $99,800, so rent absorbs about 15.1% of median household income.
Is Granite City city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 1.6× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Granite City city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 15.1% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Granite City city data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.