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The median home value in East Alton, IL is $99,495 as of 2026-07-31, up 2.37% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$99,495
Year-over-Year
+2.37%
Population
5,596
East Alton ranks #277 of 279 Illinois cities tracked here by median home value, and sits 68.8% below the state's city median of $319,026. It sits in Madison County, where the county-wide median is $200,352.
Median household income in East Alton is $48,815, so the typical home value is about 2.0× annual household income. This is a simple price-to-income benchmark rather than a monthly payment estimate; it does not account for mortgage rates, down payments, taxes or insurance.
Household income comes from the U.S. Census Bureau's ACS 5-Year Estimates, table B19013 (how the affordability measure works).
East Alton police recorded a violent crime rate of 447 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — higher than most cities that report to the FBI. Property crime runs at 1,608 per 100,000.
Reported by the city's own police department to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting Program (what this covers).
People often call this an average home price, but the figure shown here is Zillow's typical home value (ZHVI), not a simple arithmetic average. In East Alton, that value is $99,495. That's up 2.37% from a year earlier. It is about 68.8% below the typical Illinois city tracked here.
Homes in East Alton are cheaper than Madison County as a whole, where the median is $200,352 — a difference of about 50.3%.
Median household income here is $48,815, so the typical home value is about 2.0× annual household income. This ratio is a broad comparison measure, not a mortgage-payment estimate.
East Alton police reported 447 violent crimes per 100,000 residents, covering a population of about 5,596. Crime rates are one input among many — they vary block to block within a city, and this figure is a citywide average.