East Alton is a somewhat small village located in the state of Illinois. With a population of 6,831 people and three constituent neighborhoods, East Alton is the 268th largest community in Illinois.

East Alton is neither predominently blue-collar or white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, East Alton is a village of sales and office workers, service providers, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in East Alton who work in office and administrative support jobs (16.53%), sales jobs (14.49%), and food service (7.14%).

East Alton is a small village, and as is often the case with smaller towns, the population isn't large or dense enough to support much in the way of a public transportation system. In fact, there are many rural roads around East Alton, which makes walking or biking to and from work a bit difficult. This makes for a very car-oriented town: 96.55% of residents commute to work by private automobile, and people often drive out of town for work, shopping, and other activities.

East Alton is a small village, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.

East Alton Information and Demographics

The citizens of East Alton have a very low rate of college education: just 7.67% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, compared to a national average of 14.96% for all cities.

The per capita income in East Alton in 2000 was $15,572, which is low income relative to Illinois, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $62,288 for a family of four.

The people who call East Alton home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in East Alton is White, followed by African-American. Important ancestries of people in East Alton include German, English, Irish, Italian, European, and Scotch-Irish.

The most common language spoken in East Alton is English.