Edwardsville is a medium-sized city located in the state of Illinois. With a population of 20,874 people and five constituent neighborhoods, Edwardsville is the 108th largest community in Illinois.

Edwardsville is a decidedly white-collar city, with fully 85.83% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Edwardsville is a city of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Edwardsville who work in office and administrative support jobs (13.99%), management occupations (10.62%), and sales jobs (10.47%).

Also of interest is that Edwardsville has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

Because there are quite a few people attending college in Edwardsville, it is thought of as a college town. To the benefit of the many students in the area, Edwardsville provides a number of services, amenities and opportunities geared towards their needs and activities.

Being a small city, Edwardsville does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

Edwardsville Information and Demographics

The population of Edwardsville is very well educated relative to most cities and towns in the nation, where the average community has 14.96% of its adult population holding a 4-year degree or higher: 41.88% of adults in Edwardsville have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in Edwardsville in 2000 was $26,510, which is wealthy relative to Illinois and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $106,040 for a family of four.

Edwardsville is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Edwardsville home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Edwardsville is White, followed by African-American. Important ancestries of people in Edwardsville include German, English, Irish, Italian, and Polish.

The most common language spoken in Edwardsville is English.