Edwardsville is a medium-sized city located in the state of Illinois. With a population of 26,654 people and five associated neighborhoods, Edwardsville is the 82nd largest community in Illinois.Edwardsville is a decidedly white-collar city, with fully 90.61% 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 sales jobs (12.16%), management occupations (10.63%), and office and administrative support (9.65%). 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. One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 12.93% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. Edwardsville is also a major college town with a large number of people who are 18 years or older and attending college. As is often the case in college towns, the many students that live in Edwardsville have a strong influence on the local culture and entertainment scene, which may seem dormant by comparison in the summer months when much of the student population is away. In the fall, the return of students has a reinvigorating effect on the community. Because colleges are lasting institutions, they have a stabilizing effect on the economy by providing direct local benefits such as jobs for faculty and staff and spending by students. Edwardsville’s economy is one such example of this. Do you have a 4-year college degree or graduate degree? If so, you may feel right at home in Edwardsville. 56.24% of adults here have a 4-year degree or graduate degree, whereas the national average for all cities and towns is just 21.84%. The per capita income in Edwardsville in 2022 was $44,305, which is wealthy relative to Illinois, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $177,220 for a family of four. However, Edwardsville contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Edwardsville is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Edwardsville home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Edwardsville residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Edwardsville include German, Irish, English, Italian, and French. The most common language spoken in Edwardsville is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Other Asian languages.
