Nicholas Jarrot Mansion · Photo: Rklawton · CC BY-SA 3.0How is Cahokia Heights run?
Cahokia Heights’ city government spent $26.3 million on day-to-day services in the year to , 2024, about $1,515 per resident. These are Census Bureau estimates: Cahokia Heights didn’t report its figures, so this page shows them without comparisons.
What stands out about how Cahokia Heights is run
Read from the city’s budget and official records.
About $1,515 per resident a year, or $4.15 a day
Day-to-day services only (a Census Bureau estimate). The biggest line: police, at 38%.
Thank you for being a neighbor
Cahokia Heights didn’t report all of its 2024 figures to the Census Bureau, so most of these numbers are the Bureau’s estimates.
No comparison or trend for Cahokia Heights yet
Every year of Cahokia Heights’ figures is a Census Bureau estimate: the city reported none of its dollars for 2022–2024. Estimates are shown above, labeled, but never ranked against places that reported or drawn as a trend.
How Town Hall compares budgets →The typical homeowner pays $1,346 a year
Every local property tax on the home: town, schools and county. About 2.40% of the home’s value, vs 2.01% across Illinois.
Typical yearly bill next door and statewide
The Housing page’s calculator splits a monthly payment into loan, tax and insurance at Cahokia Heights’ rate.
Can I afford it? →The median bill homeowners report to the Census survey (bills of $10,000+ are reported as “$10,000+”). The effective rate is that bill ÷ the median home value: a rough guide, not the official tax rate.
Tax bills are one input to Cahokia Heights’ Cost of living grade. Cost of living in Cahokia Heights →
Who’s in charge in Cahokia Heights
Names change after every election, so we link to the source that keeps them current.
One full-time city employee for every 185 residents
On the payroll in March 2022, from the Census Bureau’s Annual Survey of Public Employment & Payroll. Residents: the Census population in the 2024 finance file (17,366).
By department full-time, plus part-time, March 2022
The Census reports one month’s payroll (March); yearly figures are that month × 12, an estimate. Part-timers count half in the bar lengths.
Belleville Township High School District 201
Cahokia Heights’ high school district, shared with Canteen Township, Centreville Township, East St. Louis, East St. Louis Township, Millstadt and more. It’s its own government, with a budget separate from the town’s.
Of the $20,728 per pupil, $11,548 goes to the classroom (teachers, aides, supplies); the rest to buses, buildings, counselors and administration. Building projects and debt payments aren’t in the per-pupil figure.
Illinois districts overall: 52% local, 38% state, 10% federal.
Cahokia Community Unit School District 187 · $27,231 per pupil
East St. Louis School District 189 · $29,017 per pupil
Dupo Community Unit School District 196 · $18,873 per pupil
School year 2023–24. Census Bureau school finance survey.
How Cahokia Heights compares with the towns next door
Cahokia Heights’ own figures are Census estimates, so it isn’t placed among its neighbors. 3 of the 7 towns next door reported 2022 figures, from $236 to $218,357 per resident. Tap a town to see its page.
| Town | Day-to-day, per resident (2022) | Tax bill |
|---|---|---|
| Stookey Township | $236 | $3,868 |
| Belleville | $1,172 | $3,110 |
| Sauget | $218,357 | $2,071 |
| Centreville Township | estimate | $1,450 |
| East St. Louis | estimate | $1,184 |
| East St. Louis Township | estimate | $1,184 |
| Sugar Loaf Township | estimate | $2,689 |
| Cahokia Heights | estimate | $1,346 |
Day-to-day spending in 2022, the last year every government was counted, for governments that reported it; hospital and utilities left out. Tax bill: the typical homeowner’s bill (Census ACS, 2020–24).
Reach Cahokia Heights’ government
Neighbors add phone numbers and hours to the Handbook.
Questions about Cahokia Heights’ government
How much does Cahokia Heights spend per resident?
About $1,515 per resident on day-to-day services in the year to , 2024, a Census Bureau estimate (Cahokia Heights didn’t report its figures). With building projects and interest, the whole budget was about $49.6 million.
What is the property tax rate in Cahokia Heights?
Homeowners report a typical bill of $1,346 a year (Census ACS, 2020–24), about 2.40% of the typical home’s value, vs 2.01% across Illinois. For the official rate per $1,000 of assessed value, see the city’s assessor.
Who runs Cahokia Heights’ government?
We name an official only when a public source lists a current term, and none does for Cahokia Heights yet.
How many people work for Cahokia Heights?
94 full-time and 28 part-time employees in March 2022, with a March payroll of $388,892 (about $4.7M a year if every month were the same), as reported to the Census Bureau.
Ask neighbors about Cahokia Heights’ government
Neighbors who’ve been to the meetings can help.
Budget and staff: U.S. Census Bureau, Census of Governments (2022, every government) and Annual Survey of State and Local Government Finances (2023–24, a sample) and the Annual Survey of Public Employment & Payroll (for Cahokia Heights, the Bureau’s estimates); day-to-day spending is current operations, with hospitals, utilities and airports apart. School district: Census school finance survey, 2023–24. Property tax: Census American Community Survey, 2020–24. Elections: official 2024 returns via the MIT Election Data + Science Lab; turnout uses Census citizen voting-age population (CVAP, 2020–24). Officials: Open States, names shown only with a current term (checked October 9, 2026). Districts: Census Bureau (119th Congress, 2024 state districts); legislators: Open States and congress-legislators. How Town Hall works →