Madison County, Illinois
Edwardsville Real Estate and Local Guide
County seat of Madison County and a Metro East college town home to Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Ranked Realty pairs verified local data with the agents who know Edwardsville best.
About the area
Living in Edwardsville, IL
Historically home to five Illinois governors.
The housing market
Homes in Edwardsville
- About 69% of housing units are owner-occupied.
- Roughly 73% of homes are single-family houses.
- The median home value is about $286,700.
Landmarks and lifestyle
What makes Edwardsville home
LeClaire Historic District
National Register model workers' village founded by industrialist N.O. Nelson in 1890
St. Louis Street Historic District
National Register district with more than 50 historic 19th- and early 20th-century homes
Madison County Courthouse
Neoclassical white marble courthouse built between 1913 and 1915
Watershed Nature Center
40-acre wetland, woodland, and grassland nature preserve near downtown
MCT Trails
Regional paved trail network including the Nature, Goshen, and Watershed trails
Neighborhoods
Edwardsville areas to know
LeClaire
23-block historic neighborhood founded in 1890 and annexed into Edwardsville in 1934
St. Louis Street District
Historic residential district near downtown with late-1800s homes
Brick Street District
One of the city's older historic districts
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Local facts on this page are verified against public sources as part of the AppWT local-data project. Data reflects the most recent available figures.