Holiday Shores is a community in Madison County, Illinois, home to about 2,782 people across 1.6 square miles. It has no ZIP code of its own: it’s part of 62025 and 62097.
Homes sold for a median of $152 per square foot across 2 ZIP codes in the three months ending August 2026, and all of them were seller’s markets.
Population2,7821,761 per sq mi
Median home value$245,100Census, as estimated by owners
Price per sq ft$152Sold homes, 3 months to August 2026
Each card is that ZIP code’s whole market, including any part outside Holiday Shores. Seller’s market: under 4 months of supply; buyer’s market: over 6. Methodology
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Around Holiday Shores
Distances
Nearest major airport
St. Louis Lambert International Airport (STL)24 miles away
Nearest city of 250,000+
St. Louis, MO21 miles away
Nearest city of 1 million+
Chicago, IL239 miles away
Straight-line distances from the center of Holiday Shores; driving is longer.
Source: Airports from OurAirports (scheduled passenger service); city centers and populations from the U.S. Census Bureau.
Who represents Holiday Shores
U.S. Representative · Illinois’s 15th DistrictMary E. Miller (R)
U.S. Representative · Illinois’s 13th DistrictNikki Budzinski (D)
Source: Members of Congress from the congress-legislators project; districts from the Census Bureau’s relationship files; governor and mayor from Wikidata.
Population over time
Holiday Shores had 2,840 residents in the 2020 census, down 1% since 2010.
It’s the 440th largest of 1,450 towns in Illinois by population.
Madison County grew from 64,694 residents in 1900 to 265,859 in 2020.
Madison County, 1900–2020
Source: U.S. Census Bureau decennial censuses (counties 1900–1990 from the Bureau’s historical county file).
Weather by month
Average highs peak around 87°F in summer, and winter lows average 22°F. About 41.9 inches of rain and melted snow fall in a typical year.
Source: NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Alton - Melvin Price L&D, IL weather station (11 miles away).
Jobs in Madison County
93,915 jobs at 5,659 businesses in Madison County. The biggest industries by employees:
Source: U.S. Census Bureau County Business Patterns 2023 (private employers; jobs counted where people work).
Health care
251 doctors and other health care providers list an office in Holiday Shores’s ZIP codes.
Nearest hospitals
Anderson HospitalGeneral hospital · emergency room · CMS rating 3 of 5 · Maryville6.4 miles
Alton Memorial HospitalGeneral hospital · emergency room · CMS rating 4 of 5 · Alton12.4 miles
Osf Saint Anthony's Health CenterGeneral hospital · no emergency room · CMS rating 4 of 5 · Alton12.7 miles
Providers with an office here
Primary care doctors
16
Specialist doctors
7
Dentists
33
Nurse practitioners and physician assistants
31
Mental health providers
64
Physical and occupational therapists
63
Optometrists
11
Chiropractors
26
Pharmacies
8
Source: Hospitals from CMS Hospital General Information (ratings are CMS overall star ratings); straight-line distances; providers from the CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), by practice address and primary specialty.
Places in and around Holiday Shores
Parks (3 nearby)
Sam Vadalabene Field · 3 acres0.8 mi
Sketch Park · 2 acres0.8 mi
Sam Vadalabene Field0.8 mi
Grocery stores
Joe's Market Basket1.8 mi
Dierbergs2.9 mi
Schnucks3.1 mi
Walmart Supercenter3.9 mi
Pharmacies
Walgreens1.6 mi
Mercy Pharmacy Drive Through2.9 mi
Walmart Pharmacy3.9 mi
SIUE Pharmacy4.0 mi
Libraries
Madison County Archival Library1.4 mi
Edwardsville Public Library1.5 mi
Illinois Heartland Library System3.4 mi
Elijah P Lovejoy Library3.9 mi
Museums
Madison County Historical Museum1.4 mi
1820 Colonel Benjamin Stephenson House1.7 mi
Route 66 Museum and Interpretative Center1.8 mi
Edwardsville Children's Museum1.9 mi
Theaters and performance venues
The Wildley Theatre1.4 mi
Cleaon Etzkorn Bandstand1.5 mi
Amphitheater2.2 mi
Edwardsville Arts Center3.4 mi
Katherine Dunham Hall4.0 mi
Counts are within about 1 mile of the center of town.
Public schools here are run by Edwardsville CUSD 7. Check each district’s attendance zones for a specific address.
Public schools(11)
School
Grades
Students
Type
Distance
Goshen ElementaryEdwardsville
Pre-K–2
346
Public
3.2 mi
LeClaire Elem SchoolEdwardsville
Pre-K–2
312
Public
2.2 mi
N O Nelson Elem SchoolEdwardsville
Pre-K–2
347
Public
2.0 mi
Columbus Elem SchoolEdwardsville
3–5
373
Public
1.3 mi
Woodland Elementary SchoolEdwardsville
3–5
417
Public
2.1 mi
Worden Elementary SchoolWorden
3–5
258
Public
8.9 mi
Liberty Middle SchoolEdwardsville
6–8
888
Public
3.5 mi
Lincoln Middle SchoolEdwardsville
6–8
736
Public
2.0 mi
Madison Co Detention CenterEdwardsville
6–12
—
Alternative Education
2.8 mi
District 7 Alternative SchoolEdwardsville
9–12
—
Alternative Education
3.5 mi
Edwardsville High SchoolEdwardsville
9–12
2,342
Public
3.4 mi
Private schools(5)
School
Grades
Students
Affiliation
Distance
St Boniface Catholic SchoolEdwardsville
Pre-K–8
233
Roman Catholic
1.3 mi
St Marys SchoolEdwardsville
Pre-K–8
187
Roman Catholic
2.7 mi
Trinity Lutheran SchoolEdwardsville
Pre-K–8
211
Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod
1.1 mi
Lahr-Well AcademyEdwardsville
1–11
10
Christian (no specific denomination)
1.5 mi
Lahr-Well Christian Academy (L-W Academy)Edwardsville
Ungraded
11
Christian (no specific denomination)
1.5 mi
Source: U.S. Department of Education, NCES: Common Core of Data (2024-2025) for public schools; Private School Universe Survey (2023-2024) for private schools. Listed by address; we don’t rate schools.
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