Crestwood vs Summit

A side-by-side comparison of Crestwood and Summit: population, income, housing, and more.

Crestwood and Summit are places in Illinois. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Summit has the higher population (10,896 vs 10,622 in Crestwood). Crestwood has the higher median household income ($68,686 vs $60,417 in Summit). Summit has the higher median home value ($224,800 vs $187,700 in Crestwood).

Population, income & housing

	Crestwood	Summit
Population	10,622	10,896
Median age	50.7 yrs	38.5 yrs
Median household income	$68,686	$60,417
Median home value	$187,700	$224,800
Median gross rent	$1,300	$1,012
Housing units	5,348	3,934
Homeownership rate	77.2%	61.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.1%	12.1%
Unemployment rate	7.6%	7.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Crestwood	Summit
Population	10,831 → 10,622 (-1.9%)	11,260 → 10,896 (-3.2%)
Median household income	$61,132 → $68,686 (+12.4%)	$47,377 → $60,417 (+27.5%)
Median home value	$154,300 → $187,700 (+21.6%)	$170,800 → $224,800 (+31.6%)
Median gross rent	$927 → $1,300 (+40.2%)	$874 → $1,012 (+15.8%)

Crestwood

Population

10,83110,622

Median household income

$61,132$68,686

Median home value

$154,300$187,700

Median gross rent

$927$1,300

Summit

Population

11,26010,896

Median household income

$47,377$60,417

Median home value

$170,800$224,800

Median gross rent

$874$1,012

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Crestwood	Summit
Under 5	3.5%	6.1%
5 to 17	10.4%	17.6%
18 to 24	5.3%	7.9%
25 to 34	15.6%	14.7%
35 to 44	9.9%	12.6%
45 to 54	9.1%	11.7%
55 to 64	18.7%	12.8%
65 to 74	15.0%	11.2%
75 and over	12.5%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Crestwood	Summit
White (non-Hispanic)	68.8%	12.3%
Black or African American	12.4%	6.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	2.0%	3.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.4%
Two or more races	2.2%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	14.6%	75.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Crestwood	Summit
No high school diploma	8.9%	32.0%
High school graduate	30.6%	34.6%
Some college or associate's	37.5%	21.2%
Bachelor's degree	15.7%	9.9%
Graduate or professional degree	7.3%	2.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Crestwood	Summit
Drove alone	81.4%	66.2%
Carpooled	1.2%	18.1%
Public transit	5.0%	9.0%
Walked	0.8%	2.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	11.4%	3.4%
Other means	0.3%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Crestwood	Summit
1-unit, detached	42.5%	53.7%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	4.0%
2 to 4 units	1.4%	29.3%
5 to 19 units	49.4%	8.9%
20 or more units	5.3%	3.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Crestwood	Summit
Poverty rate	10.3%	12.0%
Average household size	1.98	3.00
Mean commute (minutes)	34	31
Median year structure built	1975	1958