Crestwood vs Worth

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

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

Worth has the higher population (10,731 vs 10,622 in Crestwood). Crestwood has the higher median household income ($68,686 vs $56,998 in Worth). Worth has the higher median home value ($220,200 vs $187,700 in Crestwood).

Population, income & housing

	Crestwood	Worth
Population	10,622	10,731
Median age	50.7 yrs	39.1 yrs
Median household income	$68,686	$56,998
Median home value	$187,700	$220,200
Median gross rent	$1,300	$1,164
Housing units	5,348	4,558
Homeownership rate	77.2%	65.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.1%	19.8%
Unemployment rate	7.6%	11.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Crestwood	Worth
Population	10,831 → 10,622 (-1.9%)	10,633 → 10,731 (+0.9%)
Median household income	$61,132 → $68,686 (+12.4%)	$60,516 → $56,998 (-5.8%)
Median home value	$154,300 → $187,700 (+21.6%)	$171,200 → $220,200 (+28.6%)
Median gross rent	$927 → $1,300 (+40.2%)	$975 → $1,164 (+19.4%)

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

Worth

Population

10,63310,731

Median household income

$60,516$56,998

Median home value

$171,200$220,200

Median gross rent

$975$1,164

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Crestwood	Worth
Under 5	3.5%	5.4%
5 to 17	10.4%	18.2%
18 to 24	5.3%	8.6%
25 to 34	15.6%	12.4%
35 to 44	9.9%	13.9%
45 to 54	9.1%	11.4%
55 to 64	18.7%	15.1%
65 to 74	15.0%	8.2%
75 and over	12.5%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Crestwood	Worth
White (non-Hispanic)	68.8%	69.0%
Black or African American	12.4%	2.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.0%	3.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.0%
Two or more races	2.2%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	14.6%	21.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Crestwood	Worth
No high school diploma	8.9%	11.4%
High school graduate	30.6%	41.3%
Some college or associate's	37.5%	27.6%
Bachelor's degree	15.7%	15.7%
Graduate or professional degree	7.3%	4.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Crestwood	Worth
Drove alone	81.4%	79.3%
Carpooled	1.2%	6.2%
Public transit	5.0%	1.0%
Walked	0.8%	3.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.8%
Worked from home	11.4%	8.1%
Other means	0.3%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Crestwood	Worth
1-unit, detached	42.5%	54.0%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	0.2%
2 to 4 units	1.4%	6.6%
5 to 19 units	49.4%	30.6%
20 or more units	5.3%	2.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	6.0%

Poverty & households

	Crestwood	Worth
Poverty rate	10.3%	21.1%
Average household size	1.98	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	34	28
Median year structure built	1975	1967