Ashkum vs Crescent City

A side-by-side comparison of Ashkum and Crescent City: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Ashkum has the higher population (765 vs 450 in Crescent City). Ashkum has the higher median household income ($67,500 vs $57,917 in Crescent City). Ashkum has the higher median home value ($136,500 vs $110,600 in Crescent City).

Population, income & housing

	Ashkum	Crescent City
Population	765	450
Median age	37.4 yrs	48.7 yrs
Median household income	$67,500	$57,917
Median home value	$136,500	$110,600
Median gross rent	$790	$593
Housing units	350	223
Homeownership rate	77.4%	80.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.4%	19.7%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	7.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ashkum	Crescent City
Population	767 → 765 (-0.3%)	555 → 450 (-18.9%)
Median household income	$68,393 → $67,500 (-1.3%)	$59,792 → $57,917 (-3.1%)
Median home value	$130,100 → $136,500 (+4.9%)	$91,100 → $110,600 (+21.4%)
Median gross rent	$788 → $790 (+0.3%)	$813 → $593 (-27.1%)

Ashkum

Population

767765

Median household income

$68,393$67,500

Median home value

$130,100$136,500

Median gross rent

$788$790

Crescent City

Population

555450

Median household income

$59,792$57,917

Median home value

$91,100$110,600

Median gross rent

$813$593

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ashkum	Crescent City
Under 5	7.8%	5.3%
5 to 17	14.6%	11.6%
18 to 24	10.3%	6.4%
25 to 34	12.4%	17.8%
35 to 44	13.1%	5.3%
45 to 54	8.0%	13.6%
55 to 64	16.1%	12.9%
65 to 74	11.8%	11.1%
75 and over	5.9%	16.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ashkum	Crescent City
White (non-Hispanic)	89.3%	90.4%
Black or African American	2.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.7%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	4.8%	9.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ashkum	Crescent City
No high school diploma	14.2%	7.5%
High school graduate	32.9%	42.0%
Some college or associate's	39.5%	30.7%
Bachelor's degree	8.4%	13.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.1%	6.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ashkum	Crescent City
Drove alone	80.6%	86.9%
Carpooled	7.3%	3.4%
Public transit	1.2%	0.0%
Walked	2.9%	3.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.1%	6.3%
Other means	1.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ashkum	Crescent City
1-unit, detached	77.4%	78.5%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	16.0%	17.0%
5 to 19 units	2.9%	1.8%
20 or more units	1.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.7%

Poverty & households

	Ashkum	Crescent City
Poverty rate	4.7%	8.2%
Average household size	2.41	2.17
Mean commute (minutes)	20	24
Median year structure built	1959	1966