Crescent City vs Danforth

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

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

Danforth has the higher population (619 vs 450 in Crescent City). Crescent City has the higher median household income ($57,917 vs $47,750 in Danforth). Danforth has the higher median home value ($138,600 vs $110,600 in Crescent City).

Population, income & housing

	Crescent City	Danforth
Population	450	619
Median age	48.7 yrs	44.3 yrs
Median household income	$57,917	$47,750
Median home value	$110,600	$138,600
Median gross rent	$593	$850
Housing units	223	226
Homeownership rate	80.2%	72.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.7%	19.9%
Unemployment rate	7.9%	1.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Crescent City	Danforth
Population	555 → 450 (-18.9%)	681 → 619 (-9.1%)
Median household income	$59,792 → $57,917 (-3.1%)	$48,250 → $47,750 (-1.0%)
Median home value	$91,100 → $110,600 (+21.4%)	$101,600 → $138,600 (+36.4%)
Median gross rent	$813 → $593 (-27.1%)	$879 → $850 (-3.3%)

Crescent City

Population

555450

Median household income

$59,792$57,917

Median home value

$91,100$110,600

Median gross rent

$813$593

Danforth

Population

681619

Median household income

$48,250$47,750

Median home value

$101,600$138,600

Median gross rent

$879$850

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Crescent City	Danforth
Under 5	5.3%	6.3%
5 to 17	11.6%	15.0%
18 to 24	6.4%	12.1%
25 to 34	17.8%	10.0%
35 to 44	5.3%	7.3%
45 to 54	13.6%	9.7%
55 to 64	12.9%	13.7%
65 to 74	11.1%	10.7%
75 and over	16.0%	15.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Crescent City	Danforth
White (non-Hispanic)	90.4%	93.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.0%
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	0.4%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	9.1%	3.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Crescent City	Danforth
No high school diploma	7.5%	10.0%
High school graduate	42.0%	50.5%
Some college or associate's	30.7%	19.7%
Bachelor's degree	13.0%	18.2%
Graduate or professional degree	6.7%	1.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Crescent City	Danforth
Drove alone	86.9%	78.9%
Carpooled	3.4%	10.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.4%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.3%	3.1%
Other means	0.0%	5.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Crescent City	Danforth
1-unit, detached	78.5%	84.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	17.0%	9.3%
5 to 19 units	1.8%	0.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	5.8%
Mobile home & other	2.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Crescent City	Danforth
Poverty rate	8.2%	35.2%
Average household size	2.17	2.58
Mean commute (minutes)	24	29
Median year structure built	1966	1954