Carmi vs Crossville

A side-by-side comparison of Carmi and Crossville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Carmi has the higher population (4,879 vs 749 in Crossville). Carmi has the higher median household income ($47,051 vs $40,682 in Crossville). Carmi has the higher median home value ($98,700 vs $61,300 in Crossville).

Population, income & housing

	Carmi	Crossville
Population	4,879	749
Median age	44.7 yrs	46.7 yrs
Median household income	$47,051	$40,682
Median home value	$98,700	$61,300
Median gross rent	$863	$313
Housing units	2,422	347
Homeownership rate	67.8%	66.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.8%	7.6%
Unemployment rate	1.8%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carmi	Crossville
Population	4,808 → 4,879 (+1.5%)	802 → 749 (-6.6%)
Median household income	$42,990 → $47,051 (+9.4%)	$43,864 → $40,682 (-7.3%)
Median home value	$66,300 → $98,700 (+48.9%)	$51,400 → $61,300 (+19.3%)
Median gross rent	$613 → $863 (+40.8%)	$458 → $313 (-31.7%)

Carmi

Population

4,8084,879

Median household income

$42,990$47,051

Median home value

$66,300$98,700

Median gross rent

$613$863

Crossville

Population

802749

Median household income

$43,864$40,682

Median home value

$51,400$61,300

Median gross rent

$458$313

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carmi	Crossville
Under 5	6.7%	4.1%
5 to 17	14.1%	14.8%
18 to 24	5.9%	5.9%
25 to 34	11.5%	8.3%
35 to 44	12.7%	12.6%
45 to 54	12.8%	16.7%
55 to 64	13.4%	25.9%
65 to 74	10.9%	4.3%
75 and over	12.0%	7.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carmi	Crossville
White (non-Hispanic)	95.9%	97.6%
Black or African American	1.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.2%	0.3%
Hispanic or Latino	1.3%	2.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carmi	Crossville
No high school diploma	15.7%	15.3%
High school graduate	33.5%	48.0%
Some college or associate's	38.0%	29.1%
Bachelor's degree	7.1%	3.9%
Graduate or professional degree	5.7%	3.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carmi	Crossville
Drove alone	81.7%	78.1%
Carpooled	9.8%	10.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	2.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.6%	9.2%
Other means	3.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carmi	Crossville
1-unit, detached	87.2%	69.2%
1-unit, attached	0.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.8%	15.0%
5 to 19 units	2.9%	0.9%
20 or more units	3.9%	1.4%
Mobile home & other	4.1%	13.5%

Poverty & households

	Carmi	Crossville
Poverty rate	20.0%	19.8%
Average household size	2.25	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	18	33
Median year structure built	1953	1955