Braidwood vs Crete

A side-by-side comparison of Braidwood and Crete: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Crete has the higher population (8,382 vs 6,175 in Braidwood). Crete has the higher median household income ($97,984 vs $83,365 in Braidwood). Crete has the higher median home value ($209,100 vs $205,900 in Braidwood).

Population, income & housing

	Braidwood	Crete
Population	6,175	8,382
Median age	44.3 yrs	49.4 yrs
Median household income	$83,365	$97,984
Median home value	$205,900	$209,100
Median gross rent	$1,089	$1,283
Housing units	2,949	3,449
Homeownership rate	82.4%	89.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.2%	33.7%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	7.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Braidwood	Crete
Population	6,377 → 6,175 (-3.2%)	8,118 → 8,382 (+3.3%)
Median household income	$63,074 → $83,365 (+32.2%)	$79,375 → $97,984 (+23.4%)
Median home value	$162,400 → $205,900 (+26.8%)	$171,200 → $209,100 (+22.1%)
Median gross rent	$979 → $1,089 (+11.2%)	$1,094 → $1,283 (+17.3%)

Braidwood

Population

6,3776,175

Median household income

$63,074$83,365

Median home value

$162,400$205,900

Median gross rent

$979$1,089

Crete

Population

8,1188,382

Median household income

$79,375$97,984

Median home value

$171,200$209,100

Median gross rent

$1,094$1,283

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Braidwood	Crete
Under 5	3.9%	3.1%
5 to 17	15.1%	14.7%
18 to 24	10.8%	8.9%
25 to 34	10.4%	10.0%
35 to 44	10.3%	8.7%
45 to 54	16.3%	13.2%
55 to 64	16.9%	15.6%
65 to 74	12.9%	15.5%
75 and over	3.4%	10.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Braidwood	Crete
White (non-Hispanic)	88.4%	49.1%
Black or African American	0.2%	34.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.7%	5.1%
Hispanic or Latino	8.6%	10.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Braidwood	Crete
No high school diploma	5.6%	5.8%
High school graduate	31.7%	28.1%
Some college or associate's	44.4%	32.3%
Bachelor's degree	13.1%	19.5%
Graduate or professional degree	5.2%	14.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Braidwood	Crete
Drove alone	90.6%	80.7%
Carpooled	4.3%	4.9%
Public transit	0.0%	1.4%
Walked	0.3%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	4.6%	10.4%
Other means	0.2%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Braidwood	Crete
1-unit, detached	72.5%	83.6%
1-unit, attached	3.2%	2.8%
2 to 4 units	2.6%	3.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.5%
20 or more units	2.4%	3.4%
Mobile home & other	19.3%	5.1%

Poverty & households

	Braidwood	Crete
Poverty rate	9.4%	8.2%
Average household size	2.42	2.57
Mean commute (minutes)	27	37
Median year structure built	1994	1976