Channahon vs Crest Hill

A side-by-side comparison of Channahon and Crest Hill: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Crest Hill has the higher population (19,754 vs 13,854 in Channahon). Channahon has the higher median household income ($121,458 vs $71,408 in Crest Hill). Channahon has the higher median home value ($298,000 vs $222,600 in Crest Hill).

Population, income & housing

	Channahon	Crest Hill
Population	13,854	19,754
Median age	38.2 yrs	39.2 yrs
Median household income	$121,458	$71,408
Median home value	$298,000	$222,600
Median gross rent	$1,718	$1,386
Housing units	4,578	7,918
Homeownership rate	91.1%	68.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.8%	21.5%
Unemployment rate	7.1%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Channahon	Crest Hill
Population	12,833 → 13,854 (+8.0%)	20,550 → 19,754 (-3.9%)
Median household income	$91,897 → $121,458 (+32.2%)	$56,616 → $71,408 (+26.1%)
Median home value	$224,500 → $298,000 (+32.7%)	$169,200 → $222,600 (+31.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,350 → $1,718 (+27.3%)	$1,136 → $1,386 (+22.0%)

Channahon

Population

12,83313,854

Median household income

$91,897$121,458

Median home value

$224,500$298,000

Median gross rent

$1,350$1,718

Crest Hill

Population

20,55019,754

Median household income

$56,616$71,408

Median home value

$169,200$222,600

Median gross rent

$1,136$1,386

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Channahon	Crest Hill
Under 5	5.4%	4.9%
5 to 17	20.0%	11.7%
18 to 24	10.5%	10.5%
25 to 34	10.6%	17.1%
35 to 44	13.4%	14.4%
45 to 54	14.4%	11.9%
55 to 64	13.1%	10.9%
65 to 74	7.4%	8.7%
75 and over	5.1%	9.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Channahon	Crest Hill
White (non-Hispanic)	82.1%	47.7%
Black or African American	1.0%	20.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	0.5%	3.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	2.2%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	14.2%	24.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Channahon	Crest Hill
No high school diploma	3.0%	13.8%
High school graduate	29.4%	31.2%
Some college or associate's	37.8%	33.5%
Bachelor's degree	19.6%	13.5%
Graduate or professional degree	10.2%	8.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Channahon	Crest Hill
Drove alone	82.9%	77.1%
Carpooled	6.7%	12.8%
Public transit	0.7%	1.0%
Walked	0.1%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	9.0%	6.4%
Other means	0.7%	2.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Channahon	Crest Hill
1-unit, detached	87.1%	47.0%
1-unit, attached	8.6%	23.3%
2 to 4 units	0.4%	4.1%
5 to 19 units	2.8%	15.3%
20 or more units	0.6%	10.0%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Channahon	Crest Hill
Poverty rate	4.5%	10.9%
Average household size	3.13	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	31	28
Median year structure built	1999	1992