Channahon vs Crete

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

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

Channahon has the higher population (13,854 vs 8,382 in Crete). Channahon has the higher median household income ($121,458 vs $97,984 in Crete). Channahon has the higher median home value ($298,000 vs $209,100 in Crete).

Population, income & housing

	Channahon	Crete
Population	13,854	8,382
Median age	38.2 yrs	49.4 yrs
Median household income	$121,458	$97,984
Median home value	$298,000	$209,100
Median gross rent	$1,718	$1,283
Housing units	4,578	3,449
Homeownership rate	91.1%	89.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.8%	33.7%
Unemployment rate	7.1%	7.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Channahon	Crete
Population	12,833 → 13,854 (+8.0%)	8,118 → 8,382 (+3.3%)
Median household income	$91,897 → $121,458 (+32.2%)	$79,375 → $97,984 (+23.4%)
Median home value	$224,500 → $298,000 (+32.7%)	$171,200 → $209,100 (+22.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,350 → $1,718 (+27.3%)	$1,094 → $1,283 (+17.3%)

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

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)

	Channahon	Crete
Under 5	5.4%	3.1%
5 to 17	20.0%	14.7%
18 to 24	10.5%	8.9%
25 to 34	10.6%	10.0%
35 to 44	13.4%	8.7%
45 to 54	14.4%	13.2%
55 to 64	13.1%	15.6%
65 to 74	7.4%	15.5%
75 and over	5.1%	10.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Channahon	Crete
White (non-Hispanic)	82.1%	49.1%
Black or African American	1.0%	34.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.2%	5.1%
Hispanic or Latino	14.2%	10.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Channahon	Crete
No high school diploma	3.0%	5.8%
High school graduate	29.4%	28.1%
Some college or associate's	37.8%	32.3%
Bachelor's degree	19.6%	19.5%
Graduate or professional degree	10.2%	14.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Channahon	Crete
Drove alone	82.9%	80.7%
Carpooled	6.7%	4.9%
Public transit	0.7%	1.4%
Walked	0.1%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	9.0%	10.4%
Other means	0.7%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Channahon	Crete
1-unit, detached	87.1%	83.6%
1-unit, attached	8.6%	2.8%
2 to 4 units	0.4%	3.6%
5 to 19 units	2.8%	1.5%
20 or more units	0.6%	3.4%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	5.1%

Poverty & households

	Channahon	Crete
Poverty rate	4.5%	8.2%
Average household size	3.13	2.57
Mean commute (minutes)	31	37
Median year structure built	1999	1976