Crest Hill vs Frankfort

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

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

Frankfort has the higher population (20,417 vs 19,754 in Crest Hill). Frankfort has the higher median household income ($153,714 vs $71,408 in Crest Hill). Frankfort has the higher median home value ($461,600 vs $222,600 in Crest Hill).

Population, income & housing

	Crest Hill	Frankfort
Population	19,754	20,417
Median age	39.2 yrs	41.8 yrs
Median household income	$71,408	$153,714
Median home value	$222,600	$461,600
Median gross rent	$1,386	$2,175
Housing units	7,918	6,922
Homeownership rate	68.2%	94.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.5%	59.2%
Unemployment rate	5.4%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Crest Hill	Frankfort
Population	20,550 → 19,754 (-3.9%)	18,999 → 20,417 (+7.5%)
Median household income	$56,616 → $71,408 (+26.1%)	$139,145 → $153,714 (+10.5%)
Median home value	$169,200 → $222,600 (+31.6%)	$384,900 → $461,600 (+19.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,136 → $1,386 (+22.0%)	$1,240 → $2,175 (+75.4%)

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

Frankfort

Population

18,99920,417

Median household income

$139,145$153,714

Median home value

$384,900$461,600

Median gross rent

$1,240$2,175

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Crest Hill	Frankfort
Under 5	4.9%	5.4%
5 to 17	11.7%	24.1%
18 to 24	10.5%	6.0%
25 to 34	17.1%	6.6%
35 to 44	14.4%	12.1%
45 to 54	11.9%	15.1%
55 to 64	10.9%	15.1%
65 to 74	8.7%	9.6%
75 and over	9.8%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Crest Hill	Frankfort
White (non-Hispanic)	47.7%	78.6%
Black or African American	20.4%	10.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	3.1%	2.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.1%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	24.3%	5.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Crest Hill	Frankfort
No high school diploma	13.8%	1.7%
High school graduate	31.2%	15.8%
Some college or associate's	33.5%	23.3%
Bachelor's degree	13.5%	34.2%
Graduate or professional degree	8.1%	25.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Crest Hill	Frankfort
Drove alone	77.1%	71.8%
Carpooled	12.8%	3.3%
Public transit	1.0%	4.3%
Walked	0.5%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.4%	19.4%
Other means	2.2%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Crest Hill	Frankfort
1-unit, detached	47.0%	81.7%
1-unit, attached	23.3%	13.9%
2 to 4 units	4.1%	2.0%
5 to 19 units	15.3%	2.1%
20 or more units	10.0%	0.1%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Crest Hill	Frankfort
Poverty rate	10.9%	4.4%
Average household size	2.25	3.08
Mean commute (minutes)	28	33
Median year structure built	1992	2000