Crest Hill vs Mokena

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

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

Mokena has the higher population (19,906 vs 19,754 in Crest Hill). Mokena has the higher median household income ($129,017 vs $71,408 in Crest Hill). Mokena has the higher median home value ($377,100 vs $222,600 in Crest Hill).

Population, income & housing

	Crest Hill	Mokena
Population	19,754	19,906
Median age	39.2 yrs	44.1 yrs
Median household income	$71,408	$129,017
Median home value	$222,600	$377,100
Median gross rent	$1,386	$1,405
Housing units	7,918	7,459
Homeownership rate	68.2%	90.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.5%	44.5%
Unemployment rate	5.4%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Crest Hill	Mokena
Population	20,550 → 19,754 (-3.9%)	20,674 → 19,906 (-3.7%)
Median household income	$56,616 → $71,408 (+26.1%)	$109,108 → $129,017 (+18.2%)
Median home value	$169,200 → $222,600 (+31.6%)	$319,200 → $377,100 (+18.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,136 → $1,386 (+22.0%)	$1,085 → $1,405 (+29.5%)

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

Mokena

Population

20,67419,906

Median household income

$109,108$129,017

Median home value

$319,200$377,100

Median gross rent

$1,085$1,405

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Crest Hill	Mokena
Under 5	4.9%	4.6%
5 to 17	11.7%	17.9%
18 to 24	10.5%	8.1%
25 to 34	17.1%	9.9%
35 to 44	14.4%	10.8%
45 to 54	11.9%	16.1%
55 to 64	10.9%	16.1%
65 to 74	8.7%	10.1%
75 and over	9.8%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Crest Hill	Mokena
White (non-Hispanic)	47.7%	88.6%
Black or African American	20.4%	1.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	3.1%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.1%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	24.3%	6.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Crest Hill	Mokena
No high school diploma	13.8%	2.1%
High school graduate	31.2%	21.6%
Some college or associate's	33.5%	31.8%
Bachelor's degree	13.5%	28.1%
Graduate or professional degree	8.1%	16.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Crest Hill	Mokena
Drove alone	77.1%	73.0%
Carpooled	12.8%	4.1%
Public transit	1.0%	4.9%
Walked	0.5%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.4%	14.9%
Other means	2.2%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Crest Hill	Mokena
1-unit, detached	47.0%	72.6%
1-unit, attached	23.3%	16.2%
2 to 4 units	4.1%	4.4%
5 to 19 units	15.3%	5.6%
20 or more units	10.0%	0.8%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Crest Hill	Mokena
Poverty rate	10.9%	4.5%
Average household size	2.25	2.75
Mean commute (minutes)	28	32
Median year structure built	1992	1996