Crest Hill vs New Lenox

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

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

New Lenox has the higher population (27,456 vs 19,754 in Crest Hill). New Lenox has the higher median household income ($133,071 vs $71,408 in Crest Hill). New Lenox has the higher median home value ($377,500 vs $222,600 in Crest Hill).

Population, income & housing

	Crest Hill	New Lenox
Population	19,754	27,456
Median age	39.2 yrs	37.3 yrs
Median household income	$71,408	$133,071
Median home value	$222,600	$377,500
Median gross rent	$1,386	$1,244
Housing units	7,918	9,473
Homeownership rate	68.2%	91.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.5%	45.5%
Unemployment rate	5.4%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Crest Hill	New Lenox
Population	20,550 → 19,754 (-3.9%)	26,454 → 27,456 (+3.8%)
Median household income	$56,616 → $71,408 (+26.1%)	$110,313 → $133,071 (+20.6%)
Median home value	$169,200 → $222,600 (+31.6%)	$294,800 → $377,500 (+28.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,136 → $1,386 (+22.0%)	$1,143 → $1,244 (+8.8%)

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

New Lenox

Population

26,45427,456

Median household income

$110,313$133,071

Median home value

$294,800$377,500

Median gross rent

$1,143$1,244

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Crest Hill	New Lenox
Under 5	4.9%	8.4%
5 to 17	11.7%	20.4%
18 to 24	10.5%	7.4%
25 to 34	17.1%	9.6%
35 to 44	14.4%	17.4%
45 to 54	11.9%	12.2%
55 to 64	10.9%	12.3%
65 to 74	8.7%	8.0%
75 and over	9.8%	4.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Crest Hill	New Lenox
White (non-Hispanic)	47.7%	89.6%
Black or African American	20.4%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	3.1%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.1%
Two or more races	4.1%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	24.3%	5.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Crest Hill	New Lenox
No high school diploma	13.8%	1.7%
High school graduate	31.2%	23.1%
Some college or associate's	33.5%	29.7%
Bachelor's degree	13.5%	28.1%
Graduate or professional degree	8.1%	17.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Crest Hill	New Lenox
Drove alone	77.1%	75.7%
Carpooled	12.8%	5.6%
Public transit	1.0%	3.5%
Walked	0.5%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.2%
Worked from home	6.4%	14.2%
Other means	2.2%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Crest Hill	New Lenox
1-unit, detached	47.0%	81.0%
1-unit, attached	23.3%	10.5%
2 to 4 units	4.1%	3.7%
5 to 19 units	15.3%	4.2%
20 or more units	10.0%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Crest Hill	New Lenox
Poverty rate	10.9%	2.1%
Average household size	2.25	2.99
Mean commute (minutes)	28	33
Median year structure built	1992	1997