Crest Hill vs Shorewood

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

Crest Hill and Shorewood 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 18,218 in Shorewood). Shorewood has the higher median household income ($122,648 vs $71,408 in Crest Hill). Shorewood has the higher median home value ($324,600 vs $222,600 in Crest Hill).

Population, income & housing

	Crest Hill	Shorewood
Population	19,754	18,218
Median age	39.2 yrs	44.5 yrs
Median household income	$71,408	$122,648
Median home value	$222,600	$324,600
Median gross rent	$1,386	$2,087
Housing units	7,918	6,916
Homeownership rate	68.2%	95.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.5%	41.0%
Unemployment rate	5.4%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Crest Hill	Shorewood
Population	20,550 → 19,754 (-3.9%)	17,164 → 18,218 (+6.1%)
Median household income	$56,616 → $71,408 (+26.1%)	$105,938 → $122,648 (+15.8%)
Median home value	$169,200 → $222,600 (+31.6%)	$262,600 → $324,600 (+23.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,136 → $1,386 (+22.0%)	$1,685 → $2,087 (+23.9%)

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

Shorewood

Population

17,16418,218

Median household income

$105,938$122,648

Median home value

$262,600$324,600

Median gross rent

$1,685$2,087

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Crest Hill	Shorewood
Under 5	4.9%	3.0%
5 to 17	11.7%	18.3%
18 to 24	10.5%	7.5%
25 to 34	17.1%	9.2%
35 to 44	14.4%	12.7%
45 to 54	11.9%	13.7%
55 to 64	10.9%	14.6%
65 to 74	8.7%	13.9%
75 and over	9.8%	7.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Crest Hill	Shorewood
White (non-Hispanic)	47.7%	78.2%
Black or African American	20.4%	3.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	3.1%	2.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	1.5%
Two or more races	4.1%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	24.3%	12.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Crest Hill	Shorewood
No high school diploma	13.8%	3.6%
High school graduate	31.2%	25.8%
Some college or associate's	33.5%	29.6%
Bachelor's degree	13.5%	24.7%
Graduate or professional degree	8.1%	16.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Crest Hill	Shorewood
Drove alone	77.1%	79.4%
Carpooled	12.8%	5.5%
Public transit	1.0%	1.3%
Walked	0.5%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.4%	12.0%
Other means	2.2%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Crest Hill	Shorewood
1-unit, detached	47.0%	79.3%
1-unit, attached	23.3%	15.1%
2 to 4 units	4.1%	0.8%
5 to 19 units	15.3%	0.2%
20 or more units	10.0%	3.3%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	1.3%

Poverty & households

	Crest Hill	Shorewood
Poverty rate	10.9%	5.0%
Average household size	2.25	2.76
Mean commute (minutes)	28	33
Median year structure built	1992	2001