Crete vs Frankfort Square

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

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

Frankfort Square has the higher population (9,777 vs 8,382 in Crete). Frankfort Square has the higher median household income ($126,953 vs $97,984 in Crete). Frankfort Square has the higher median home value ($282,100 vs $209,100 in Crete).

Population, income & housing

	Crete	Frankfort Square
Population	8,382	9,777
Median age	49.4 yrs	40.2 yrs
Median household income	$97,984	$126,953
Median home value	$209,100	$282,100
Median gross rent	$1,283	$1,511
Housing units	3,449	3,402
Homeownership rate	89.8%	93.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.7%	31.8%
Unemployment rate	7.1%	7.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Crete	Frankfort Square
Population	8,118 → 8,382 (+3.3%)	8,768 → 9,777 (+11.5%)
Median household income	$79,375 → $97,984 (+23.4%)	$99,951 → $126,953 (+27.0%)
Median home value	$171,200 → $209,100 (+22.1%)	$223,600 → $282,100 (+26.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,094 → $1,283 (+17.3%)	$1,220 → $1,511 (+23.9%)

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

Frankfort Square

Population

8,7689,777

Median household income

$99,951$126,953

Median home value

$223,600$282,100

Median gross rent

$1,220$1,511

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Crete	Frankfort Square
Under 5	3.1%	4.6%
5 to 17	14.7%	18.6%
18 to 24	8.9%	10.5%
25 to 34	10.0%	10.4%
35 to 44	8.7%	13.6%
45 to 54	13.2%	13.0%
55 to 64	15.6%	16.5%
65 to 74	15.5%	10.8%
75 and over	10.1%	2.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Crete	Frankfort Square
White (non-Hispanic)	49.1%	69.6%
Black or African American	34.3%	3.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.0%	2.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.0%
Two or more races	5.1%	11.2%
Hispanic or Latino	10.4%	12.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Crete	Frankfort Square
No high school diploma	5.8%	3.3%
High school graduate	28.1%	29.5%
Some college or associate's	32.3%	35.4%
Bachelor's degree	19.5%	21.4%
Graduate or professional degree	14.3%	10.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Crete	Frankfort Square
Drove alone	80.7%	79.4%
Carpooled	4.9%	7.7%
Public transit	1.4%	0.7%
Walked	1.4%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.4%	11.0%
Other means	1.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Crete	Frankfort Square
1-unit, detached	83.6%	84.8%
1-unit, attached	2.8%	9.9%
2 to 4 units	3.6%	4.4%
5 to 19 units	1.5%	1.0%
20 or more units	3.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Crete	Frankfort Square
Poverty rate	8.2%	5.7%
Average household size	2.57	2.98
Mean commute (minutes)	37	30
Median year structure built	1976	1985