Crete vs Manhattan

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

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

Manhattan has the higher population (10,315 vs 8,382 in Crete). Manhattan has the higher median household income ($128,375 vs $97,984 in Crete). Manhattan has the higher median home value ($314,400 vs $209,100 in Crete).

Population, income & housing

	Crete	Manhattan
Population	8,382	10,315
Median age	49.4 yrs	32.1 yrs
Median household income	$97,984	$128,375
Median home value	$209,100	$314,400
Median gross rent	$1,283	$1,220
Housing units	3,449	3,413
Homeownership rate	89.8%	88.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.7%	35.8%
Unemployment rate	7.1%	1.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Crete	Manhattan
Population	8,118 → 8,382 (+3.3%)	8,164 → 10,315 (+26.3%)
Median household income	$79,375 → $97,984 (+23.4%)	$102,725 → $128,375 (+25.0%)
Median home value	$171,200 → $209,100 (+22.1%)	$241,400 → $314,400 (+30.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,094 → $1,283 (+17.3%)	$1,321 → $1,220 (-7.6%)

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

Manhattan

Population

8,16410,315

Median household income

$102,725$128,375

Median home value

$241,400$314,400

Median gross rent

$1,321$1,220

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Crete	Manhattan
Under 5	3.1%	8.3%
5 to 17	14.7%	23.1%
18 to 24	8.9%	6.9%
25 to 34	10.0%	15.9%
35 to 44	8.7%	15.2%
45 to 54	13.2%	12.7%
55 to 64	15.6%	10.4%
65 to 74	15.5%	5.3%
75 and over	10.1%	2.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Crete	Manhattan
White (non-Hispanic)	49.1%	80.8%
Black or African American	34.3%	3.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.0%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.3%
Two or more races	5.1%	5.6%
Hispanic or Latino	10.4%	9.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Crete	Manhattan
No high school diploma	5.8%	1.6%
High school graduate	28.1%	25.9%
Some college or associate's	32.3%	36.7%
Bachelor's degree	19.5%	26.8%
Graduate or professional degree	14.3%	9.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Crete	Manhattan
Drove alone	80.7%	77.2%
Carpooled	4.9%	9.9%
Public transit	1.4%	1.9%
Walked	1.4%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.2%
Worked from home	10.4%	10.3%
Other means	1.0%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Crete	Manhattan
1-unit, detached	83.6%	67.8%
1-unit, attached	2.8%	23.8%
2 to 4 units	3.6%	2.3%
5 to 19 units	1.5%	4.7%
20 or more units	3.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.1%	1.5%

Poverty & households

	Crete	Manhattan
Poverty rate	8.2%	3.3%
Average household size	2.57	3.10
Mean commute (minutes)	37	37
Median year structure built	1976	2004