Blairsville vs Crab Orchard

A side-by-side comparison of Blairsville and Crab Orchard: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Crab Orchard has the higher population (359 vs 279 in Blairsville). Crab Orchard has the higher median household income ($110,125 vs $73,077 in Blairsville). Blairsville has the higher median home value ($143,800 vs $97,900 in Crab Orchard).

Population, income & housing

	Blairsville	Crab Orchard
Population	279	359
Median age	37.0 yrs	41.2 yrs
Median household income	$73,077	$110,125
Median home value	$143,800	$97,900
Median gross rent	—	$1,400
Housing units	120	153
Homeownership rate	100.0%	83.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.7%	17.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blairsville	Crab Orchard
Population	322 → 279 (-13.4%)	155 → 359 (+131.6%)
Median household income	$57,955 → $73,077 (+26.1%)	$100,625 → $110,125 (+9.4%)
Median home value	$159,700 → $143,800 (-10.0%)	$109,200 → $97,900 (-10.3%)
Median gross rent	—	$671 → $1,400 (+108.6%)

Blairsville

Population

322279

Median household income

$57,955$73,077

Median home value

$159,700$143,800

Crab Orchard

Population

155359

Median household income

$100,625$110,125

Median home value

$109,200$97,900

Median gross rent

$671$1,400

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blairsville	Crab Orchard
Under 5	0.0%	7.5%
5 to 17	4.3%	22.3%
18 to 24	0.0%	7.5%
25 to 34	41.6%	5.0%
35 to 44	4.3%	17.0%
45 to 54	0.0%	18.1%
55 to 64	24.4%	9.5%
65 to 74	18.3%	6.7%
75 and over	7.2%	6.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blairsville	Crab Orchard
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	97.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blairsville	Crab Orchard
No high school diploma	0.0%	0.0%
High school graduate	15.7%	35.1%
Some college or associate's	71.5%	47.6%
Bachelor's degree	3.4%	17.3%
Graduate or professional degree	9.4%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blairsville	Crab Orchard
Drove alone	88.7%	78.9%
Carpooled	0.0%	21.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.3%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blairsville	Crab Orchard
1-unit, detached	80.8%	70.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	19.2%	26.1%

Poverty & households

	Blairsville	Crab Orchard
Poverty rate	4.3%	12.3%
Average household size	2.49	2.62
Mean commute (minutes)	32	33
Median year structure built	1998	1972