Blairsville vs Creal Springs

A side-by-side comparison of Blairsville and Creal Springs: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Creal Springs has the higher population (354 vs 279 in Blairsville). Blairsville has the higher median household income ($73,077 vs $43,333 in Creal Springs). Blairsville has the higher median home value ($143,800 vs $57,600 in Creal Springs).

Population, income & housing

	Blairsville	Creal Springs
Population	279	354
Median age	37.0 yrs	34.7 yrs
Median household income	$73,077	$43,333
Median home value	$143,800	$57,600
Median gross rent	—	$625
Housing units	120	230
Homeownership rate	100.0%	72.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.7%	12.8%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	11.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blairsville	Creal Springs
Population	322 → 279 (-13.4%)	506 → 354 (-30.0%)
Median household income	$57,955 → $73,077 (+26.1%)	$45,625 → $43,333 (-5.0%)
Median home value	$159,700 → $143,800 (-10.0%)	$52,600 → $57,600 (+9.5%)
Median gross rent	—	$519 → $625 (+20.4%)

Blairsville

Population

322279

Median household income

$57,955$73,077

Median home value

$159,700$143,800

Creal Springs

Population

506354

Median household income

$45,625$43,333

Median home value

$52,600$57,600

Median gross rent

$519$625

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blairsville	Creal Springs
Under 5	0.0%	7.3%
5 to 17	4.3%	21.5%
18 to 24	0.0%	4.8%
25 to 34	41.6%	18.1%
35 to 44	4.3%	11.6%
45 to 54	0.0%	7.3%
55 to 64	24.4%	13.3%
65 to 74	18.3%	8.5%
75 and over	7.2%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blairsville	Creal Springs
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	83.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	3.1%
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%	5.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	7.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blairsville	Creal Springs
No high school diploma	0.0%	16.6%
High school graduate	15.7%	31.9%
Some college or associate's	71.5%	38.7%
Bachelor's degree	3.4%	6.8%
Graduate or professional degree	9.4%	6.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blairsville	Creal Springs
Drove alone	88.7%	86.7%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.3%	13.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blairsville	Creal Springs
1-unit, detached	80.8%	77.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	4.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	19.2%	17.8%

Poverty & households

	Blairsville	Creal Springs
Poverty rate	4.3%	21.8%
Average household size	2.49	2.24
Mean commute (minutes)	32	31
Median year structure built	1998	1960