Bush vs Crab Orchard

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

Bush 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 347 in Bush). Crab Orchard has the higher median household income ($110,125 vs $55,417 in Bush). Crab Orchard has the higher median home value ($97,900 vs $80,700 in Bush).

Population, income & housing

	Bush	Crab Orchard
Population	347	359
Median age	45.2 yrs	41.2 yrs
Median household income	$55,417	$110,125
Median home value	$80,700	$97,900
Median gross rent	—	$1,400
Housing units	137	153
Homeownership rate	89.0%	83.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.5%	17.3%
Unemployment rate	2.2%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bush	Crab Orchard
Population	208 → 347 (+66.8%)	155 → 359 (+131.6%)
Median household income	$39,000 → $55,417 (+42.1%)	$100,625 → $110,125 (+9.4%)
Median home value	$36,700 → $80,700 (+119.9%)	$109,200 → $97,900 (-10.3%)
Median gross rent	$475 → $738 (+55.4%)	$671 → $1,400 (+108.6%)

Bush

Population

208347

Median household income

$39,000$55,417

Median home value

$36,700$80,700

Median gross rent

$475$738

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)

	Bush	Crab Orchard
Under 5	1.2%	7.5%
5 to 17	26.2%	22.3%
18 to 24	7.2%	7.5%
25 to 34	2.9%	5.0%
35 to 44	10.7%	17.0%
45 to 54	17.0%	18.1%
55 to 64	18.7%	9.5%
65 to 74	6.3%	6.7%
75 and over	9.8%	6.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bush	Crab Orchard
White (non-Hispanic)	92.2%	97.5%
Black or African American	0.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.1%
Asian	1.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.9%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bush	Crab Orchard
No high school diploma	22.9%	0.0%
High school graduate	33.5%	35.1%
Some college or associate's	32.2%	47.6%
Bachelor's degree	10.1%	17.3%
Graduate or professional degree	1.3%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bush	Crab Orchard
Drove alone	82.3%	78.9%
Carpooled	8.6%	21.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.4%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bush	Crab Orchard
1-unit, detached	74.5%	70.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.5%	3.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	24.1%	26.1%

Poverty & households

	Bush	Crab Orchard
Poverty rate	5.2%	12.3%
Average household size	2.73	2.62
Mean commute (minutes)	23	33
Median year structure built	1972	1972