Bush vs Creal Springs

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

Bush 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 347 in Bush). Bush has the higher median household income ($55,417 vs $43,333 in Creal Springs). Bush has the higher median home value ($80,700 vs $57,600 in Creal Springs).

Population, income & housing

	Bush	Creal Springs
Population	347	354
Median age	45.2 yrs	34.7 yrs
Median household income	$55,417	$43,333
Median home value	$80,700	$57,600
Median gross rent	—	$625
Housing units	137	230
Homeownership rate	89.0%	72.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.5%	12.8%
Unemployment rate	2.2%	11.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bush	Creal Springs
Population	208 → 347 (+66.8%)	506 → 354 (-30.0%)
Median household income	$39,000 → $55,417 (+42.1%)	$45,625 → $43,333 (-5.0%)
Median home value	$36,700 → $80,700 (+119.9%)	$52,600 → $57,600 (+9.5%)
Median gross rent	$475 → $738 (+55.4%)	$519 → $625 (+20.4%)

Bush

Population

208347

Median household income

$39,000$55,417

Median home value

$36,700$80,700

Median gross rent

$475$738

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)

	Bush	Creal Springs
Under 5	1.2%	7.3%
5 to 17	26.2%	21.5%
18 to 24	7.2%	4.8%
25 to 34	2.9%	18.1%
35 to 44	10.7%	11.6%
45 to 54	17.0%	7.3%
55 to 64	18.7%	13.3%
65 to 74	6.3%	8.5%
75 and over	9.8%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bush	Creal Springs
White (non-Hispanic)	92.2%	83.6%
Black or African American	0.6%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	3.1%
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%	5.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	7.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bush	Creal Springs
No high school diploma	22.9%	16.6%
High school graduate	33.5%	31.9%
Some college or associate's	32.2%	38.7%
Bachelor's degree	10.1%	6.8%
Graduate or professional degree	1.3%	6.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bush	Creal Springs
Drove alone	82.3%	86.7%
Carpooled	8.6%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.4%	13.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bush	Creal Springs
1-unit, detached	74.5%	77.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.5%	4.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	24.1%	17.8%

Poverty & households

	Bush	Creal Springs
Poverty rate	5.2%	21.8%
Average household size	2.73	2.24
Mean commute (minutes)	23	31
Median year structure built	1972	1960