Cambria vs Crab Orchard

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

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

Cambria has the higher population (1,271 vs 359 in Crab Orchard). Crab Orchard has the higher median household income ($110,125 vs $51,042 in Cambria). Cambria has the higher median home value ($140,100 vs $97,900 in Crab Orchard).

Population, income & housing

	Cambria	Crab Orchard
Population	1,271	359
Median age	40.7 yrs	41.2 yrs
Median household income	$51,042	$110,125
Median home value	$140,100	$97,900
Median gross rent	$973	$1,400
Housing units	752	153
Homeownership rate	40.4%	83.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.0%	17.3%
Unemployment rate	8.2%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cambria	Crab Orchard
Population	1,239 → 1,271 (+2.6%)	155 → 359 (+131.6%)
Median household income	$44,063 → $51,042 (+15.8%)	$100,625 → $110,125 (+9.4%)
Median home value	$76,100 → $140,100 (+84.1%)	$109,200 → $97,900 (-10.3%)
Median gross rent	$723 → $973 (+34.6%)	$671 → $1,400 (+108.6%)

Cambria

Population

1,2391,271

Median household income

$44,063$51,042

Median home value

$76,100$140,100

Median gross rent

$723$973

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)

	Cambria	Crab Orchard
Under 5	4.1%	7.5%
5 to 17	13.3%	22.3%
18 to 24	5.1%	7.5%
25 to 34	23.7%	5.0%
35 to 44	7.0%	17.0%
45 to 54	10.1%	18.1%
55 to 64	22.0%	9.5%
65 to 74	10.5%	6.7%
75 and over	4.3%	6.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cambria	Crab Orchard
White (non-Hispanic)	83.8%	97.5%
Black or African American	5.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.1%
Asian	1.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.7%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	7.4%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cambria	Crab Orchard
No high school diploma	11.7%	0.0%
High school graduate	29.9%	35.1%
Some college or associate's	38.4%	47.6%
Bachelor's degree	12.4%	17.3%
Graduate or professional degree	7.6%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cambria	Crab Orchard
Drove alone	91.4%	78.9%
Carpooled	4.4%	21.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.2%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cambria	Crab Orchard
1-unit, detached	45.7%	70.6%
1-unit, attached	8.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	24.6%	3.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	21.1%	26.1%

Poverty & households

	Cambria	Crab Orchard
Poverty rate	16.3%	12.3%
Average household size	1.91	2.62
Mean commute (minutes)	20	33
Median year structure built	1997	1972