Colp vs Creal Springs

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

Colp 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 187 in Colp). Creal Springs has the higher median household income ($43,333 vs $31,250 in Colp). Colp has the higher median home value ($73,600 vs $57,600 in Creal Springs).

Population, income & housing

	Colp	Creal Springs
Population	187	354
Median age	43.3 yrs	34.7 yrs
Median household income	$31,250	$43,333
Median home value	$73,600	$57,600
Median gross rent	$99	$625
Housing units	108	230
Homeownership rate	83.7%	72.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.2%	12.8%
Unemployment rate	9.7%	11.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Colp	Creal Springs
Population	295 → 187 (-36.6%)	506 → 354 (-30.0%)
Median household income	$12,500 → $31,250 (+150.0%)	$45,625 → $43,333 (-5.0%)
Median home value	$82,000 → $73,600 (-10.2%)	$52,600 → $57,600 (+9.5%)
Median gross rent	—	$519 → $625 (+20.4%)

Colp

Population

295187

Median household income

$12,500$31,250

Median home value

$82,000$73,600

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)

	Colp	Creal Springs
Under 5	12.3%	7.3%
5 to 17	9.1%	21.5%
18 to 24	13.4%	4.8%
25 to 34	8.0%	18.1%
35 to 44	9.1%	11.6%
45 to 54	7.0%	7.3%
55 to 64	19.3%	13.3%
65 to 74	11.8%	8.5%
75 and over	10.2%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Colp	Creal Springs
White (non-Hispanic)	72.2%	83.6%
Black or African American	17.6%	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	10.2%	5.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	7.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Colp	Creal Springs
No high school diploma	9.8%	16.6%
High school graduate	27.9%	31.9%
Some college or associate's	45.1%	38.7%
Bachelor's degree	9.8%	6.8%
Graduate or professional degree	7.4%	6.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Colp	Creal Springs
Drove alone	68.6%	86.7%
Carpooled	29.4%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.0%	13.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Colp	Creal Springs
1-unit, detached	74.1%	77.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	9.3%	4.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	16.7%	17.8%

Poverty & households

	Colp	Creal Springs
Poverty rate	52.4%	21.8%
Average household size	2.17	2.24
Mean commute (minutes)	30	31
Median year structure built	1973	1960