Crab Orchard vs Creal Springs

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

Crab Orchard and Creal Springs 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 354 in Creal Springs). Crab Orchard has the higher median household income ($110,125 vs $43,333 in Creal Springs). Crab Orchard has the higher median home value ($97,900 vs $57,600 in Creal Springs).

Population, income & housing

	Crab Orchard	Creal Springs
Population	359	354
Median age	41.2 yrs	34.7 yrs
Median household income	$110,125	$43,333
Median home value	$97,900	$57,600
Median gross rent	$1,400	$625
Housing units	153	230
Homeownership rate	83.9%	72.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.3%	12.8%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	11.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Crab Orchard	Creal Springs
Population	155 → 359 (+131.6%)	506 → 354 (-30.0%)
Median household income	$100,625 → $110,125 (+9.4%)	$45,625 → $43,333 (-5.0%)
Median home value	$109,200 → $97,900 (-10.3%)	$52,600 → $57,600 (+9.5%)
Median gross rent	$671 → $1,400 (+108.6%)	$519 → $625 (+20.4%)

Crab Orchard

Population

155359

Median household income

$100,625$110,125

Median home value

$109,200$97,900

Median gross rent

$671$1,400

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)

	Crab Orchard	Creal Springs
Under 5	7.5%	7.3%
5 to 17	22.3%	21.5%
18 to 24	7.5%	4.8%
25 to 34	5.0%	18.1%
35 to 44	17.0%	11.6%
45 to 54	18.1%	7.3%
55 to 64	9.5%	13.3%
65 to 74	6.7%	8.5%
75 and over	6.4%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Crab Orchard	Creal Springs
White (non-Hispanic)	97.5%	83.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.1%	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	1.4%	5.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	7.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Crab Orchard	Creal Springs
No high school diploma	0.0%	16.6%
High school graduate	35.1%	31.9%
Some college or associate's	47.6%	38.7%
Bachelor's degree	17.3%	6.8%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	6.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Crab Orchard	Creal Springs
Drove alone	78.9%	86.7%
Carpooled	21.1%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	13.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Crab Orchard	Creal Springs
1-unit, detached	70.6%	77.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.3%	4.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	26.1%	17.8%

Poverty & households

	Crab Orchard	Creal Springs
Poverty rate	12.3%	21.8%
Average household size	2.62	2.24
Mean commute (minutes)	33	31
Median year structure built	1972	1960