Crab Orchard vs Energy

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

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

Energy has the higher population (1,171 vs 359 in Crab Orchard). Crab Orchard has the higher median household income ($110,125 vs $70,417 in Energy). Energy has the higher median home value ($138,500 vs $97,900 in Crab Orchard).

Population, income & housing

	Crab Orchard	Energy
Population	359	1,171
Median age	41.2 yrs	50.4 yrs
Median household income	$110,125	$70,417
Median home value	$97,900	$138,500
Median gross rent	$1,400	$835
Housing units	153	564
Homeownership rate	83.9%	81.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.3%	24.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Crab Orchard	Energy
Population	155 → 359 (+131.6%)	1,016 → 1,171 (+15.3%)
Median household income	$100,625 → $110,125 (+9.4%)	$50,031 → $70,417 (+40.7%)
Median home value	$109,200 → $97,900 (-10.3%)	$115,700 → $138,500 (+19.7%)
Median gross rent	$671 → $1,400 (+108.6%)	$669 → $835 (+24.8%)

Crab Orchard

Population

155359

Median household income

$100,625$110,125

Median home value

$109,200$97,900

Median gross rent

$671$1,400

Energy

Population

1,0161,171

Median household income

$50,031$70,417

Median home value

$115,700$138,500

Median gross rent

$669$835

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Crab Orchard	Energy
Under 5	7.5%	5.9%
5 to 17	22.3%	17.4%
18 to 24	7.5%	5.0%
25 to 34	5.0%	9.1%
35 to 44	17.0%	8.1%
45 to 54	18.1%	6.9%
55 to 64	9.5%	14.0%
65 to 74	6.7%	19.7%
75 and over	6.4%	13.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Crab Orchard	Energy
White (non-Hispanic)	97.5%	81.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.4%	16.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Crab Orchard	Energy
No high school diploma	0.0%	6.5%
High school graduate	35.1%	33.9%
Some college or associate's	47.6%	35.2%
Bachelor's degree	17.3%	14.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	10.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Crab Orchard	Energy
Drove alone	78.9%	86.0%
Carpooled	21.1%	4.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.4%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	9.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Crab Orchard	Energy
1-unit, detached	70.6%	81.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	3.3%	6.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.2%
Mobile home & other	26.1%	5.1%

Poverty & households

	Crab Orchard	Energy
Poverty rate	12.3%	7.9%
Average household size	2.62	2.26
Mean commute (minutes)	33	21
Median year structure built	1972	1977