Crab Orchard vs Hurst

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

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

Hurst has the higher population (685 vs 359 in Crab Orchard). Crab Orchard has the higher median household income ($110,125 vs $34,113 in Hurst). Crab Orchard has the higher median home value ($97,900 vs $73,000 in Hurst).

Population, income & housing

	Crab Orchard	Hurst
Population	359	685
Median age	41.2 yrs	54.8 yrs
Median household income	$110,125	$34,113
Median home value	$97,900	$73,000
Median gross rent	$1,400	$376
Housing units	153	393
Homeownership rate	83.9%	52.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.3%	9.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Crab Orchard	Hurst
Population	155 → 359 (+131.6%)	744 → 685 (-7.9%)
Median household income	$100,625 → $110,125 (+9.4%)	$38,438 → $34,113 (-11.3%)
Median home value	$109,200 → $97,900 (-10.3%)	$57,300 → $73,000 (+27.4%)
Median gross rent	$671 → $1,400 (+108.6%)	$327 → $376 (+15.0%)

Crab Orchard

Population

155359

Median household income

$100,625$110,125

Median home value

$109,200$97,900

Median gross rent

$671$1,400

Hurst

Population

744685

Median household income

$38,438$34,113

Median home value

$57,300$73,000

Median gross rent

$327$376

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Crab Orchard	Hurst
Under 5	7.5%	2.3%
5 to 17	22.3%	17.8%
18 to 24	7.5%	5.0%
25 to 34	5.0%	8.9%
35 to 44	17.0%	12.3%
45 to 54	18.1%	3.9%
55 to 64	9.5%	14.0%
65 to 74	6.7%	20.0%
75 and over	6.4%	15.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Crab Orchard	Hurst
White (non-Hispanic)	97.5%	86.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.1%	0.6%
Asian	0.0%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.4%	8.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Crab Orchard	Hurst
No high school diploma	0.0%	16.0%
High school graduate	35.1%	35.9%
Some college or associate's	47.6%	38.6%
Bachelor's degree	17.3%	7.4%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	2.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Crab Orchard	Hurst
Drove alone	78.9%	75.9%
Carpooled	21.1%	7.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.8%
Walked	0.0%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	14.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Crab Orchard	Hurst
1-unit, detached	70.6%	66.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	3.3%	23.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	26.1%	8.7%

Poverty & households

	Crab Orchard	Hurst
Poverty rate	12.3%	24.4%
Average household size	2.62	1.97
Mean commute (minutes)	33	24
Median year structure built	1972	1968