Crab Orchard vs Pittsburg

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

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

Pittsburg has the higher population (515 vs 359 in Crab Orchard). Crab Orchard has the higher median household income ($110,125 vs $54,063 in Pittsburg). Pittsburg has the higher median home value ($101,900 vs $97,900 in Crab Orchard).

Population, income & housing

	Crab Orchard	Pittsburg
Population	359	515
Median age	41.2 yrs	49.6 yrs
Median household income	$110,125	$54,063
Median home value	$97,900	$101,900
Median gross rent	$1,400	$1,007
Housing units	153	266
Homeownership rate	83.9%	80.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.3%	14.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	8.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Crab Orchard	Pittsburg
Population	155 → 359 (+131.6%)	552 → 515 (-6.7%)
Median household income	$100,625 → $110,125 (+9.4%)	$40,568 → $54,063 (+33.3%)
Median home value	$109,200 → $97,900 (-10.3%)	$77,900 → $101,900 (+30.8%)
Median gross rent	$671 → $1,400 (+108.6%)	$950 → $1,007 (+6.0%)

Crab Orchard

Population

155359

Median household income

$100,625$110,125

Median home value

$109,200$97,900

Median gross rent

$671$1,400

Pittsburg

Population

552515

Median household income

$40,568$54,063

Median home value

$77,900$101,900

Median gross rent

$950$1,007

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Crab Orchard	Pittsburg
Under 5	7.5%	1.9%
5 to 17	22.3%	12.0%
18 to 24	7.5%	14.0%
25 to 34	5.0%	8.9%
35 to 44	17.0%	10.7%
45 to 54	18.1%	10.9%
55 to 64	9.5%	16.1%
65 to 74	6.7%	16.9%
75 and over	6.4%	8.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Crab Orchard	Pittsburg
White (non-Hispanic)	97.5%	94.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.1%	1.0%
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%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Crab Orchard	Pittsburg
No high school diploma	0.0%	10.0%
High school graduate	35.1%	38.3%
Some college or associate's	47.6%	37.7%
Bachelor's degree	17.3%	9.4%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	4.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Crab Orchard	Pittsburg
Drove alone	78.9%	92.4%
Carpooled	21.1%	6.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Crab Orchard	Pittsburg
1-unit, detached	70.6%	74.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	26.1%	25.2%

Poverty & households

	Crab Orchard	Pittsburg
Poverty rate	12.3%	17.1%
Average household size	2.62	2.26
Mean commute (minutes)	33	22
Median year structure built	1972	1966