Crab Orchard vs Whiteash

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

Crab Orchard and Whiteash 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 320 in Whiteash). Crab Orchard has the higher median household income ($110,125 vs $109,149 in Whiteash). Whiteash has the higher median home value ($270,000 vs $97,900 in Crab Orchard).

Population, income & housing

	Crab Orchard	Whiteash
Population	359	320
Median age	41.2 yrs	39.1 yrs
Median household income	$110,125	$109,149
Median home value	$97,900	$270,000
Median gross rent	$1,400	—
Housing units	153	127
Homeownership rate	83.9%	85.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.3%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Crab Orchard	Whiteash
Population	155 → 359 (+131.6%)	148 → 320 (+116.2%)
Median household income	$100,625 → $110,125 (+9.4%)	$47,917 → $109,149 (+127.8%)
Median home value	$109,200 → $97,900 (-10.3%)	$130,400 → $270,000 (+107.1%)
Median gross rent	$671 → $1,400 (+108.6%)	—

Crab Orchard

Population

155359

Median household income

$100,625$110,125

Median home value

$109,200$97,900

Median gross rent

$671$1,400

Whiteash

Population

148320

Median household income

$47,917$109,149

Median home value

$130,400$270,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Crab Orchard	Whiteash
Under 5	7.5%	0.0%
5 to 17	22.3%	20.9%
18 to 24	7.5%	5.9%
25 to 34	5.0%	0.0%
35 to 44	17.0%	28.7%
45 to 54	18.1%	21.6%
55 to 64	9.5%	0.0%
65 to 74	6.7%	10.6%
75 and over	6.4%	12.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Crab Orchard	Whiteash
White (non-Hispanic)	97.5%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.1%	0.0%
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%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Crab Orchard	Whiteash
No high school diploma	0.0%	0.0%
High school graduate	35.1%	37.6%
Some college or associate's	47.6%	62.4%
Bachelor's degree	17.3%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Crab Orchard	Whiteash
Drove alone	78.9%	100.0%
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%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Crab Orchard	Whiteash
1-unit, detached	70.6%	100.0%
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%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Crab Orchard	Whiteash
Poverty rate	12.3%	0.0%
Average household size	2.62	2.52
Mean commute (minutes)	33	—
Median year structure built	1972	2001