Crainville vs Herrin

A side-by-side comparison of Crainville and Herrin: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Herrin has the higher population (12,271 vs 1,614 in Crainville). Crainville has the higher median household income ($64,559 vs $58,501 in Herrin). Crainville has the higher median home value ($181,700 vs $109,100 in Herrin).

Population, income & housing

	Crainville	Herrin
Population	1,614	12,271
Median age	38.4 yrs	40.1 yrs
Median household income	$64,559	$58,501
Median home value	$181,700	$109,100
Median gross rent	$625	$1,016
Housing units	752	6,012
Homeownership rate	73.0%	63.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.0%	23.8%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Crainville	Herrin
Population	1,457 → 1,614 (+10.8%)	12,827 → 12,271 (-4.3%)
Median household income	$62,944 → $64,559 (+2.6%)	$44,989 → $58,501 (+30.0%)
Median home value	$149,400 → $181,700 (+21.6%)	$87,700 → $109,100 (+24.4%)
Median gross rent	$980 → $625 (-36.2%)	$640 → $1,016 (+58.8%)

Crainville

Population

1,4571,614

Median household income

$62,944$64,559

Median home value

$149,400$181,700

Median gross rent

$980$625

Herrin

Population

12,82712,271

Median household income

$44,989$58,501

Median home value

$87,700$109,100

Median gross rent

$640$1,016

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Crainville	Herrin
Under 5	4.2%	6.5%
5 to 17	20.1%	14.2%
18 to 24	3.9%	7.5%
25 to 34	14.7%	16.3%
35 to 44	14.0%	10.9%
45 to 54	12.4%	13.9%
55 to 64	14.4%	12.9%
65 to 74	9.3%	11.1%
75 and over	6.9%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Crainville	Herrin
White (non-Hispanic)	85.0%	85.0%
Black or African American	6.1%	4.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	1.6%	0.1%
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	5.9%	3.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Crainville	Herrin
No high school diploma	4.8%	8.4%
High school graduate	16.8%	27.7%
Some college or associate's	41.4%	40.2%
Bachelor's degree	23.4%	14.6%
Graduate or professional degree	13.6%	9.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Crainville	Herrin
Drove alone	88.0%	79.1%
Carpooled	3.2%	8.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.4%
Walked	1.3%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.8%
Worked from home	6.9%	8.2%
Other means	0.6%	3.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Crainville	Herrin
1-unit, detached	78.3%	73.7%
1-unit, attached	2.8%	2.7%
2 to 4 units	8.9%	16.0%
5 to 19 units	8.8%	1.7%
20 or more units	1.2%	2.1%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	3.7%

Poverty & households

	Crainville	Herrin
Poverty rate	9.8%	17.4%
Average household size	2.26	2.21
Mean commute (minutes)	25	22
Median year structure built	1988	1972