Crainville vs Marion

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

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

Marion has the higher population (16,796 vs 1,614 in Crainville). Crainville has the higher median household income ($64,559 vs $57,281 in Marion). Crainville has the higher median home value ($181,700 vs $145,300 in Marion).

Population, income & housing

	Crainville	Marion
Population	1,614	16,796
Median age	38.4 yrs	40.4 yrs
Median household income	$64,559	$57,281
Median home value	$181,700	$145,300
Median gross rent	$625	$878
Housing units	752	8,804
Homeownership rate	73.0%	62.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.0%	27.4%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Crainville	Marion
Population	1,457 → 1,614 (+10.8%)	17,595 → 16,796 (-4.5%)
Median household income	$62,944 → $64,559 (+2.6%)	$43,502 → $57,281 (+31.7%)
Median home value	$149,400 → $181,700 (+21.6%)	$115,500 → $145,300 (+25.8%)
Median gross rent	$980 → $625 (-36.2%)	$740 → $878 (+18.6%)

Crainville

Population

1,4571,614

Median household income

$62,944$64,559

Median home value

$149,400$181,700

Median gross rent

$980$625

Marion

Population

17,59516,796

Median household income

$43,502$57,281

Median home value

$115,500$145,300

Median gross rent

$740$878

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Crainville	Marion
Under 5	4.2%	5.6%
5 to 17	20.1%	16.5%
18 to 24	3.9%	6.2%
25 to 34	14.7%	12.4%
35 to 44	14.0%	16.1%
45 to 54	12.4%	10.3%
55 to 64	14.4%	9.8%
65 to 74	9.3%	13.5%
75 and over	6.9%	9.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Crainville	Marion
White (non-Hispanic)	85.0%	85.1%
Black or African American	6.1%	5.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	1.6%	2.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	1.4%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	5.9%	3.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Crainville	Marion
No high school diploma	4.8%	6.2%
High school graduate	16.8%	29.9%
Some college or associate's	41.4%	36.5%
Bachelor's degree	23.4%	16.2%
Graduate or professional degree	13.6%	11.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Crainville	Marion
Drove alone	88.0%	77.2%
Carpooled	3.2%	7.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	1.3%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.9%	13.9%
Other means	0.6%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Crainville	Marion
1-unit, detached	78.3%	64.5%
1-unit, attached	2.8%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	8.9%	18.0%
5 to 19 units	8.8%	7.4%
20 or more units	1.2%	5.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	4.3%

Poverty & households

	Crainville	Marion
Poverty rate	9.8%	16.0%
Average household size	2.26	2.05
Mean commute (minutes)	25	22
Median year structure built	1988	1979