Creal Springs vs Hurst

A side-by-side comparison of Creal Springs and Hurst: population, income, housing, and more.

Creal Springs 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 354 in Creal Springs). Creal Springs has the higher median household income ($43,333 vs $34,113 in Hurst). Hurst has the higher median home value ($73,000 vs $57,600 in Creal Springs).

Population, income & housing

	Creal Springs	Hurst
Population	354	685
Median age	34.7 yrs	54.8 yrs
Median household income	$43,333	$34,113
Median home value	$57,600	$73,000
Median gross rent	$625	$376
Housing units	230	393
Homeownership rate	72.2%	52.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.8%	9.6%
Unemployment rate	11.0%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Creal Springs	Hurst
Population	506 → 354 (-30.0%)	744 → 685 (-7.9%)
Median household income	$45,625 → $43,333 (-5.0%)	$38,438 → $34,113 (-11.3%)
Median home value	$52,600 → $57,600 (+9.5%)	$57,300 → $73,000 (+27.4%)
Median gross rent	$519 → $625 (+20.4%)	$327 → $376 (+15.0%)

Creal Springs

Population

506354

Median household income

$45,625$43,333

Median home value

$52,600$57,600

Median gross rent

$519$625

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)

	Creal Springs	Hurst
Under 5	7.3%	2.3%
5 to 17	21.5%	17.8%
18 to 24	4.8%	5.0%
25 to 34	18.1%	8.9%
35 to 44	11.6%	12.3%
45 to 54	7.3%	3.9%
55 to 64	13.3%	14.0%
65 to 74	8.5%	20.0%
75 and over	7.6%	15.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Creal Springs	Hurst
White (non-Hispanic)	83.6%	86.4%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	3.1%	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	5.9%	8.5%
Hispanic or Latino	7.1%	2.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Creal Springs	Hurst
No high school diploma	16.6%	16.0%
High school graduate	31.9%	35.9%
Some college or associate's	38.7%	38.6%
Bachelor's degree	6.8%	7.4%
Graduate or professional degree	6.0%	2.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Creal Springs	Hurst
Drove alone	86.7%	75.9%
Carpooled	0.0%	7.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.8%
Walked	0.0%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.3%	14.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Creal Springs	Hurst
1-unit, detached	77.4%	66.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	4.8%	23.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	17.8%	8.7%

Poverty & households

	Creal Springs	Hurst
Poverty rate	21.8%	24.4%
Average household size	2.24	1.97
Mean commute (minutes)	31	24
Median year structure built	1960	1968