Creal Springs vs Spillertown

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

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

Creal Springs has the higher population (354 vs 270 in Spillertown). Spillertown has the higher median household income ($78,125 vs $43,333 in Creal Springs). Spillertown has the higher median home value ($121,400 vs $57,600 in Creal Springs).

Population, income & housing

	Creal Springs	Spillertown
Population	354	270
Median age	34.7 yrs	36.9 yrs
Median household income	$43,333	$78,125
Median home value	$57,600	$121,400
Median gross rent	$625	—
Housing units	230	157
Homeownership rate	72.2%	88.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.8%	22.7%
Unemployment rate	11.0%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Creal Springs	Spillertown
Population	506 → 354 (-30.0%)	292 → 270 (-7.5%)
Median household income	$45,625 → $43,333 (-5.0%)	$48,333 → $78,125 (+61.6%)
Median home value	$52,600 → $57,600 (+9.5%)	$89,500 → $121,400 (+35.6%)
Median gross rent	$519 → $625 (+20.4%)	$913 → $1,083 (+18.6%)

Creal Springs

Population

506354

Median household income

$45,625$43,333

Median home value

$52,600$57,600

Median gross rent

$519$625

Spillertown

Population

292270

Median household income

$48,333$78,125

Median home value

$89,500$121,400

Median gross rent

$913$1,083

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Creal Springs	Spillertown
Under 5	7.3%	5.9%
5 to 17	21.5%	19.3%
18 to 24	4.8%	7.8%
25 to 34	18.1%	13.7%
35 to 44	11.6%	13.7%
45 to 54	7.3%	14.1%
55 to 64	13.3%	8.1%
65 to 74	8.5%	10.4%
75 and over	7.6%	7.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Creal Springs	Spillertown
White (non-Hispanic)	83.6%	84.8%
Black or African American	0.3%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	3.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	4.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.9%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	7.1%	8.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Creal Springs	Spillertown
No high school diploma	16.6%	6.1%
High school graduate	31.9%	22.1%
Some college or associate's	38.7%	49.2%
Bachelor's degree	6.8%	11.0%
Graduate or professional degree	6.0%	11.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Creal Springs	Spillertown
Drove alone	86.7%	64.1%
Carpooled	0.0%	6.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.7%
Worked from home	13.3%	26.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Creal Springs	Spillertown
1-unit, detached	77.4%	73.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.8%
2 to 4 units	4.8%	3.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	17.8%	18.5%

Poverty & households

	Creal Springs	Spillertown
Poverty rate	21.8%	2.6%
Average household size	2.24	2.16
Mean commute (minutes)	31	18
Median year structure built	1960	1998