Crawford County vs Douglas County

A side-by-side comparison of Crawford County and Douglas County: population, income, housing, and more.

Crawford County and Douglas County are counties in Illinois. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Douglas County has the higher population (19,686 vs 18,588 in Crawford County). Douglas County has the higher median household income ($74,186 vs $67,614 in Crawford County). Douglas County has the higher median home value ($142,600 vs $113,700 in Crawford County).

Population, income & housing

	Crawford County	Douglas County
Population	18,588	19,686
Median age	42.4 yrs	38.9 yrs
Median household income	$67,614	$74,186
Median home value	$113,700	$142,600
Median gross rent	$761	$818
Housing units	8,461	8,492
Homeownership rate	80.4%	79.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.6%	20.2%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Crawford County	Douglas County
Population	18,972 → 18,588 (-2.0%)	19,623 → 19,686 (+0.3%)
Median household income	$49,779 → $67,614 (+35.8%)	$56,714 → $74,186 (+30.8%)
Median home value	$87,800 → $113,700 (+29.5%)	$111,400 → $142,600 (+28.0%)
Median gross rent	$638 → $761 (+19.3%)	$724 → $818 (+13.0%)

Crawford County

Population

18,97218,588

Median household income

$49,779$67,614

Median home value

$87,800$113,700

Median gross rent

$638$761

Douglas County

Population

19,62319,686

Median household income

$56,714$74,186

Median home value

$111,400$142,600

Median gross rent

$724$818

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Crawford County	Douglas County
Under 5	5.4%	6.7%
5 to 17	14.8%	17.9%
18 to 24	6.9%	8.1%
25 to 34	12.5%	12.4%
35 to 44	14.1%	12.5%
45 to 54	12.7%	11.0%
55 to 64	14.2%	12.9%
65 to 74	11.5%	10.6%
75 and over	8.0%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Crawford County	Douglas County
White (non-Hispanic)	90.5%	87.9%
Black or African American	3.5%	1.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.1%
Asian	0.2%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.3%
Two or more races	2.7%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	2.5%	8.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Crawford County	Douglas County
No high school diploma	11.8%	13.9%
High school graduate	29.4%	33.0%
Some college or associate's	38.1%	32.9%
Bachelor's degree	14.3%	13.9%
Graduate or professional degree	6.3%	6.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Crawford County	Douglas County
Drove alone	86.4%	74.2%
Carpooled	5.5%	10.1%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	2.7%	4.2%
Bicycle	0.5%	4.4%
Worked from home	4.5%	4.7%
Other means	0.2%	2.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Crawford County	Douglas County
1-unit, detached	83.1%	86.0%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	2.4%
2 to 4 units	4.1%	3.3%
5 to 19 units	1.8%	2.6%
20 or more units	1.5%	1.8%
Mobile home & other	9.2%	4.0%

Poverty & households

	Crawford County	Douglas County
Poverty rate	11.6%	8.9%
Average household size	2.31	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	16	21
Median year structure built	1965	1968