Crawford County vs Piatt County

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

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

Crawford County has the higher population (18,588 vs 16,702 in Piatt County). Piatt County has the higher median household income ($87,516 vs $67,614 in Crawford County). Piatt County has the higher median home value ($173,200 vs $113,700 in Crawford County).

Population, income & housing

	Crawford County	Piatt County
Population	18,588	16,702
Median age	42.4 yrs	42.5 yrs
Median household income	$67,614	$87,516
Median home value	$113,700	$173,200
Median gross rent	$761	$950
Housing units	8,461	7,380
Homeownership rate	80.4%	85.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.6%	31.9%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Crawford County	Piatt County
Population	18,972 → 18,588 (-2.0%)	16,401 → 16,702 (+1.8%)
Median household income	$49,779 → $67,614 (+35.8%)	$70,849 → $87,516 (+23.5%)
Median home value	$87,800 → $113,700 (+29.5%)	$138,600 → $173,200 (+25.0%)
Median gross rent	$638 → $761 (+19.3%)	$851 → $950 (+11.6%)

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

Piatt County

Population

16,40116,702

Median household income

$70,849$87,516

Median home value

$138,600$173,200

Median gross rent

$851$950

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Crawford County	Piatt County
Under 5	5.4%	5.2%
5 to 17	14.8%	16.7%
18 to 24	6.9%	6.8%
25 to 34	12.5%	11.0%
35 to 44	14.1%	12.8%
45 to 54	12.7%	12.3%
55 to 64	14.2%	14.7%
65 to 74	11.5%	11.9%
75 and over	8.0%	8.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Crawford County	Piatt County
White (non-Hispanic)	90.5%	95.1%
Black or African American	3.5%	1.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.2%
Two or more races	2.7%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	2.5%	1.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Crawford County	Piatt County
No high school diploma	11.8%	4.0%
High school graduate	29.4%	33.2%
Some college or associate's	38.1%	31.0%
Bachelor's degree	14.3%	20.6%
Graduate or professional degree	6.3%	11.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Crawford County	Piatt County
Drove alone	86.4%	85.1%
Carpooled	5.5%	5.8%
Public transit	0.3%	0.3%
Walked	2.7%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.5%	6.9%
Other means	0.2%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Crawford County	Piatt County
1-unit, detached	83.1%	85.8%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	5.0%
2 to 4 units	4.1%	3.3%
5 to 19 units	1.8%	2.0%
20 or more units	1.5%	1.7%
Mobile home & other	9.2%	2.2%

Poverty & households

	Crawford County	Piatt County
Poverty rate	11.6%	5.9%
Average household size	2.31	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	16	24
Median year structure built	1965	1972