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SheetIL-CRESTWOOD-IL · Crestwood, IL 10,622 pop · income 48th pct
Instrument codes from this place’s ACS population and household income, BEA state COL, FBI safety, national income percentile, photo-finish peer city, home-value band, and matched Census-tract book - not a moving recommendation.
Income neighbourhood around Crestwood
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Crestwood on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Riverdale · lowest
45,709
Riverdale · lowest
45,709 median HH income
23.7% of the leader · rank #1
Landover · near
68,679
Landover · near
68,679 median HH income
35.6% of the leader · rank #2
Rockport · near
68,681
Rockport · near
68,681 median HH income
35.6% of the leader · rank #3
Crestwood · this city
68,686
Crestwood · this city
68,686 median HH income
35.6% of the leader · rank #4
Galeville · near
68,686
Galeville · near
68,686 median HH income
35.6% of the leader · rank #5
Hubbard · near
68,690
Hubbard · near
68,690 median HH income
35.6% of the leader · rank #6
Campton Hills · highest
192,727
Campton Hills · highest
192,727 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #7
What this shows Neighbourhood peers only - not a full nationwide city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the spread is wide.
Compare beyond this state
Nationwide peers by population, income, and FBI crime rate
Out-of-state nearest neighbors for Crestwood on ACS population and median household income
, plus FBI UCR reporting rate when the extract covers this place. Link sets are deduped so each column is a distinct comparison path, not a forecast that peers share a labor market or climate.
Similar population
Nearest out-of-state cities by ACS population. This city: 10,622.
Agency-reported UCR totals per 100,000 population, not a neighborhood safety grade or a prediction of personal risk.
Crestwood - the verdict
Out of every US city with 1,000+ residents, Crestwood places in the 48th percentile for household income and the 26th percentile for safety. Source: Census ACS + FBI UCR.
48th
percentile, household income
39th
percentile, home value
18th
percentile, median rent
26th
percentile, safety
📝 How we sourced this
Population, income, and housing-cost figures come from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates (B-series tables). Crime data uses FBI UCR; climate uses NOAA Climate Normals; school counts come from NCES Common Core of Data; permits use the Census Building Permits Survey (BPS). See our methodology page for the full ETL pipeline and OMB / FIPS join keys.
Data Snapshot: Crestwood, IL
Census ACS 2023 estimates count 10,622 residents in Crestwood, a small town within Illinois. Households in Crestwood report a median income of $68,686 per year, below the median for U.S. cities on this measure, with a poverty rate of 4.9%. Crestwood's housing stock carries a median value of $187,700, and the median resident age is 50.7 years. About 23.1% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, while 52.5% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
Housing supply pressure shows in Census Building Permit Survey data: 3 residential units were authorized in 2024 (Construction Slowdown), down 57% from five years earlier. Crime here tracks close to the national norm: FBI UCR figures show 2290.9 crimes per 100,000 residents, near the national average (reporting is voluntary across agencies, so treat this as reporting activity rather than a definitive danger score).
Illinois tracks close to the national cost-of-living baseline: BEA Regional Price Parities 2024 puts Illinois at 100.0 on a 100-equals-national-average scale (Near Average). A typical two-bedroom carries a HUD Fair Market Rent of $1,063 per month statewide. EIA 2023 residential energy data puts Illinois's average monthly utility costs around $240 (state average). On FEMA's National Risk Index, this area rates 54.5 out of 100 for natural-hazard exposure (Low).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Crestwood's data
How this reading path is ordered
This is not a composite city score. It is a city-specific route through the available public records, ordered for this profile so the page starts with questions the joined data can actually answer. The route here runs from population change to comparison shortlist to housing and income to schools and households to reported crime to work and mobility; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Crestwood, city-specific coverage includes FBI reported-crime rates, annual population history, commute-mode shares, local building permits, matched public-school count.
No matched row is reported here for within-city Census tract profiles; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
1. Population change
Is Crestwood growing, shrinking, or holding steady?
Recent estimates point downward. A falling count can reflect migration, household size, annexation boundaries, or estimation noise, so it is a prompt to inspect the full series rather than a claim about local economic health.
Census PEP estimates show the population declined by -252 residents from 2020 to 2025, a -2.3% change. Separately, Census BPS recorded 3 housing units authorized in 2024. PEP and ACS are different Census series, so the trend is kept separate from the headline ACS population.
Which cities make useful reference points for Crestwood?
Within Illinois, the closest population matches are Pingree Grove (10,576 residents, $119,880 income); Gages Lake (10,706 residents, $105,114 income); Campton Hills (10,724 residents, $192,727 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Santa Clara, OR (10,623 residents); Pella, IA (10,624 residents); Winterville, NC (10,624 residents). A third, income-matched reference set of 6 out-of-state cities sits in the income neighbourhood chart near the Place Dossier plate. These are mechanical peer sets, not claims that the places share a labor market, climate, culture, or metro context.
Use the in-state set to hold state policy and broad price conditions more nearly constant. Use the nationwide size set to ask whether cities with a similar resident count produce different housing, income, or commute outcomes. The income set is a third lens, deliberately separate from population matching. The nationwide peer panel below adds a fourth FBI UCR reporting-rate lens, not personal risk.
How far does income reach against housing in Crestwood?
The home-value-to-income reference sits in a middle range: the ACS median home value is 2.7 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 4.9%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
This is a citywide price-to-income reference, not a mortgage-affordability test; it does not include interest rates, taxes, insurance, household size, or an individual buyer's down payment. Income and home value move within the same broad scale here. The useful next check is not a generic affordability label, but whether similar-size cities offer a materially different income, housing, or commute trade-off.
What does the education layer cover for Crestwood?
The NCES join finds 4 public schools within the city match. 23.1% of adults age 25+ hold a bachelor's degree or higher in the ACS estimate. These measures answer different questions: the school count describes local institutions, while adult attainment describes residents and cannot be used as a school-quality rating.
The city has a broader matched school footprint, but count alone does not describe performance, capacity, program availability, or attendance boundaries. This profile deliberately avoids converting it into an unsupported family-friendliness score.
These joined records add useful context, but they do not need another full-size panel. Each remains a separate measure with its own geography and source boundary.
Reported crime
What can the FBI record say about safety in Crestwood?
Treat this as a reporting-rate comparison, not a prediction of personal risk or a neighborhood-level safety grade. Tourism, daytime population, reporting practices, and variation inside the city are not adjusted away. The state rank and same-state peer table are the narrower comparisons available on this page.
The joined FBI UCR record reports 2290.9 violent and property crimes per 100,000 residents, near the 2280.5 national reference used here. The difference is 0% higher in arithmetic terms, but agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies.
Property rate
2154.4
Violent rate
136.5
Total reported rate
2290.9
FBI Uniform Crime Reporting, incidents per 100,000. Voluntary agency reporting; not a danger score.
What does the journey to work look like in Crestwood?
Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. No single mode completely explains the work trip here. The mix is more useful than a one-number commute grade, especially when comparing places where transit, walking, and remote work divide the non-driving share differently.
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 81.4%. A reliable mean commute time is not available for this row, so the mode shares carry the comparison.
Public transit
5.0%
Work from home
11.4%
Drive alone
81.4%
City-level Census ACS commuting estimates covering 4,779 workers age 16+.
Below median income · poverty 4.9% (Below-median poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
100.0 (US=100)
Above-average cost · BEA RPP 2024, Illinois average
C-
City profile score · Crestwood, IL
52/100
5 published dimensions · ACS/FBI 2023
Comparative score against U.S. cities with population of 1,000 or more on Census ACS medians
(income, poverty, bachelor's share, cost of living) and FBI UCR violent-crime rates when
published. Higher means a stronger standing on those published figures, not a livability
rating, not a recommendation to move, buy, or pick a "best" city. Missing inputs drop out
and redistribute weight.
How it is calculated.
Poverty rate B-
4.9%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Violent crime C+
137 /100k
FBI UCR violent offenses per 100,000 residents; lower is stronger on this axis.
Household income D
$68,686
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Bachelor's+ share D
23.1%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Cost of living D
100.0 index
BEA state Regional Price Parities index (100 ≈ national average); lower is stronger on this axis. Same value for every city in the state.
Crestwood profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Poverty rate: 66/100 (B-) · 4.9%
Violent crime: 62/100 (C+) · 137 /100k
Household income: 47/100 (D) · $68,686
Bachelor's+ share: 43/100 (D) · 23.1%
Cost of living: 40/100 (D) · 100.0 index
Where Crestwood sits on home value vs crime among peer cities
Crestwood's median home value and FBI crime rate plotted with similar-size and
same-state peers (padded with large cities when the peer set is thin). The second
read: pricey does not always mean safer, check which quadrant this city lands in.
Census ACS median home value vs FBI UCR crime rate - Crestwood highlighted among 9 peers.Read the chart values
Crestwood, IL (this city): home $187,700, crime 2,291/100k
Pella, IA : home $259,600, crime 1,060/100k
Winterville, NC : home $226,600, crime 805/100k
Shelton, WA : home $296,100, crime 2,872/100k
Pingree Grove, IL : home $298,300, crime 167/100k
Campton Hills, IL : home $510,100, crime 56/100k
Riverdale, IL : home $104,800, crime 3,567/100k
Worth, IL : home $220,200, crime 1,314/100k
River Grove, IL : home $244,700, crime 1,532/100k
How does Crestwood compare to other US cities?
Where Crestwood sits among all US cities (population 1,000+) on each measure, computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income48% higher than other cities
Home value39% pricier than other cities
Median rent18% pricier than other cities
Safety26% safer than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
Zoom in to just Illinois and the picture shifts: Crestwood ranks #385 of 455 Illinois cities by lowest crime rate, a different read than the national percentile above.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares Crestwood against every qualifying US city; each in-state rank narrows that to Illinois only. Full formula and direction notes: methodology.
Illinois-relative analysis
Median Gross Rent places Crestwood near the bottom of Illinois's cities
Among the 1,336 Illinois cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Crestwood ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Crestwood only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#628 of 1,311
52nd percentile in Illinois
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 1,336
0th percentile in Illinois
Median Home Value
#379 of 1,315
71st percentile in Illinois
Poverty Rate
#850 of 1,335
36th percentile in Illinois
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#466 of 1,336
65th percentile in Illinois
How in-state ranks are ordered
Ranked by raw value (highest first); a higher rank is not automatically "better" for every measure, see each metric's own context above. This is a comparison within Illinois only, not a livability score. See the methodology for the source and calculation.
Gauge source note
48th percentile nationally for median household income · 26th percentile for safety (lower crime rate). Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
Crestwood's profile vs. every US city
Income, affordability, and safety percentile
Crestwood's percentile rank on 3 favorable-direction measures (income, affordability, safety) vs. every tracked US city -- higher on every axis is more favorable. Not a composite quality score, just the arithmetic mean of the axes shown.
How Crestwood's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$187,700Among the most affordablemore affordable than 61% of 15,600 US cities
Show national distribution
Each bar is a $25K-wide band; taller bars hold more US cities. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2023
Crestwood's home-value-to-income ratio: 2.7×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
affordable
< 3.0×
National rank
#5,213 of 15,516
More affordable than 66% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#586 of 3,317
Small cities (10,000–49,999)
At 2.7×, Crestwood sits in the affordable band:
national rank #5,213 of 15,516 and #586 of 3,317small cities (10,000–49,999).
The multiple is comparatively compact among tracked cities, but a low ratio can still coexist with slow demand or household-level hardship.
How this ratio is calculated
Ratio = Census ACS 2023 median home value ÷ median household income for cities with both fields and population ≥ 1,000.
Rank 1 = lowest ratio (most compact). Bands match the fleet affordability thresholds used on guides (<3.0 / 3.0–5.0 / >5.0).
This is not a mortgage payment estimate and does not include rates, taxes, insurance, or down payment.
Income distribution context
$68,686Crestwood, IL median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Crestwood, IL median household income (Census ACS 5-year) with U.S. national quintile shares for context. Diagonal = equality; the curve is national, not computed for Crestwood, IL.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)23.1%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)4.9%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)52.5%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
10,622
Median Income
$68,686
Median Home Value
$187,700
Median Age
50.7
Poverty Rate
4.9%
Labor force participation
52.5%
Bachelor's Degree+
23.1%
Safety & Crime
Total Crime Rate
2290.9
per 100,000 residents
Violent Crime
136.5
per 100,000 residents
Property Crime
2154.4
per 100,000 residents
Crime reporting caveat
Reflects incidents reported to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting program — agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies by jurisdiction and year, so this reflects reporting activity, not a definitive danger score. Not adjusted for tourism, commuter, or daytime population.
Schools
Total Schools
4
Public schools in this city
Population Change
PEP vintage
Annual U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) estimates, 2020–2025
Crestwood's Census PEP population estimates, 2020–2025.Read the chart as text
Period
Population
2020
10,781 residents
2021
10,613 residents
2022
10,487 residents
2023
10,473 residents
2024
10,541 residents
2025
10,529 residents
Housing Supply
BPS source
Census Bureau Building Permits Survey (BPS) - annual residential permits authorized
📉 Construction Slowdown
Total Permits (2024)
3
housing units authorized
Single-Family
3
detached homes
Multifamily
0
apartments & condos
Supply Intensity
0.3
permits per 1,000 residents
5-Year Permit Trend (2019–2024)
Year
Total
Single-Family
Multifamily
Est. Value
2019
7
3
4
$1.1M
2020
8
2
6
$1.2M
2021
11
5
6
$1.7M
2022
4
4
0
$0.6M
2023
2
2
0
$0.3M
2024
3
3
0
$0.5M
Permit volume decreased 57% from 2019 to 2024.
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
81.4%
Carpool
1.2%
Public Transit
5.0%
Walk
0.8%
Work from Home
11.4%
Based on 4,779 workers 16 and over.
Monthly Utility Costs
Illinois statewide monthly utility average (EIA 2023): $240
EIA 2023 residential energy data puts average monthly utilities across Illinois at $240 (electricity about $100 , water and sewer about $50 ).
These are Illinois statewide averages, not a meter reading for Crestwood. Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.
Living Costs & Risk
Illinois's BEA cost-of-living index is 100.0 (Near Average; US average = 100, RPP 2024). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in the county around Crestwood is $1,063/mo. FEMA's National Risk Index, averaged to Illinois statewide on PlainCities, rates natural-hazard exposure at 54.5 / 100 (Low).
Cost/risk geography note
Cost of living is a Illinois statewide BEA average; rent is a county-level HUD Fair Market Rent for the county Crestwood sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Crestwood compares to similar-size Illinois cities
Same-state peer method
Closest same-state population matches, not geographic neighbors. Population + median household income come from Census Bureau ACS 5-year B01001 and B19013.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year 2023, FBI UCR, NCES CCD, Census BPS 2024, Census ACS B08301/B08136, U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023, BEA Regional Price Parities 2024, HUD Fair Market Rents 2026, FEMA National Risk Index.