With 394 people, Crab Orchard is a city in Illinois. That is roughly 79% ahead of the Illinois median. Owners hold 86% of the housing stock. Households take in $148,906 a year at the median, 81% more than the country as a whole. That puts it in the top 2% of US cities for household income. At a median age of 45.2, this is an older place than the country as a whole.
At a glance
Wealthier
median household income $148,906, above the US median
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)0%(0)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)0%(0)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era100%(6)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War0%(0)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II0%(0)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 6 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
Crab Orchard, decade by decade
Crab Orchard population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
2010
333
$52,406
$149,036
6.5%
9.5
2020
356
–
$131,870
13.5%
13.6
2024
394
$148,906
–
28.5%
1.3
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
