Crab Orchard is waiting for its first neighbor
Every town starts quiet. Join Crab Orchard, say hello, and every post, reply and fact you add earns karma and warms the town up.
Every post, reply and helpful vote fills the heart. It always reflects the last 30 days.
What kind of neighbors does Crab Orchard have?
Read from the town’s members and the Census. The page puts what stands out first.
If Crab Orchard were 100 households, 86 would own their home
Crab Orchard has about 394 residents (census survey, 2020–24). Across IL, 38 in 100 adults have a bachelor’s degree or more; here, 29. For every 100 workers, 0 work from home, beside 16 across IL.
Median age 45.2 (IL 39).
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±8.4 points.
Counted by household.
Adults 25 and older. 3.8% of all residents are in college now.
The commute averages 42 minutes each way.
Ways to pitch in
Karma is how Crab Orchard says thanks. The ladder’s higher rungs unlock editing the handbook.
Start the first group in Crab Orchard
A group gives neighbors a reason to come back. It takes 30 seconds.
What Crab Orchard’s neighbors have built
Nothing yet. Every post, reply and fact adds a patch to the quilt.
Neighbors are members whose home town is Crab Orchard or who have posted here. Karma counts contributions across TownRatings: a post +5, a reply +2, a confirmed guide fact +10, an old photo +10, a confirmed place +10. “This month” counts only what was added in Crab Orchard in the last 30 days. Town Love is a rolling 30-day score of posts, replies and helpful votes, weighted toward many voices. Who lives here: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020-2024; rounded to 100 people.