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A town of 1,507, settled in 1881.
The best of Crainville’s subject grades is an A− for schools; the weakest is a C− for hazard risk. Crainville’s median rent is $690 a month, against $1,129 a month in Illinois’ towns and $1,185 a month across U.S. towns. Only 8 of the 769 Illinois towns we compare have a higher January low than Crainville. Only 110 of Illinois’ 1,285 towns score lower on the outdoors. Crainville has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
1,254 counted in 2010 and 1,443 in 2020; an estimated 1,507 in 2025.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts · Census Bureau estimate, July 1, 2025
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Illinois), ordered by how far Crainville is from typical.
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Census counts: 290 in 1900, a low of 290 in 1900, 1,443 in 2020. The archive holds 2 old photos and papers going back to 2021 and 3 maps from 1968 on.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Crainville, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Sep 12, 2025.
Ordered by what stands out in Crainville.
Most working residents leave Crainville for work: only 1% work in town. At 22 minutes, Crainville’s average trip to work is below both the Illinois town median (26 minutes) and the median of U.S. towns (25 minutes). Since 2013, Crainville has added 75 jobs, to 420 in 2023.
| Crainville | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 22 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 1% | 8.3% | 8% |
| Median household income | $65,000 | $83,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 10% | 8.4% | 9.6% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 77% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
The typical Crainville home is worth about $205,000, up 4.4% in a year, 31% below the Illinois typical home.
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Crainville beats the Illinois average on 6 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 2. 19% of adults binge drink in Crainville.
| Crainville | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 18% | 16% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 39% | 37% | 35% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 31% | 33% | 33% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 21% | 23% | 25% |
| What stands out | Crainville | IL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 5.8% | 9.9% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 10.8% | 15.9% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 9.4% | 7.6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Crainville has chilly winters and warm summers. Crainville’s July high is 88°F.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Adults 35 to 64 are 45% of residents (39% statewide); adults 18 to 34 are 17% of residents (23% statewide). 37% of Crainville adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more. Crainville has grown 4.7% since 2020, to 1,507 residents in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate.
| Crainville | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 37% | 29% | 29% |
| Aged 65 or older | 16% | 19% | 18% |
Somewhere between 31% and 60% women
The Census survey reached too few of Crainville’s residents to say more: its margin here is ±14.6 points. Across Illinois, 50.6% of residents are women.
| Crainville | IL | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 8.3% | 11.5% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 13.8% | 10.4% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 4.6% | 9.1% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 12.5% | 13.6% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 15.9% | 13.3% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 14.1% | 12.4% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 15.2% | 12.8% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 8.5% | 10% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 7% | 7% | 7% |
| No diploma | 4.7% | 9.5% | 10.4% |
| High school | 16.5% | 25.1% | 26% |
| Some college | 29.3% | 19.2% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 13.1% | 8.3% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 24.4% | 22.6% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 12.1% | 15.3% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 1,500, single groups can be off by several points
2 within 15 miles of the center of Crainville
About 9 of every 100 Crainville residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Illinois.
Where Crainville’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Village in Illinois, United States
Crainville is a village in Williamson County, Illinois, United States. As of the 2020 census, Crainville had a population of 1,443.
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2 towns share a border with Crainville.
| Town | IL rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crainville | — | — | B+ | — | A− | B+ |
| Carterville | #455 | B− | C+ | — | A− | B+ |
| Herrin | #646 | C− | B+ | C− | B+ | C |
Crainville has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Crainville and Carterville report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Crainville with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Not for the area. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B+.