† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
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D+60R+60
20042024
Boundary by 2024 margin · Precinct returns · VEST · MIT Election Lab
People and households
Who lives here
Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.
Race · ethnicity · ancestry
Communities and origins
GroupCrest HillIllinoisUnited States
German16.0%16.1%12.5%
Irish12.5%10.6%9.4%
Polish10.1%6.0%2.2%
Italian8.3%5.4%4.8%
English5.2%6.9%9.5%
American2.4%3.3%5.3%
Swedish1.5%1.5%—
Dutch1.3%——
Mexican22.4%14.4%11.3%
Puerto Rican1.8%1.7%1.8%
Spaniard0.4%——
Cuban0.3%0.2%0.7%
Guatemalan0.3%0.3%0.5%
Colombian0.3%0.3%0.4%
Spanish0.3%——
African American†11.4%12.1%9.9%
African2.8%0.5%0.5%
Nigerian0.5%0.3%0.2%
Ghanaian0.3%——
Asian Indian1.4%2.1%1.4%
Filipino0.6%1.0%0.9%
Chinese0.3%1.0%1.3%
Pakistani0.2%0.3%—
Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.
Age and life stage
Measure
Crest Hill
Illinois
United States
Median age
39.1
39.1
39.1
Age 18–24
9.6%
9.1%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
18.5%
16.9%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Crest Hill
Illinois
United States
Median household income
$73,033
$83,390
$84,427
Poverty rate
12.0%
11.8%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
23.9%
37.9%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Crest Hill
Illinois
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
26.4%
24.1%
22.3%
Spanish
17.1%
14.0%
13.6%
Russian, Polish, or other Slavic
4.5%
2.5%
0.7%
Tagalog (incl. Filipino)
1.3%
0.7%
0.6%
Other languages
1.2%
0.6%
0.8%
Religious landscape
Measure
Crest Hill
Illinois
United States
Catholic
—
24.2%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
—
11.7%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
—
49.2%
51.5%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations.
Crest Hill, Illinois
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
+3.9%
2008
+22.2%
2012
+13.0%
2016
+12.0%
2020
+14.3%
2024
+8.2%
DemocraticRepublican
6 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). Swing · margin change from the prior cycle. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year. Third-party votes in 2012 are allocated from certified county totals by this place's share of each county's two-party vote — that cycle's precinct source records two-party splits. † 2004 sub-county results are estimated: the source's block-level detail for this cycle was unreliable — either county/municipality-level consolidated reporting (COVID-era) or a precinct-to-block allocation that misplaced votes — so the figures are allocated from the constituent county totals in proportion to the place and scaled to certified totals.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
D
53.2%Harris4,136
45.0%Trump3,500
1.9%
D+8.2
R+6.1
D+9.6
7,781
D
56.3%Biden4,797
42.0%Trump3,581
1.7%
D+14.3
D+2.3
D+9.8
8,521
D
53.1%Clinton4,174
41.1%Trump3,234
5.8%
D+12.0
R+1.1
D+9.9
7,864
D
55.6%Obama3,789
42.6%Romney2,901
1.8%
D+13.0
R+9.2
D+9.2
6,812
D
60.3%Obama4,773
38.1%McCain3,016
1.5%
D+22.2
D+18.3
D+14.9
7,911
D
51.3%Kerry3,483
47.5%Bush3,220
1.2%
D+3.9
—
D+6.3
6,786
Crest Hill sits along the Des Plaines River corridor southwest of Chicago, drawing working-class and middle-income households whose voting patterns have shifted with broader Will County trends toward competitive margins in recent cycles.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 22.2 points in 2008. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 6.1 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 8.2 points.
A population of 20,628, a 48% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $73,033 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Midlothian and Alsip.
Akashic
Political twins — cities
The cities whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.
Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.
In 2024, Crest Hill, Illinois voted Democratic by 8.2 points (D+8.2), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 7,781 votes cast, 4,136 went Democratic and 3,500 went Republican.
How many people live in Crest Hill, Illinois?
Crest Hill, Illinois has a population of 20,628 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Crest Hill, Illinois?
Median household income in Crest Hill, Illinois is $73,033 — below the national median of $80,734. The Illinois state median is $83,390.
What is the political history of Crest Hill, Illinois?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Crest Hill, Illinois from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 0 went Republican.
