Crete, Illinois

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1880= 539
|1890= 642
|1900= 700
|1910= 840
|1920= 945
|1930= 1429
|1940= 1772
|1950= 2298
|1960= 3463
|1970= 4656
|1980= 5417
|1990= 6773
|2000= 7346
|2010= 8259
|2020=8465
|estref=
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|access-date=June 4, 2015}}</ref> 2020 U.S. Census <ref>[https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/cretevillageillinois/PST045219 ]{{dead link|date=May 2022}}</ref>}}

As of the July of 2021 U.S. census,<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=July 2021 |title=QuickFacts - Crete village, Illinois |publisher=United States Census Bureau |url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/cretevillageillinois/PST040221 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230507190618/https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/cretevillageillinois/PST040221 |archive-date=2023-05-07 |access-date=2023-03-26 |url-status=live}}</ref> there were 8,407 people, 3,300 households and 2,52 people per household. The median household income was $80,718 2021 dollars, and 5.3% of people were below the poverty line. In 2020, the [[population density]] was of 899.7 per square mile.<ref name="census-g0012">{{cite web |title=G001 - Geographic Identifiers - 2010 Census Summary File 1 |url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US1717523 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200213064915/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US1717523 |archive-date=2020-02-13 |access-date=2015-08-02 |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref>

The median value of owner-occupied housing units from 2017 to 2021 was of $172,700 2021 dollars, and the median gross rent was $1,111. 94.6% of households had a computer.<ref name=":0" />

In 2021, the racial makeup of the village was 57.8% [[White (US Census)|White Alone]], 31.8% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.3% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]] and [[Alaska Natives|Alaska Native]], 0.5% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], and 0.3% [[Multiracial Americans|Multiracial]]. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] people of any race were 8.7% of the population. 3.6% of people living in Crete were born outside of the U.S.<ref name=":0" />

There were 18.5% people under the age of 18, 3.3% under 5 years old, and 26.6% 65 years of age or older. 53.3% of people were female, and from 2017 to 2021 there were 486 veterans and 154 employer firms.