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Crete village, Illinois: commercial real estate data.
Crete village is a Census village of 8,386 people across 9.45 square miles of land, in Will County. Median household income is $97,147, 90.0 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 5 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $3.4 m.
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Crete
What Crete is
- Census place typevillage
- Land area9.45 sq mi
- Water area0.02 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land888
- County holding the largest share of its areaWill County, 99.9 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Crete
How many people live in Crete
- Population8,386
- Median age48.9
- Population under 181,654
- Share under 1819.7 percent
- Population 65 and over2,060
- Share 65 and over24.6 percent
- Households3,323
- Family households2,236
- Share of households that are families67.3 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Crete
Income and work in Crete
- Median household income$97,147
- Per capita income$58,086 plus or minus $24,661
- Civilian labor force4,321
- Employed4,062
- Unemployed259 plus or minus 116
- Unemployment rate6.0 percent plus or minus 2.6
- Adults 25 and over6,118
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher95.1 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher32.3 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree15.3 percent plus or minus 3.8
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Crete
Housing in Crete
- Housing units3,481
- Occupied units3,323
- Vacant units158 plus or minus 97
- Vacancy rate4.5 percent plus or minus 2.8
- Owner occupied2,990
- Renter occupied333 plus or minus 124
- Ownership rate90.0 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$228,500
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,309 plus or minus $351
- Annual rent as a share of median income16.2 percent plus or minus 5.0
- Single family units2,987
- Share single family85.8 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more367 plus or minus 139
- Share in buildings of two or more10.5 percent plus or minus 4.0
- Mobile homes127 plus or minus 82
- Median year structure built1976
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Crete
How Crete gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute3,570
- Commuting under 15 minutes523 plus or minus 151
- Share commuting under 15 minutes14.6 percent plus or minus 4.0
- Commuting 30 minutes or more2,222
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more62.2 percent
- Drove alone78.1 percent
- Carpooled5.5 percent plus or minus 2.4
- Public transport1.5 percent plus or minus 0.9
- Walked1.5 percent plus or minus 1.8
- Worked from home10.7 percent plus or minus 3.1
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Crete
SBA loans in Crete (7(a))
- Approvals5
- Gross approval$3,432,000
- Average approval$686,400
- Median approval$150,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$2,749,000
- Largest approval$2,749,000
- Jobs supported24
- Jobs per approval4.8
- Loans with a final outcome1
- Paid in full0
- Charged off1
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more40.0 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders4
- Distinct industries by NAICS5
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 1 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a rate over that few outcomes would move several points on one loan.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Crete
SBA loans in Crete (504)
- Approvals12
- Gross approval$18,941,000
- Average approval$1,578,417
- Median approval$1,270,000
- Largest approval$4,999,000
- Jobs supported279
- Loans with a final outcome1
- Charged off0
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs3
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Crete
Flood risk in Crete
- Listed NFIP communities1
- Of those, participating1
- NFIP community number170700
- Currently effective map date02/15/19
This community carries no Community Rating System class, so no CRS premium discount applies to it.
FEMA, National Flood Insurance Program Community Status Book, Community Status Book, as retrieved.
Will County, not Crete
Will County context, not Crete figures
These are Will County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Crete measurements.
- Establishments in Will County17,085
- Employment at those establishments, Will County267,545
- Covered employment, Will County263,673
- Average annual pay, Will County$60,570
- Average weekly wage, Will County$1,165
- Housing units permitted, Will County2,002
- Of those, single family, Will County1,464
- County product, 2024, Will County$50,332,938,000
- County product change over the prior year, Will County3.9 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Will County$80,186
Every figure in this section is published for Will County as a whole and is not a measurement of Crete. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Crete questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Crete, Illinois?
8,386, in 3,323 households. Crete village covers 9.45 square miles of land, which is 888 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Crete in?
Will County, which holds 99.9 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Crete?
$97,147. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $228,500. Median gross rent is $1,309 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Crete businesses?
5 7(a) approvals totalling $3.4 m, across 4 lenders, median approval $150,000, plus 12 504 approvals worth $18.9 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Crete, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Crete borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Crete. only 1 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a percentage over that few outcomes would move several points on a single loan. The counts are shown instead.
Is Crete in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Crete appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as community 170700, with no Community Rating System class, so no CRS discount applies. Whether a specific parcel sits in a mapped special flood hazard area is an address level question the platform answers.
Are the county figures on this page Crete figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Will County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Crete.
Is zoning published for Crete?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.