Crete is a somewhat small village located in the state of Illinois. With a population of 8,316 people and six associated neighborhoods, Crete is the 251st largest community in Illinois.Crete is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Crete is a village of professionals, service providers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Crete who work in healthcare (14.91%), office and administrative support (10.46%), and management occupations (10.04%). Also of interest is that Crete has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 10.37% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. In Crete, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 35.12 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average. The education level of Crete citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 33.73% of adults in Crete have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Crete in 2022 was $56,908, which is wealthy relative to Illinois and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $227,632 for a family of four. However, Crete contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Crete is an extremely ethnically-diverse village. The people who call Crete home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Crete residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Crete also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 10.40% of the village’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Crete include German, African, Irish, Italian, and Polish. The most common language spoken in Crete is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Other Asian languages.
