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Creston, IL

550 Population
1.1 square miles 480 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

32.6 ±8 Median age
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Rochelle, IL Micro Area: 42.2 ±0.4
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Illinois: 39 ±0.1
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$55,427 ±$45,926 Per capita income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in the Rochelle, IL Micro Area: $40,038 ±$1,540
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Illinois: $46,406 ±$212
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$66,667 ±$7,189 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Rochelle, IL Micro Area: $82,132 ±$3,131
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Illinois: $83,390 ±$362
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

9.1% ±5.9% (50  ±35) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Rochelle, IL Micro Area: 8.4% † 4,258 (±1.5% / ±772)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Illinois: 11.8% 1,464,937 (±0.2% / ±18,161)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

29.8 minutes ±4.7 (7,540  ±2,951) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Rochelle, IL Micro Area: 26 567,540 (±1.3 / ±33,319)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Illinois: 27.8 143,793,920 (±0.1 / ±595,293)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

218 ±54 Number of households
  • the Rochelle, IL Micro Area: 20,821 ±310
  • Illinois: 5,036,449 ±8,009
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.5 ±0.3 (550  ±152) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in the Rochelle, IL Micro Area: 2.5 50,938 (±0 / ±20)
  • about the same as the figure in Illinois: 2.5 12,405,980
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

7.5% ±7.1% (10  ±10) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Rochelle, IL Micro Area: 5.3% † 574 (±1.2% / ±131)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Illinois: 4.9% 147,208 (±0.1% / ±3,564)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

256 ±62 Number of housing units
  • the Rochelle, IL Micro Area: 22,682 ±81
  • Illinois: 5,457,452 ±471
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$167,400 ±$21,468 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Rochelle, IL Micro Area: $189,200 ±$8,262
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Illinois: $263,300 ±$797
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

20% ±11.2% (108  ±67.1) Moved since previous year
  • more than double the rate in the Rochelle, IL Micro Area: 7.5% † 3,804 (±1.1% / ±555.8)
  • nearly double the rate in Illinois: 11.1% 1,396,426 (±0.1% / ±14,640.6)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

96.9% ±36.3% (343  ±85.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Rochelle, IL Micro Area: 91.1% 32,859 (±2.9% / ±1,050.4)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Illinois: 90.5% 7,931,250 (±0.3% / ±22,974.6)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
31.1% ±11.3% (110  ±50.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Rochelle, IL Micro Area: 24.3% 8,758 (±1.6% / ±575.4)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Illinois: 37.9% 3,318,149 (±0.2% / ±14,295.2)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

3.5% ±3.9% (19  ±22) Foreign-born population
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Rochelle, IL Micro Area: 4.5% 2,334
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Illinois: 14.8% 1,872,449
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

11.3% ±9.1% (46  ±39) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Rochelle, IL Micro Area: 8.7% † 3,471 (±1% / ±392)
  • more than double the rate in Illinois: 4.8% 478,196 (±0.1% / ±4,766)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
46 Total veterans ±39 46 Male ±39 N/A Female ±13

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