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Creston, IA Urban Area

7,435 Population
4.5 square miles 1,647.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.5 ±1 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$28,795 ±$2,460 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$52,633 ±$6,839 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

15.8% ±4.2% (1,138  ±303) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

12.3 minutes ±2.1 (39,210  ±7,451) Mean travel time to work
  • about half the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

3,358 ±149 Number of households
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.1 ±0.1 (7,181  ±38) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

2.9% ±2.5% (53  ±46) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

3,765 ±115 Number of housing units
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$114,500 ±$8,542 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

15.8% ±5.5% (1,166  ±408) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

92.2% ±8.4% (4,515  ±431.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
23.9% ±4.5% (1,172  ±221.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds 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

1.8% ±1.3% (134  ±99) Foreign-born population
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

8.9% ±2.6% (520  ±154) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
520 Total veterans ±154 484 Male ±149 36 Female ±35

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