Demographics of Creston city, Iowa

Creston city, Iowa had 7,335 people on July 1, 2025, by the Census Bureau’s estimate: −196 since July 2020. Age, income, poverty, housing and origin below come from the survey, averaged over 2020–2024, each with its margin of error.

Creston city, in four figures

7,335
Population: July 1, 2025, Vintage 2025 estimate. The survey’s 2020–⁠2024 figure is 7,435 ±36.; −2.6%
Change since July 2020: −196 people.; 39.5 ±1.0
Median age: ACS 2020–⁠2024.; $52,633 ±$6,839
Median household income: ACS 2020–⁠2024, in 2024 dollars.

Population, year by year

July 1 estimates from the Census Bureau’s Vintage 2025. The Bureau publishes no births, deaths or migration for a place, so the change is the difference between one July estimate and the next.

Creston city, Iowa's population shrank 2.6% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally

The July 1 estimate of Creston city, Iowa's resident population and the nation's, each year of the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025, as a share of its July 2020 level (= 100).

Source: The Census Bureau

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The figures

Creston city, Iowa's population shrank 2.6% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally. The July 1 estimate of Creston city, Iowa's resident population and the nation's, each year of the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025, as a share of its July 2020 level (= 100).
July 1	Population	Index	United States
2020	7,531	100.0	100.0
2021	7,475	99.3	100.2
2022	7,377	98.0	100.7
2023	7,369	97.8	101.6
2024	7,398	98.2	102.5
2025	7,335	97.4	103.1

Population of Creston city, Iowa on July 1 of each year, Vintage 2025
July 1	Population	Change
2020	7,531	—
2021	7,475	−56
2022	7,377	−98
2023	7,369	−8
2024	7,398	+29
2025	7,335	−63

Age, 2020–2024

The median age is 39.5 ±1.0: for men 36.5 ±2.5 and for women 41.0 ±2.4. Shares are of everyone the survey counts, in the Bureau’s sex-by-age table (B01001).

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People in Creston city by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	People	Share	Iowa	United States
Under 5	426 ±66	5.7% ±0.9	5.9% ±<0.1	5.6% ±<0.1
5 to 17	1,157 ±161	15.6% ±2.2	17.0% ±0.1	16.3% ±<0.1
18 to 24	956 ±156	12.9% ±2.1	10.0% ±0.1	9.1% ±<0.1
25 to 44	1,702 ±209	22.9% ±2.8	25.1% ±0.1	26.9% ±<0.1
45 to 64	1,730 ±197	23.3% ±2.6	23.9% ±0.1	24.8% ±<0.1
65 and over	1,464 ±214	19.7% ±2.9	18.1% ±0.1	17.2% ±<0.1

Income and poverty, 2020–2024

Median household income is $52,633 ±$6,839, and income per person $28,795 ±$2,460, in 2024 dollars. The median is $75,059 ±$418 in Iowa and $80,734 ±$166 in the United States.

Households by income

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Households in Creston city by income, ACS 2020–2024
Household income	Households	Share	Iowa	United States
Under $25,000	702 ±187	20.9% ±5.5	13.9% ±0.2	14.6% ±<0.1
$25,000 to $49,999	896 ±195	26.7% ±5.7	18.5% ±0.3	16.7% ±<0.1
$50,000 to $74,999	655 ±158	19.5% ±4.6	17.5% ±0.3	15.5% ±<0.1
$75,000 to $99,999	626 ±141	18.6% ±4.1	14.0% ±0.3	12.6% ±<0.1
$100,000 to $149,999	285 ±99	8.5% ±2.9	18.7% ±0.3	17.5% ±<0.1
$150,000 to $199,999	73 to 223	2.2% to 6.6%	8.8% ±0.2	9.6% ±<0.1
$200,000 or more	4 to 88	0.1% to 2.6%	8.6% ±0.2	13.4% ±0.1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Poverty by age

The poverty rate is the share of people whose family income is below the federal threshold for their family’s size, of everyone for whom the Bureau determines it (B17020).

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Poverty rate in Creston city by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	Below poverty	Rate	Iowa	United States
All ages	1,138 ±303	15.8% ±4.2	11.1% ±0.2	12.5% ±0.1
Under 18	306 ±113	19.7% ±6.8	12.9% ±0.3	16.1% ±0.1
18 to 59	543 ±163	14.7% ±4.3	11.4% ±0.3	11.6% ±0.1
60 and over	145 to 433	15.0% ±7.2	8.8% ±0.2	11.0% ±<0.1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Housing, 2020–2024

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Housing in Creston city, ACS 2020–2024
Measure	Creston city	Iowa	United States
Housing units	3,765 ±115	1,437,699 ±523	143,775,355 ±10,234
Occupied	89.2% ±2.9	91.5% ±0.3	89.9% ±0.1
Vacant	10.8% ±4.2	8.5% ±0.3	10.1% ±0.1
Owner occupied	64.4% ±4.7	71.7% ±0.3	65.2% ±0.3
Renter occupied	35.6% ±5.3	28.3% ±0.3	34.8% ±0.1
Median home value	$114,500 ±$8,542	$208,000 ±$1,141	$332,700 ±$236
Median gross rent	$703 ±$72	$972 ±$6	$1,413 ±$2
Median year built	1961 ±6	1972 ±1	1980 ±1

Occupied and vacant are shares of all housing units; owner and renter occupied are shares of occupied units. Value and rent are medians in 2024 dollars.

Origin and place of birth, 2020–2024

Hispanic or Latino origin is not a race in the Census Bureau’s tables. Here the people of Hispanic origin, of any race, are one row, and everyone else is counted by race alone (B03002), so the rows add to the whole.

Hispanic origin and race

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People in Creston city by Hispanic origin and race, ACS 2020–2024
Origin	People	Share	Iowa	United States
Hispanic or Latino	272 ±105	3.7% ±1.4	7.3% ±<0.1	19.3% ±<0.1
White alone, not Hispanic	6,854 ±130	92.2% ±1.7	82.3% ±0.1	57.4% ±<0.1
Black alone, not Hispanic	8 to 128	0.1% to 1.7%	3.8% ±0.1	11.9% ±<0.1
Asian alone, not Hispanic	9 to 163	0.1% to 2.2%	2.5% ±<0.1	5.9% ±<0.1
American Indian and Alaska Native alone, not Hispanic	0 to 15	0% to 0.2%	0.2% ±<0.1	0.5% ±<0.1
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, not Hispanic	0 to 15	0% to 0.2%	0.2% ±<0.1	0.2% ±<0.1
Some other race alone, not Hispanic	0 to 24	0% to 0.3%	0.3% ±<0.1	0.6% ±<0.1
Two or more races, not Hispanic	57 to 235	0.8% to 3.2%	3.5% ±0.1	4.3% ±<0.1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Place of birth and citizenship

“Born a citizen outside the states” counts people born in Puerto Rico, the island areas, or abroad to American parents. Naturalized citizens and those who are not citizens together make up the people born abroad (B05002).

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People in Creston city by place of birth and citizenship, ACS 2020–2024
Born	People	Share	Iowa	United States
Born in the state	5,148 ±261	69.2% ±3.5	69.6% ±0.2	57.3% ±<0.1
Born in another state	2,142 ±268	28.8% ±3.6	23.8% ±0.2	26.9% ±<0.1
Born a citizen outside the states	0 to 28	0% to 0.4%	0.7% ±<0.1	1.7% ±<0.1
Born abroad	35 to 233	0.5% to 3.1%	5.9% ±0.1	14.1% ±<0.1
Naturalized citizens	0 to 23	0% to 0.3%	2.6% ±0.1	7.4% ±<0.1
Not citizens	28 to 224	0.4% to 3.0%	3.3% ±0.1	6.8% ±<0.1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Creston city among the places of Iowa

55th of 86 places of 5,000 or more by the survey’s 2020–2024 count. Every one is listed on the Iowa page.

Places of Iowa near Creston city in population, ACS 2020–2024
Place	ACS 2020–⁠2024
Perry city	7,985 ±21
Webster City city	7,769 ±24
Clear Lake city	7,607 ±20
Decorah city	7,535 ±37
Knoxville city	7,473 ±27
Creston city	7,435 ±36
Washington city	7,290 ±43
Charles City city	7,232 ±33
Hiawatha city	7,206 ±37
Nevada city	6,983 ±21
Eldridge city	6,818 ±20

Rankings this appears in

No. 3 Places in Iowa by poverty rate
No. 8 Places in Iowa by median age
No. 17 Places in Iowa by homeownership rate
No. 31 Places in Iowa by Hispanic or Latino share
No. 48 Places in Iowa by median household income
No. 56 Places in Iowa by median rent

Sources

Census Bureau population estimates — incorporated places and New England towns — U.S. Census Bureau · U.S. Government work · retrieved September 25, 2026
American Community Survey 5-year estimates — table-based Summary File

Compiled automatically from Census Bureau population estimates — incorporated places and New England towns and American Community Survey 5-year estimates — table-based Summary File by a checked SQL query · Editor: Kian O'Connor · How this site is built

Data retrieved September 25, 2026