Creston vs Forreston

A side-by-side comparison of Creston and Forreston: population, income, housing, and more.

Creston and Forreston are places in Illinois. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Forreston has the higher population (1,148 vs 547 in Creston). Forreston has the higher median household income ($68,042 vs $67,212 in Creston). Creston has the higher median home value ($162,000 vs $116,500 in Forreston).

Population, income & housing

	Creston	Forreston
Population	547	1,148
Median age	30.4 yrs	47.5 yrs
Median household income	$67,212	$68,042
Median home value	$162,000	$116,500
Median gross rent	$933	$783
Housing units	223	569
Homeownership rate	74.6%	80.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.9%	13.7%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Creston	Forreston
Population	641 → 547 (-14.7%)	1,549 → 1,148 (-25.9%)
Median household income	$70,625 → $67,212 (-4.8%)	$54,559 → $68,042 (+24.7%)
Median home value	$120,100 → $162,000 (+34.9%)	$96,000 → $116,500 (+21.4%)
Median gross rent	$817 → $933 (+14.2%)	$683 → $783 (+14.6%)

Creston

Population

641547

Median household income

$70,625$67,212

Median home value

$120,100$162,000

Median gross rent

$817$933

Forreston

Population

1,5491,148

Median household income

$54,559$68,042

Median home value

$96,000$116,500

Median gross rent

$683$783

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Creston	Forreston
Under 5	8.4%	2.5%
5 to 17	20.8%	19.3%
18 to 24	8.8%	4.3%
25 to 34	19.7%	11.7%
35 to 44	17.6%	9.5%
45 to 54	6.8%	10.3%
55 to 64	5.3%	18.5%
65 to 74	9.3%	12.9%
75 and over	3.3%	11.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Creston	Forreston
White (non-Hispanic)	68.2%	88.9%
Black or African American	3.3%	2.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.9%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	22.7%	5.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Creston	Forreston
No high school diploma	2.1%	8.7%
High school graduate	32.2%	45.8%
Some college or associate's	33.9%	31.8%
Bachelor's degree	21.5%	9.7%
Graduate or professional degree	10.3%	4.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Creston	Forreston
Drove alone	88.0%	72.5%
Carpooled	4.0%	17.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.1%	4.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.9%	4.1%
Other means	0.0%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Creston	Forreston
1-unit, detached	75.3%	87.2%
1-unit, attached	2.7%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	16.1%	4.0%
5 to 19 units	5.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	3.7%

Poverty & households

	Creston	Forreston
Poverty rate	3.3%	4.4%
Average household size	3.02	2.20
Mean commute (minutes)	27	26
Median year structure built	1975	1959