Creston vs Grand Detour

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

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

Creston has the higher population (547 vs 282 in Grand Detour). Grand Detour has the higher median household income ($74,141 vs $67,212 in Creston). Grand Detour has the higher median home value ($162,500 vs $162,000 in Creston).

Population, income & housing

	Creston	Grand Detour
Population	547	282
Median age	30.4 yrs	54.0 yrs
Median household income	$67,212	$74,141
Median home value	$162,000	$162,500
Median gross rent	$933	—
Housing units	223	200
Homeownership rate	74.6%	89.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.9%	29.1%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	22.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Creston	Grand Detour
Population	641 → 547 (-14.7%)	345 → 282 (-18.3%)
Median household income	$70,625 → $67,212 (-4.8%)	$105,469 → $74,141 (-29.7%)
Median home value	$120,100 → $162,000 (+34.9%)	$200,800 → $162,500 (-19.1%)
Median gross rent	$817 → $933 (+14.2%)	—

Creston

Population

641547

Median household income

$70,625$67,212

Median home value

$120,100$162,000

Median gross rent

$817$933

Grand Detour

Population

345282

Median household income

$105,469$74,141

Median home value

$200,800$162,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Creston	Grand Detour
Under 5	8.4%	0.0%
5 to 17	20.8%	17.7%
18 to 24	8.8%	11.7%
25 to 34	19.7%	10.3%
35 to 44	17.6%	7.1%
45 to 54	6.8%	17.7%
55 to 64	5.3%	7.4%
65 to 74	9.3%	23.0%
75 and over	3.3%	5.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Creston	Grand Detour
White (non-Hispanic)	68.2%	67.7%
Black or African American	3.3%	0.0%
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%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	22.7%	32.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Creston	Grand Detour
No high school diploma	2.1%	6.5%
High school graduate	32.2%	26.1%
Some college or associate's	33.9%	38.2%
Bachelor's degree	21.5%	25.6%
Graduate or professional degree	10.3%	3.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Creston	Grand Detour
Drove alone	88.0%	100.0%
Carpooled	4.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.9%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Creston	Grand Detour
1-unit, detached	75.3%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	2.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	16.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	5.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Creston	Grand Detour
Poverty rate	3.3%	4.6%
Average household size	3.02	2.04
Mean commute (minutes)	27	24
Median year structure built	1975	1955