Creston vs Kings

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

Creston and Kings 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 322 in Kings). Kings has the higher median household income ($71,250 vs $67,212 in Creston). Creston has the higher median home value ($162,000 vs $122,600 in Kings).

Population, income & housing

	Creston	Kings
Population	547	322
Median age	30.4 yrs	13.5 yrs
Median household income	$67,212	$71,250
Median home value	$162,000	$122,600
Median gross rent	$933	—
Housing units	223	49
Homeownership rate	74.6%	89.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.9%	7.6%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Creston	Kings
Population	641 → 547 (-14.7%)	348 → 322 (-7.5%)
Median household income	$70,625 → $67,212 (-4.8%)	$61,250 → $71,250 (+16.3%)
Median home value	$120,100 → $162,000 (+34.9%)	$114,400 → $122,600 (+7.2%)
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

Kings

Population

348322

Median household income

$61,250$71,250

Median home value

$114,400$122,600

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Creston	Kings
Under 5	8.4%	36.3%
5 to 17	20.8%	19.3%
18 to 24	8.8%	7.8%
25 to 34	19.7%	2.2%
35 to 44	17.6%	20.2%
45 to 54	6.8%	8.1%
55 to 64	5.3%	5.6%
65 to 74	9.3%	0.6%
75 and over	3.3%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Creston	Kings
White (non-Hispanic)	68.2%	24.5%
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%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	22.7%	72.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Creston	Kings
No high school diploma	2.1%	0.0%
High school graduate	32.2%	52.5%
Some college or associate's	33.9%	39.8%
Bachelor's degree	21.5%	2.5%
Graduate or professional degree	10.3%	5.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Creston	Kings
Drove alone	88.0%	77.8%
Carpooled	4.0%	16.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.9%	6.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Creston	Kings
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	Kings
Poverty rate	3.3%	0.0%
Average household size	3.02	6.57
Mean commute (minutes)	27	35
Median year structure built	1975	1963