Creston vs Leaf River

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

Creston and Leaf River 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 475 in Leaf River). Leaf River has the higher median household income ($75,903 vs $67,212 in Creston). Creston has the higher median home value ($162,000 vs $93,600 in Leaf River).

Population, income & housing

	Creston	Leaf River
Population	547	475
Median age	30.4 yrs	43.8 yrs
Median household income	$67,212	$75,903
Median home value	$162,000	$93,600
Median gross rent	$933	$795
Housing units	223	228
Homeownership rate	74.6%	82.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.9%	12.5%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	1.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Creston	Leaf River
Population	641 → 547 (-14.7%)	422 → 475 (+12.6%)
Median household income	$70,625 → $67,212 (-4.8%)	$46,500 → $75,903 (+63.2%)
Median home value	$120,100 → $162,000 (+34.9%)	$81,800 → $93,600 (+14.4%)
Median gross rent	$817 → $933 (+14.2%)	$729 → $795 (+9.1%)

Creston

Population

641547

Median household income

$70,625$67,212

Median home value

$120,100$162,000

Median gross rent

$817$933

Leaf River

Population

422475

Median household income

$46,500$75,903

Median home value

$81,800$93,600

Median gross rent

$729$795

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Creston	Leaf River
Under 5	8.4%	7.6%
5 to 17	20.8%	15.8%
18 to 24	8.8%	4.4%
25 to 34	19.7%	13.9%
35 to 44	17.6%	9.5%
45 to 54	6.8%	19.4%
55 to 64	5.3%	14.7%
65 to 74	9.3%	8.8%
75 and over	3.3%	5.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Creston	Leaf River
White (non-Hispanic)	68.2%	96.2%
Black or African American	3.3%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
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%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	22.7%	1.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Creston	Leaf River
No high school diploma	2.1%	5.8%
High school graduate	32.2%	47.5%
Some college or associate's	33.9%	34.1%
Bachelor's degree	21.5%	11.7%
Graduate or professional degree	10.3%	0.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Creston	Leaf River
Drove alone	88.0%	86.7%
Carpooled	4.0%	4.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.1%	4.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.9%	3.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Creston	Leaf River
1-unit, detached	75.3%	89.0%
1-unit, attached	2.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	16.1%	8.8%
5 to 19 units	5.8%	1.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Creston	Leaf River
Poverty rate	3.3%	14.2%
Average household size	3.02	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	27	30
Median year structure built	1975	1951