Creston vs Lost Nation

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

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

Lost Nation has the higher population (727 vs 547 in Creston). Lost Nation has the higher median household income ($106,419 vs $67,212 in Creston). Lost Nation has the higher median home value ($220,600 vs $162,000 in Creston).

Population, income & housing

	Creston	Lost Nation
Population	547	727
Median age	30.4 yrs	51.3 yrs
Median household income	$67,212	$106,419
Median home value	$162,000	$220,600
Median gross rent	$933	—
Housing units	223	354
Homeownership rate	74.6%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.9%	32.9%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Creston	Lost Nation
Population	641 → 547 (-14.7%)	639 → 727 (+13.8%)
Median household income	$70,625 → $67,212 (-4.8%)	$112,796 → $106,419 (-5.7%)
Median home value	$120,100 → $162,000 (+34.9%)	$187,500 → $220,600 (+17.7%)
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

Lost Nation

Population

639727

Median household income

$112,796$106,419

Median home value

$187,500$220,600

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Creston	Lost Nation
Under 5	8.4%	1.2%
5 to 17	20.8%	3.0%
18 to 24	8.8%	18.0%
25 to 34	19.7%	6.6%
35 to 44	17.6%	6.5%
45 to 54	6.8%	20.5%
55 to 64	5.3%	8.9%
65 to 74	9.3%	23.4%
75 and over	3.3%	11.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Creston	Lost Nation
White (non-Hispanic)	68.2%	100.0%
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%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Creston	Lost Nation
No high school diploma	2.1%	3.0%
High school graduate	32.2%	21.6%
Some college or associate's	33.9%	42.5%
Bachelor's degree	21.5%	21.2%
Graduate or professional degree	10.3%	11.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Creston	Lost Nation
Drove alone	88.0%	95.2%
Carpooled	4.0%	4.8%
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	Lost Nation
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	Lost Nation
Poverty rate	3.3%	4.0%
Average household size	3.02	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	27	27
Median year structure built	1975	1991