Creston vs Monroe Center

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

Creston and Monroe Center 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 415 in Monroe Center). Monroe Center has the higher median household income ($91,563 vs $67,212 in Creston). Creston has the higher median home value ($162,000 vs $148,000 in Monroe Center).

Population, income & housing

	Creston	Monroe Center
Population	547	415
Median age	30.4 yrs	40.9 yrs
Median household income	$67,212	$91,563
Median home value	$162,000	$148,000
Median gross rent	$933	$878
Housing units	223	169
Homeownership rate	74.6%	82.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.9%	25.3%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Creston	Monroe Center
Population	641 → 547 (-14.7%)	399 → 415 (+4.0%)
Median household income	$70,625 → $67,212 (-4.8%)	$75,156 → $91,563 (+21.8%)
Median home value	$120,100 → $162,000 (+34.9%)	$119,400 → $148,000 (+24.0%)
Median gross rent	$817 → $933 (+14.2%)	$917 → $878 (-4.3%)

Creston

Population

641547

Median household income

$70,625$67,212

Median home value

$120,100$162,000

Median gross rent

$817$933

Monroe Center

Population

399415

Median household income

$75,156$91,563

Median home value

$119,400$148,000

Median gross rent

$917$878

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Creston	Monroe Center
Under 5	8.4%	5.1%
5 to 17	20.8%	15.2%
18 to 24	8.8%	9.4%
25 to 34	19.7%	13.0%
35 to 44	17.6%	10.6%
45 to 54	6.8%	20.5%
55 to 64	5.3%	14.2%
65 to 74	9.3%	8.9%
75 and over	3.3%	3.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Creston	Monroe Center
White (non-Hispanic)	68.2%	96.1%
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%	3.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Creston	Monroe Center
No high school diploma	2.1%	2.7%
High school graduate	32.2%	31.5%
Some college or associate's	33.9%	40.4%
Bachelor's degree	21.5%	15.4%
Graduate or professional degree	10.3%	9.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Creston	Monroe Center
Drove alone	88.0%	84.3%
Carpooled	4.0%	9.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.9%	5.0%
Other means	0.0%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Creston	Monroe Center
1-unit, detached	75.3%	86.4%
1-unit, attached	2.7%	3.0%
2 to 4 units	16.1%	4.7%
5 to 19 units	5.8%	5.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Creston	Monroe Center
Poverty rate	3.3%	2.9%
Average household size	3.02	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	27	31
Median year structure built	1975	1961