Chester vs Cresco

A side-by-side comparison of Chester and Cresco: population, income, housing, and more.

Chester and Cresco are places in Iowa. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Cresco has the higher population (3,901 vs 141 in Chester). Cresco has the higher median household income ($60,769 vs $57,500 in Chester). Cresco has the higher median home value ($105,200 vs $101,800 in Chester).

Population, income & housing

	Chester	Cresco
Population	141	3,901
Median age	39.5 yrs	39.5 yrs
Median household income	$57,500	$60,769
Median home value	$101,800	$105,200
Median gross rent	$513	$814
Housing units	76	1,795
Homeownership rate	84.5%	71.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.2%	19.9%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	0.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chester	Cresco
Population	184 → 141 (-23.4%)	3,768 → 3,901 (+3.5%)
Median household income	$31,250 → $57,500 (+84.0%)	$50,000 → $60,769 (+21.5%)
Median home value	$63,200 → $101,800 (+61.1%)	$85,600 → $105,200 (+22.9%)
Median gross rent	$706 → $513 (-27.3%)	$637 → $814 (+27.8%)

Chester

Population

184141

Median household income

$31,250$57,500

Median home value

$63,200$101,800

Median gross rent

$706$513

Cresco

Population

3,7683,901

Median household income

$50,000$60,769

Median home value

$85,600$105,200

Median gross rent

$637$814

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chester	Cresco
Under 5	4.3%	6.5%
5 to 17	17.7%	16.1%
18 to 24	8.5%	6.8%
25 to 34	18.4%	11.8%
35 to 44	5.0%	14.2%
45 to 54	17.0%	8.5%
55 to 64	9.2%	15.2%
65 to 74	9.9%	11.7%
75 and over	9.9%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chester	Cresco
White (non-Hispanic)	99.3%	91.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.6%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	0.7%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	4.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chester	Cresco
No high school diploma	6.1%	4.9%
High school graduate	34.7%	45.3%
Some college or associate's	46.9%	29.9%
Bachelor's degree	12.2%	14.1%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	5.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chester	Cresco
Drove alone	64.8%	80.6%
Carpooled	23.9%	6.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	4.2%	9.0%
Other means	7.0%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chester	Cresco
1-unit, detached	77.6%	88.6%
1-unit, attached	5.3%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	7.9%	6.0%
5 to 19 units	1.3%	3.7%
20 or more units	2.6%	0.9%
Mobile home & other	5.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Chester	Cresco
Poverty rate	8.5%	11.3%
Average household size	2.43	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	33	17
Median year structure built	1938	1948