Cresco vs Lime Springs

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

Cresco and Lime Springs 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 410 in Lime Springs). Lime Springs has the higher median household income ($62,083 vs $60,769 in Cresco). Cresco has the higher median home value ($105,200 vs $101,900 in Lime Springs).

Population, income & housing

	Cresco	Lime Springs
Population	3,901	410
Median age	39.5 yrs	38.2 yrs
Median household income	$60,769	$62,083
Median home value	$105,200	$101,900
Median gross rent	$814	$658
Housing units	1,795	246
Homeownership rate	71.0%	84.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.9%	9.2%
Unemployment rate	0.2%	1.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cresco	Lime Springs
Population	3,768 → 3,901 (+3.5%)	508 → 410 (-19.3%)
Median household income	$50,000 → $60,769 (+21.5%)	$59,821 → $62,083 (+3.8%)
Median home value	$85,600 → $105,200 (+22.9%)	$81,400 → $101,900 (+25.2%)
Median gross rent	$637 → $814 (+27.8%)	$414 → $658 (+58.9%)

Cresco

Population

3,7683,901

Median household income

$50,000$60,769

Median home value

$85,600$105,200

Median gross rent

$637$814

Lime Springs

Population

508410

Median household income

$59,821$62,083

Median home value

$81,400$101,900

Median gross rent

$414$658

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cresco	Lime Springs
Under 5	6.5%	7.3%
5 to 17	16.1%	20.0%
18 to 24	6.8%	6.6%
25 to 34	11.8%	11.0%
35 to 44	14.2%	15.4%
45 to 54	8.5%	12.0%
55 to 64	15.2%	12.2%
65 to 74	11.7%	10.2%
75 and over	9.1%	5.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cresco	Lime Springs
White (non-Hispanic)	91.8%	88.0%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	2.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.1%	5.4%
Hispanic or Latino	4.7%	4.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cresco	Lime Springs
No high school diploma	4.9%	5.2%
High school graduate	45.3%	45.8%
Some college or associate's	29.9%	39.9%
Bachelor's degree	14.1%	8.1%
Graduate or professional degree	5.8%	1.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cresco	Lime Springs
Drove alone	80.6%	83.1%
Carpooled	6.4%	2.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.1%	5.6%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.9%
Worked from home	9.0%	6.1%
Other means	0.4%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cresco	Lime Springs
1-unit, detached	88.6%	91.1%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.0%	4.9%
5 to 19 units	3.7%	4.1%
20 or more units	0.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Cresco	Lime Springs
Poverty rate	11.3%	8.0%
Average household size	2.49	2.32
Mean commute (minutes)	17	29
Median year structure built	1948	1938