Cresco vs Riceville

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

Cresco and Riceville 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 795 in Riceville). Cresco has the higher median household income ($60,769 vs $47,434 in Riceville). Cresco has the higher median home value ($105,200 vs $92,100 in Riceville).

Population, income & housing

	Cresco	Riceville
Population	3,901	795
Median age	39.5 yrs	36.3 yrs
Median household income	$60,769	$47,434
Median home value	$105,200	$92,100
Median gross rent	$814	$1,016
Housing units	1,795	428
Homeownership rate	71.0%	66.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.9%	18.9%
Unemployment rate	0.2%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cresco	Riceville
Population	3,768 → 3,901 (+3.5%)	889 → 795 (-10.6%)
Median household income	$50,000 → $60,769 (+21.5%)	$44,402 → $47,434 (+6.8%)
Median home value	$85,600 → $105,200 (+22.9%)	$76,500 → $92,100 (+20.4%)
Median gross rent	$637 → $814 (+27.8%)	$613 → $1,016 (+65.7%)

Cresco

Population

3,7683,901

Median household income

$50,000$60,769

Median home value

$85,600$105,200

Median gross rent

$637$814

Riceville

Population

889795

Median household income

$44,402$47,434

Median home value

$76,500$92,100

Median gross rent

$613$1,016

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cresco	Riceville
Under 5	6.5%	6.7%
5 to 17	16.1%	15.0%
18 to 24	6.8%	7.8%
25 to 34	11.8%	17.1%
35 to 44	14.2%	13.2%
45 to 54	8.5%	7.4%
55 to 64	15.2%	10.2%
65 to 74	11.7%	9.4%
75 and over	9.1%	13.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cresco	Riceville
White (non-Hispanic)	91.8%	89.4%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.1%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	4.7%	8.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cresco	Riceville
No high school diploma	4.9%	7.3%
High school graduate	45.3%	36.2%
Some college or associate's	29.9%	37.6%
Bachelor's degree	14.1%	15.9%
Graduate or professional degree	5.8%	3.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cresco	Riceville
Drove alone	80.6%	82.4%
Carpooled	6.4%	9.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.1%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.0%	6.1%
Other means	0.4%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cresco	Riceville
1-unit, detached	88.6%	92.8%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	6.0%	2.6%
5 to 19 units	3.7%	1.2%
20 or more units	0.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	3.0%

Poverty & households

	Cresco	Riceville
Poverty rate	11.3%	11.0%
Average household size	2.49	2.01
Mean commute (minutes)	17	36
Median year structure built	1948	1945