Carson vs Crescent

A side-by-side comparison of Carson and Crescent: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Carson has the higher population (768 vs 591 in Crescent). Crescent has the higher median household income ($104,583 vs $70,703 in Carson). Crescent has the higher median home value ($265,000 vs $172,600 in Carson).

Population, income & housing

	Carson	Crescent
Population	768	591
Median age	42.4 yrs	42.2 yrs
Median household income	$70,703	$104,583
Median home value	$172,600	$265,000
Median gross rent	$731	—
Housing units	318	246
Homeownership rate	80.7%	94.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.4%	23.6%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carson	Crescent
Population	721 → 768 (+6.5%)	599 → 591 (-1.3%)
Median household income	$54,063 → $70,703 (+30.8%)	$83,636 → $104,583 (+25.0%)
Median home value	$125,000 → $172,600 (+38.1%)	$176,600 → $265,000 (+50.1%)
Median gross rent	$688 → $731 (+6.3%)	$1,000 → $1,229 (+22.9%)

Carson

Population

721768

Median household income

$54,063$70,703

Median home value

$125,000$172,600

Median gross rent

$688$731

Crescent

Population

599591

Median household income

$83,636$104,583

Median home value

$176,600$265,000

Median gross rent

$1,000$1,229

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carson	Crescent
Under 5	4.4%	5.6%
5 to 17	18.4%	16.8%
18 to 24	6.6%	3.9%
25 to 34	10.2%	15.6%
35 to 44	14.5%	12.5%
45 to 54	8.7%	11.3%
55 to 64	13.2%	16.9%
65 to 74	12.6%	10.7%
75 and over	11.5%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carson	Crescent
White (non-Hispanic)	95.7%	92.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	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%	1.4%
Two or more races	3.4%	0.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.9%	5.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carson	Crescent
No high school diploma	8.5%	3.9%
High school graduate	36.2%	32.8%
Some college or associate's	31.0%	39.7%
Bachelor's degree	14.9%	14.4%
Graduate or professional degree	9.4%	9.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carson	Crescent
Drove alone	81.7%	79.9%
Carpooled	6.5%	10.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.9%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.8%	8.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carson	Crescent
1-unit, detached	92.1%	99.6%
1-unit, attached	3.8%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	2.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Carson	Crescent
Poverty rate	6.9%	0.3%
Average household size	2.47	2.54
Mean commute (minutes)	33	20
Median year structure built	1957	1979