Crescent vs Hancock

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

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

Crescent has the higher population (591 vs 232 in Hancock). Crescent has the higher median household income ($104,583 vs $79,375 in Hancock). Crescent has the higher median home value ($265,000 vs $98,300 in Hancock).

Population, income & housing

	Crescent	Hancock
Population	591	232
Median age	42.2 yrs	47.0 yrs
Median household income	$104,583	$79,375
Median home value	$265,000	$98,300
Median gross rent	—	$794
Housing units	246	100
Homeownership rate	94.8%	88.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.6%	21.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Crescent	Hancock
Population	599 → 591 (-1.3%)	202 → 232 (+14.9%)
Median household income	$83,636 → $104,583 (+25.0%)	$39,688 → $79,375 (+100.0%)
Median home value	$176,600 → $265,000 (+50.1%)	$77,400 → $98,300 (+27.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,000 → $1,229 (+22.9%)	$908 → $794 (-12.6%)

Crescent

Population

599591

Median household income

$83,636$104,583

Median home value

$176,600$265,000

Median gross rent

$1,000$1,229

Hancock

Population

202232

Median household income

$39,688$79,375

Median home value

$77,400$98,300

Median gross rent

$908$794

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Crescent	Hancock
Under 5	5.6%	5.2%
5 to 17	16.8%	16.8%
18 to 24	3.9%	11.2%
25 to 34	15.6%	5.6%
35 to 44	12.5%	8.6%
45 to 54	11.3%	13.8%
55 to 64	16.9%	20.3%
65 to 74	10.7%	8.6%
75 and over	6.8%	9.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Crescent	Hancock
White (non-Hispanic)	92.6%	90.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.4%	3.4%
Two or more races	0.5%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	5.6%	2.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Crescent	Hancock
No high school diploma	3.9%	1.9%
High school graduate	32.8%	35.5%
Some college or associate's	39.7%	41.3%
Bachelor's degree	14.4%	19.4%
Graduate or professional degree	9.2%	1.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Crescent	Hancock
Drove alone	79.9%	63.8%
Carpooled	10.8%	0.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	2.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.4%	31.5%
Other means	0.0%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Crescent	Hancock
1-unit, detached	99.6%	99.0%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.0%

Poverty & households

	Crescent	Hancock
Poverty rate	0.3%	10.0%
Average household size	2.54	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	20	30
Median year structure built	1979	1938