Crescent vs Macedonia

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

Crescent and Macedonia 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 191 in Macedonia). Crescent has the higher median household income ($104,583 vs $59,643 in Macedonia). Crescent has the higher median home value ($265,000 vs $125,000 in Macedonia).

Population, income & housing

	Crescent	Macedonia
Population	591	191
Median age	42.2 yrs	43.3 yrs
Median household income	$104,583	$59,643
Median home value	$265,000	$125,000
Median gross rent	—	$675
Housing units	246	116
Homeownership rate	94.8%	80.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.6%	13.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	9.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Crescent	Macedonia
Population	599 → 591 (-1.3%)	258 → 191 (-26.0%)
Median household income	$83,636 → $104,583 (+25.0%)	$63,162 → $59,643 (-5.6%)
Median home value	$176,600 → $265,000 (+50.1%)	$91,300 → $125,000 (+36.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,000 → $1,229 (+22.9%)	$675 → $675 (+0.0%)

Crescent

Population

599591

Median household income

$83,636$104,583

Median home value

$176,600$265,000

Median gross rent

$1,000$1,229

Macedonia

Population

258191

Median household income

$63,162$59,643

Median home value

$91,300$125,000

Median gross rent

$675$675

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Crescent	Macedonia
Under 5	5.6%	3.1%
5 to 17	16.8%	18.3%
18 to 24	3.9%	9.4%
25 to 34	15.6%	12.0%
35 to 44	12.5%	9.9%
45 to 54	11.3%	12.0%
55 to 64	16.9%	16.8%
65 to 74	10.7%	8.9%
75 and over	6.8%	9.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Crescent	Macedonia
White (non-Hispanic)	92.6%	85.9%
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	1.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.5%	12.0%
Hispanic or Latino	5.6%	2.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Crescent	Macedonia
No high school diploma	3.9%	9.1%
High school graduate	32.8%	29.5%
Some college or associate's	39.7%	47.7%
Bachelor's degree	14.4%	10.6%
Graduate or professional degree	9.2%	3.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Crescent	Macedonia
Drove alone	79.9%	89.0%
Carpooled	10.8%	2.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.4%	8.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Crescent	Macedonia
1-unit, detached	99.6%	81.9%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	12.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.6%

Poverty & households

	Crescent	Macedonia
Poverty rate	0.3%	11.5%
Average household size	2.54	2.12
Mean commute (minutes)	20	22
Median year structure built	1979	1967