Crescent vs Underwood

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

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

Underwood has the higher population (977 vs 591 in Crescent). Crescent has the higher median household income ($104,583 vs $90,556 in Underwood). Crescent has the higher median home value ($265,000 vs $227,400 in Underwood).

Population, income & housing

	Crescent	Underwood
Population	591	977
Median age	42.2 yrs	29.5 yrs
Median household income	$104,583	$90,556
Median home value	$265,000	$227,400
Median gross rent	—	$819
Housing units	246	363
Homeownership rate	94.8%	80.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.6%	32.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	1.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Crescent	Underwood
Population	599 → 591 (-1.3%)	854 → 977 (+14.4%)
Median household income	$83,636 → $104,583 (+25.0%)	$81,250 → $90,556 (+11.5%)
Median home value	$176,600 → $265,000 (+50.1%)	$160,800 → $227,400 (+41.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,000 → $1,229 (+22.9%)	$700 → $819 (+17.0%)

Crescent

Population

599591

Median household income

$83,636$104,583

Median home value

$176,600$265,000

Median gross rent

$1,000$1,229

Underwood

Population

854977

Median household income

$81,250$90,556

Median home value

$160,800$227,400

Median gross rent

$700$819

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Crescent	Underwood
Under 5	5.6%	10.1%
5 to 17	16.8%	22.3%
18 to 24	3.9%	9.4%
25 to 34	15.6%	15.0%
35 to 44	12.5%	12.9%
45 to 54	11.3%	8.7%
55 to 64	16.9%	11.6%
65 to 74	10.7%	5.6%
75 and over	6.8%	4.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Crescent	Underwood
White (non-Hispanic)	92.6%	89.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.5%
Asian	0.0%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.5%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	5.6%	7.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Crescent	Underwood
No high school diploma	3.9%	5.1%
High school graduate	32.8%	16.0%
Some college or associate's	39.7%	46.3%
Bachelor's degree	14.4%	19.2%
Graduate or professional degree	9.2%	13.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Crescent	Underwood
Drove alone	79.9%	79.5%
Carpooled	10.8%	5.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	4.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.4%	9.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Crescent	Underwood
1-unit, detached	99.6%	84.6%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	5.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	9.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Crescent	Underwood
Poverty rate	0.3%	2.5%
Average household size	2.54	2.81
Mean commute (minutes)	20	25
Median year structure built	1979	1980