Afton vs Creston

A side-by-side comparison of Afton and Creston: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Creston has the higher population (7,466 vs 991 in Afton). Afton has the higher median household income ($57,232 vs $50,752 in Creston). Creston has the higher median home value ($112,600 vs $99,700 in Afton).

Population, income & housing

	Afton	Creston
Population	991	7,466
Median age	35.6 yrs	39.7 yrs
Median household income	$57,232	$50,752
Median home value	$99,700	$112,600
Median gross rent	$564	$672
Housing units	396	3,823
Homeownership rate	69.8%	65.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.7%	23.9%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Afton	Creston
Population	858 → 991 (+15.5%)	7,784 → 7,466 (-4.1%)
Median household income	$49,188 → $57,232 (+16.4%)	$43,693 → $50,752 (+16.2%)
Median home value	$73,800 → $99,700 (+35.1%)	$90,600 → $112,600 (+24.3%)
Median gross rent	$500 → $564 (+12.8%)	$600 → $672 (+12.0%)

Afton

Population

858991

Median household income

$49,188$57,232

Median home value

$73,800$99,700

Median gross rent

$500$564

Creston

Population

7,7847,466

Median household income

$43,693$50,752

Median home value

$90,600$112,600

Median gross rent

$600$672

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Afton	Creston
Under 5	4.4%	5.4%
5 to 17	20.6%	17.0%
18 to 24	5.0%	12.0%
25 to 34	19.5%	8.9%
35 to 44	12.5%	13.1%
45 to 54	10.6%	11.9%
55 to 64	7.9%	11.6%
65 to 74	12.8%	10.7%
75 and over	6.7%	9.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Afton	Creston
White (non-Hispanic)	83.6%	93.4%
Black or African American	2.5%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	3.1%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	10.7%	2.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Afton	Creston
No high school diploma	5.8%	6.1%
High school graduate	35.8%	34.8%
Some college or associate's	34.8%	35.1%
Bachelor's degree	19.9%	17.1%
Graduate or professional degree	3.8%	6.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Afton	Creston
Drove alone	70.8%	79.8%
Carpooled	25.1%	10.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	8.0%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.1%	2.0%
Other means	0.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Afton	Creston
1-unit, detached	73.0%	72.7%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	9.1%	10.6%
5 to 19 units	5.8%	6.1%
20 or more units	6.1%	5.6%
Mobile home & other	4.3%	3.6%

Poverty & households

	Afton	Creston
Poverty rate	13.5%	16.0%
Average household size	2.62	2.16
Mean commute (minutes)	18	12
Median year structure built	1966	1960