Arispe vs Creston

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

Arispe 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 79 in Arispe). Creston has the higher median household income ($50,752 vs $46,250 in Arispe). Creston has the higher median home value ($112,600 vs $73,300 in Arispe).

Population, income & housing

	Arispe	Creston
Population	79	7,466
Median age	47.8 yrs	39.7 yrs
Median household income	$46,250	$50,752
Median home value	$73,300	$112,600
Median gross rent	—	$672
Housing units	31	3,823
Homeownership rate	92.9%	65.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.4%	23.9%
Unemployment rate	11.9%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Arispe	Creston
Population	124 → 79 (-36.3%)	7,784 → 7,466 (-4.1%)
Median household income	$38,594 → $46,250 (+19.8%)	$43,693 → $50,752 (+16.2%)
Median home value	$48,100 → $73,300 (+52.4%)	$90,600 → $112,600 (+24.3%)
Median gross rent	$950 → $950 (+0.0%)	$600 → $672 (+12.0%)

Arispe

Population

12479

Median household income

$38,594$46,250

Median home value

$48,100$73,300

Median gross rent

$950$950

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)

	Arispe	Creston
Under 5	3.8%	5.4%
5 to 17	15.2%	17.0%
18 to 24	13.9%	12.0%
25 to 34	1.3%	8.9%
35 to 44	6.3%	13.1%
45 to 54	17.7%	11.9%
55 to 64	16.5%	11.6%
65 to 74	20.3%	10.7%
75 and over	5.1%	9.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Arispe	Creston
White (non-Hispanic)	73.4%	93.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	3.8%	0.2%
Two or more races	22.8%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Arispe	Creston
No high school diploma	5.7%	6.1%
High school graduate	30.2%	34.8%
Some college or associate's	37.7%	35.1%
Bachelor's degree	18.9%	17.1%
Graduate or professional degree	7.5%	6.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Arispe	Creston
Drove alone	59.5%	79.8%
Carpooled	8.1%	10.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	8.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.5%	2.0%
Other means	18.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Arispe	Creston
1-unit, detached	80.6%	72.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	10.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	6.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	5.6%
Mobile home & other	19.4%	3.6%

Poverty & households

	Arispe	Creston
Poverty rate	6.3%	16.0%
Average household size	2.82	2.16
Mean commute (minutes)	20	12
Median year structure built	1961	1960