Creston vs Cromwell

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

Creston and Cromwell 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 87 in Cromwell). Cromwell has the higher median household income ($57,500 vs $50,752 in Creston). Creston has the higher median home value ($112,600 vs $107,100 in Cromwell).

Population, income & housing

	Creston	Cromwell
Population	7,466	87
Median age	39.7 yrs	52.6 yrs
Median household income	$50,752	$57,500
Median home value	$112,600	$107,100
Median gross rent	$672	—
Housing units	3,823	41
Homeownership rate	65.6%	89.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.9%	14.8%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Creston	Cromwell
Population	7,784 → 7,466 (-4.1%)	89 → 87 (-2.2%)
Median household income	$43,693 → $50,752 (+16.2%)	$46,875 → $57,500 (+22.7%)
Median home value	$90,600 → $112,600 (+24.3%)	$71,300 → $107,100 (+50.2%)
Median gross rent	$600 → $672 (+12.0%)	—

Creston

Population

7,7847,466

Median household income

$43,693$50,752

Median home value

$90,600$112,600

Median gross rent

$600$672

Cromwell

Population

8987

Median household income

$46,875$57,500

Median home value

$71,300$107,100

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Creston	Cromwell
Under 5	5.4%	1.1%
5 to 17	17.0%	23.0%
18 to 24	12.0%	5.7%
25 to 34	8.9%	2.3%
35 to 44	13.1%	5.7%
45 to 54	11.9%	13.8%
55 to 64	11.6%	20.7%
65 to 74	10.7%	12.6%
75 and over	9.4%	14.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Creston	Cromwell
White (non-Hispanic)	93.4%	96.6%
Black or African American	0.4%	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	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.5%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	2.5%	2.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Creston	Cromwell
No high school diploma	6.1%	6.6%
High school graduate	34.8%	47.5%
Some college or associate's	35.1%	31.1%
Bachelor's degree	17.1%	13.1%
Graduate or professional degree	6.8%	1.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Creston	Cromwell
Drove alone	79.8%	72.5%
Carpooled	10.1%	22.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	8.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.0%	5.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Creston	Cromwell
1-unit, detached	72.7%	85.4%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	10.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	6.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	5.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.6%	14.6%

Poverty & households

	Creston	Cromwell
Poverty rate	16.0%	9.2%
Average household size	2.16	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	12	19
Median year structure built	1960	1974