Creston vs Lorimor

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

Creston and Lorimor 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 375 in Lorimor). Creston has the higher median household income ($50,752 vs $43,281 in Lorimor). Creston has the higher median home value ($112,600 vs $67,900 in Lorimor).

Population, income & housing

	Creston	Lorimor
Population	7,466	375
Median age	39.7 yrs	36.0 yrs
Median household income	$50,752	$43,281
Median home value	$112,600	$67,900
Median gross rent	$672	$850
Housing units	3,823	207
Homeownership rate	65.6%	65.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.9%	4.5%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	6.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Creston	Lorimor
Population	7,784 → 7,466 (-4.1%)	405 → 375 (-7.4%)
Median household income	$43,693 → $50,752 (+16.2%)	$39,167 → $43,281 (+10.5%)
Median home value	$90,600 → $112,600 (+24.3%)	$42,700 → $67,900 (+59.0%)
Median gross rent	$600 → $672 (+12.0%)	$786 → $850 (+8.1%)

Creston

Population

7,7847,466

Median household income

$43,693$50,752

Median home value

$90,600$112,600

Median gross rent

$600$672

Lorimor

Population

405375

Median household income

$39,167$43,281

Median home value

$42,700$67,900

Median gross rent

$786$850

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Creston	Lorimor
Under 5	5.4%	10.7%
5 to 17	17.0%	23.5%
18 to 24	12.0%	6.1%
25 to 34	8.9%	7.2%
35 to 44	13.1%	6.1%
45 to 54	11.9%	13.3%
55 to 64	11.6%	16.0%
65 to 74	10.7%	10.1%
75 and over	9.4%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Creston	Lorimor
White (non-Hispanic)	93.4%	88.8%
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%	5.1%
Hispanic or Latino	2.5%	6.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Creston	Lorimor
No high school diploma	6.1%	13.4%
High school graduate	34.8%	39.7%
Some college or associate's	35.1%	42.4%
Bachelor's degree	17.1%	1.3%
Graduate or professional degree	6.8%	3.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Creston	Lorimor
Drove alone	79.8%	66.7%
Carpooled	10.1%	16.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	8.0%	3.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.0%	10.8%
Other means	0.0%	2.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Creston	Lorimor
1-unit, detached	72.7%	76.8%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	10.6%	4.3%
5 to 19 units	6.1%	8.2%
20 or more units	5.6%	2.9%
Mobile home & other	3.6%	6.8%

Poverty & households

	Creston	Lorimor
Poverty rate	16.0%	25.3%
Average household size	2.16	2.52
Mean commute (minutes)	12	38
Median year structure built	1960	1938