Creston vs Shannon City

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

Creston and Shannon City 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 113 in Shannon City). Shannon City has the higher median household income ($90,139 vs $50,752 in Creston). Creston has the higher median home value ($112,600 vs $45,000 in Shannon City).

Population, income & housing

	Creston	Shannon City
Population	7,466	113
Median age	39.7 yrs	30.4 yrs
Median household income	$50,752	$90,139
Median home value	$112,600	$45,000
Median gross rent	$672	—
Housing units	3,823	34
Homeownership rate	65.6%	80.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.9%	19.7%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Creston	Shannon City
Population	7,784 → 7,466 (-4.1%)	80 → 113 (+41.3%)
Median household income	$43,693 → $50,752 (+16.2%)	$50,833 → $90,139 (+77.3%)
Median home value	$90,600 → $112,600 (+24.3%)	$47,500 → $45,000 (-5.3%)
Median gross rent	$600 → $672 (+12.0%)	$756 → $850 (+12.4%)

Creston

Population

7,7847,466

Median household income

$43,693$50,752

Median home value

$90,600$112,600

Median gross rent

$600$672

Shannon City

Population

80113

Median household income

$50,833$90,139

Median home value

$47,500$45,000

Median gross rent

$756$850

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Creston	Shannon City
Under 5	5.4%	0.0%
5 to 17	17.0%	46.0%
18 to 24	12.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	8.9%	13.3%
35 to 44	13.1%	12.4%
45 to 54	11.9%	15.0%
55 to 64	11.6%	4.4%
65 to 74	10.7%	6.2%
75 and over	9.4%	2.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Creston	Shannon City
White (non-Hispanic)	93.4%	69.9%
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%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.5%	30.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Creston	Shannon City
No high school diploma	6.1%	0.0%
High school graduate	34.8%	49.2%
Some college or associate's	35.1%	31.1%
Bachelor's degree	17.1%	3.3%
Graduate or professional degree	6.8%	16.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Creston	Shannon City
Drove alone	79.8%	100.0%
Carpooled	10.1%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	8.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Creston	Shannon City
1-unit, detached	72.7%	79.4%
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%	20.6%

Poverty & households

	Creston	Shannon City
Poverty rate	16.0%	0.9%
Average household size	2.16	3.65
Mean commute (minutes)	12	18
Median year structure built	1960	1938