Creston vs Monroe

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

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

Monroe has the higher population (248 vs 149 in Creston). Monroe has the higher median household income ($66,250 vs $49,722 in Creston). Since 2019, Creston's population has grown faster (-27.7% vs -36.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Creston	Monroe
Population	149	248
Median age	44.4 yrs	33.9 yrs
Median household income	$49,722	$66,250
Median home value	—	$115,000
Median gross rent	$825	$892
Housing units	79	110
Homeownership rate	76.5%	79.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.0%	9.8%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Creston	Monroe
Population	206 → 149 (-27.7%)	388 → 248 (-36.1%)
Median household income	$37,500 → $49,722 (+32.6%)	$60,278 → $66,250 (+9.9%)
Median home value	$57,500 → $85,800 (+49.2%)	$81,900 → $115,000 (+40.4%)
Median gross rent	$513 → $825 (+60.8%)	$758 → $892 (+17.7%)

Creston

Population

206149

Median household income

$37,500$49,722

Median home value

$57,500$85,800

Median gross rent

$513$825

Monroe

Population

388248

Median household income

$60,278$66,250

Median home value

$81,900$115,000

Median gross rent

$758$892

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Creston	Monroe
Under 5	9.4%	7.7%
5 to 17	18.8%	21.4%
18 to 24	4.7%	5.2%
25 to 34	6.0%	20.2%
35 to 44	12.8%	7.3%
45 to 54	12.8%	7.7%
55 to 64	23.5%	13.3%
65 to 74	8.1%	10.9%
75 and over	4.0%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Creston	Monroe
White (non-Hispanic)	98.7%	92.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	5.6%
Hispanic or Latino	1.3%	1.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Creston	Monroe
No high school diploma	6.0%	6.1%
High school graduate	49.0%	42.3%
Some college or associate's	29.0%	41.7%
Bachelor's degree	13.0%	8.0%
Graduate or professional degree	3.0%	1.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Creston	Monroe
Drove alone	93.3%	80.3%
Carpooled	4.0%	11.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	5.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.7%	1.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Creston	Monroe
1-unit, detached	98.7%	90.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.3%	7.3%

Poverty & households

	Creston	Monroe
Poverty rate	1.3%	8.9%
Average household size	2.19	2.58
Mean commute (minutes)	20	19
Median year structure built	1953	1955