Creston vs Platte Center

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

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

Platte Center has the higher population (327 vs 149 in Creston). Platte Center has the higher median household income ($74,833 vs $49,722 in Creston). Since 2019, Platte Center's population has grown faster (-14.8% vs -27.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Creston	Platte Center
Population	149	327
Median age	44.4 yrs	33.3 yrs
Median household income	$49,722	$74,833
Median home value	—	$118,900
Median gross rent	$825	$967
Housing units	79	124
Homeownership rate	76.5%	81.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.0%	6.7%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Creston	Platte Center
Population	206 → 149 (-27.7%)	384 → 327 (-14.8%)
Median household income	$37,500 → $49,722 (+32.6%)	$54,417 → $74,833 (+37.5%)
Median home value	$57,500 → $85,800 (+49.2%)	$103,400 → $118,900 (+15.0%)
Median gross rent	$513 → $825 (+60.8%)	$945 → $967 (+2.3%)

Creston

Population

206149

Median household income

$37,500$49,722

Median home value

$57,500$85,800

Median gross rent

$513$825

Platte Center

Population

384327

Median household income

$54,417$74,833

Median home value

$103,400$118,900

Median gross rent

$945$967

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Creston	Platte Center
Under 5	9.4%	11.3%
5 to 17	18.8%	21.7%
18 to 24	4.7%	2.8%
25 to 34	6.0%	15.9%
35 to 44	12.8%	9.8%
45 to 54	12.8%	11.9%
55 to 64	23.5%	16.8%
65 to 74	8.1%	4.9%
75 and over	4.0%	4.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Creston	Platte Center
White (non-Hispanic)	98.7%	92.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	2.1%
Two or more races	0.0%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	1.3%	0.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Creston	Platte Center
No high school diploma	6.0%	7.6%
High school graduate	49.0%	40.5%
Some college or associate's	29.0%	45.2%
Bachelor's degree	13.0%	5.2%
Graduate or professional degree	3.0%	1.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Creston	Platte Center
Drove alone	93.3%	83.8%
Carpooled	4.0%	6.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.7%	2.5%
Other means	0.0%	7.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Creston	Platte Center
1-unit, detached	98.7%	91.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.2%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.3%	4.8%

Poverty & households

	Creston	Platte Center
Poverty rate	1.3%	12.7%
Average household size	2.19	2.82
Mean commute (minutes)	20	25
Median year structure built	1953	1944