Creston vs Dalton

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

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

Creston has the higher population (2,246 vs 1,748 in Dalton). Creston has the higher median household income ($62,950 vs $60,938 in Dalton). Dalton has the higher median home value ($179,800 vs $155,300 in Creston).

Population, income & housing

	Creston	Dalton
Population	2,246	1,748
Median age	42.6 yrs	44.9 yrs
Median household income	$62,950	$60,938
Median home value	$155,300	$179,800
Median gross rent	$858	$827
Housing units	929	781
Homeownership rate	85.6%	74.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.8%	29.9%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Creston	Dalton
Population	2,009 → 2,246 (+11.8%)	1,637 → 1,748 (+6.8%)
Median household income	$61,528 → $62,950 (+2.3%)	$53,393 → $60,938 (+14.1%)
Median home value	$118,800 → $155,300 (+30.7%)	$156,500 → $179,800 (+14.9%)
Median gross rent	$833 → $858 (+3.0%)	$686 → $827 (+20.6%)

Creston

Population

2,0092,246

Median household income

$61,528$62,950

Median home value

$118,800$155,300

Median gross rent

$833$858

Dalton

Population

1,6371,748

Median household income

$53,393$60,938

Median home value

$156,500$179,800

Median gross rent

$686$827

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Creston	Dalton
Under 5	7.1%	4.3%
5 to 17	14.2%	17.2%
18 to 24	7.7%	7.3%
25 to 34	11.9%	8.7%
35 to 44	11.4%	12.9%
45 to 54	15.0%	11.3%
55 to 64	17.7%	11.6%
65 to 74	8.5%	8.9%
75 and over	6.5%	18.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Creston	Dalton
White (non-Hispanic)	95.9%	94.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.8%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	1.8%	3.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Creston	Dalton
No high school diploma	10.6%	4.3%
High school graduate	49.3%	44.5%
Some college or associate's	23.4%	21.3%
Bachelor's degree	11.3%	16.9%
Graduate or professional degree	5.5%	13.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Creston	Dalton
Drove alone	84.7%	88.2%
Carpooled	5.6%	4.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.4%	3.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.2%	3.9%
Other means	1.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Creston	Dalton
1-unit, detached	75.9%	65.4%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	5.5%
2 to 4 units	4.6%	13.3%
5 to 19 units	0.5%	9.9%
20 or more units	1.2%	3.3%
Mobile home & other	15.5%	2.6%

Poverty & households

	Creston	Dalton
Poverty rate	5.7%	3.1%
Average household size	2.51	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	30	19
Median year structure built	1974	1984