Creston vs Shreve

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

Creston and Shreve 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 1,559 in Shreve). Shreve has the higher median household income ($66,011 vs $62,950 in Creston). Creston has the higher median home value ($155,300 vs $133,200 in Shreve).

Population, income & housing

	Creston	Shreve
Population	2,246	1,559
Median age	42.6 yrs	42.5 yrs
Median household income	$62,950	$66,011
Median home value	$155,300	$133,200
Median gross rent	$858	$758
Housing units	929	701
Homeownership rate	85.6%	72.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.8%	8.5%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	1.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Creston	Shreve
Population	2,009 → 2,246 (+11.8%)	1,633 → 1,559 (-4.5%)
Median household income	$61,528 → $62,950 (+2.3%)	$47,350 → $66,011 (+39.4%)
Median home value	$118,800 → $155,300 (+30.7%)	$79,400 → $133,200 (+67.8%)
Median gross rent	$833 → $858 (+3.0%)	$643 → $758 (+17.9%)

Creston

Population

2,0092,246

Median household income

$61,528$62,950

Median home value

$118,800$155,300

Median gross rent

$833$858

Shreve

Population

1,6331,559

Median household income

$47,350$66,011

Median home value

$79,400$133,200

Median gross rent

$643$758

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Creston	Shreve
Under 5	7.1%	5.4%
5 to 17	14.2%	14.0%
18 to 24	7.7%	9.7%
25 to 34	11.9%	14.1%
35 to 44	11.4%	8.9%
45 to 54	15.0%	15.1%
55 to 64	17.7%	19.4%
65 to 74	8.5%	9.1%
75 and over	6.5%	4.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Creston	Shreve
White (non-Hispanic)	95.9%	97.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.4%
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%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	1.8%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Creston	Shreve
No high school diploma	10.6%	20.2%
High school graduate	49.3%	47.9%
Some college or associate's	23.4%	23.4%
Bachelor's degree	11.3%	8.2%
Graduate or professional degree	5.5%	0.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Creston	Shreve
Drove alone	84.7%	82.0%
Carpooled	5.6%	8.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.4%	9.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.2%	1.0%
Other means	1.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Creston	Shreve
1-unit, detached	75.9%	69.5%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	4.6%	9.8%
5 to 19 units	0.5%	1.3%
20 or more units	1.2%	4.4%
Mobile home & other	15.5%	14.0%

Poverty & households

	Creston	Shreve
Poverty rate	5.7%	9.8%
Average household size	2.51	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	30	20
Median year structure built	1974	1953