Creston vs Smithville

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

Creston and Smithville 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 1,339 in Smithville). Smithville has the higher median household income ($70,750 vs $62,950 in Creston). Smithville has the higher median home value ($186,000 vs $155,300 in Creston).

Population, income & housing

	Creston	Smithville
Population	2,246	1,339
Median age	42.6 yrs	38.7 yrs
Median household income	$62,950	$70,750
Median home value	$155,300	$186,000
Median gross rent	$858	$953
Housing units	929	624
Homeownership rate	85.6%	71.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.8%	31.3%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Creston	Smithville
Population	2,009 → 2,246 (+11.8%)	1,439 → 1,339 (-6.9%)
Median household income	$61,528 → $62,950 (+2.3%)	$60,667 → $70,750 (+16.6%)
Median home value	$118,800 → $155,300 (+30.7%)	$135,700 → $186,000 (+37.1%)
Median gross rent	$833 → $858 (+3.0%)	$805 → $953 (+18.4%)

Creston

Population

2,0092,246

Median household income

$61,528$62,950

Median home value

$118,800$155,300

Median gross rent

$833$858

Smithville

Population

1,4391,339

Median household income

$60,667$70,750

Median home value

$135,700$186,000

Median gross rent

$805$953

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Creston	Smithville
Under 5	7.1%	6.5%
5 to 17	14.2%	17.6%
18 to 24	7.7%	9.9%
25 to 34	11.9%	11.3%
35 to 44	11.4%	10.8%
45 to 54	15.0%	6.3%
55 to 64	17.7%	10.9%
65 to 74	8.5%	18.2%
75 and over	6.5%	8.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Creston	Smithville
White (non-Hispanic)	95.9%	95.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.4%
Two or more races	1.8%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	1.8%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Creston	Smithville
No high school diploma	10.6%	3.9%
High school graduate	49.3%	35.7%
Some college or associate's	23.4%	29.2%
Bachelor's degree	11.3%	18.9%
Graduate or professional degree	5.5%	12.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Creston	Smithville
Drove alone	84.7%	86.9%
Carpooled	5.6%	3.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.4%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.2%	7.2%
Other means	1.1%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Creston	Smithville
1-unit, detached	75.9%	70.4%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	2.2%
2 to 4 units	4.6%	22.6%
5 to 19 units	0.5%	3.4%
20 or more units	1.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	15.5%	1.4%

Poverty & households

	Creston	Smithville
Poverty rate	5.7%	5.5%
Average household size	2.51	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	30	16
Median year structure built	1974	1966