Creston vs West Salem

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

Creston and West Salem 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 1,301 in West Salem). Creston has the higher median household income ($62,950 vs $57,917 in West Salem). Creston has the higher median home value ($155,300 vs $123,000 in West Salem).

Population, income & housing

	Creston	West Salem
Population	2,246	1,301
Median age	42.6 yrs	44.6 yrs
Median household income	$62,950	$57,917
Median home value	$155,300	$123,000
Median gross rent	$858	$770
Housing units	929	630
Homeownership rate	85.6%	80.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.8%	5.0%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Creston	West Salem
Population	2,009 → 2,246 (+11.8%)	1,622 → 1,301 (-19.8%)
Median household income	$61,528 → $62,950 (+2.3%)	$39,196 → $57,917 (+47.8%)
Median home value	$118,800 → $155,300 (+30.7%)	$82,300 → $123,000 (+49.5%)
Median gross rent	$833 → $858 (+3.0%)	$682 → $770 (+12.9%)

Creston

Population

2,0092,246

Median household income

$61,528$62,950

Median home value

$118,800$155,300

Median gross rent

$833$858

West Salem

Population

1,6221,301

Median household income

$39,196$57,917

Median home value

$82,300$123,000

Median gross rent

$682$770

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Creston	West Salem
Under 5	7.1%	6.2%
5 to 17	14.2%	12.3%
18 to 24	7.7%	7.5%
25 to 34	11.9%	11.9%
35 to 44	11.4%	13.6%
45 to 54	15.0%	11.2%
55 to 64	17.7%	13.7%
65 to 74	8.5%	19.8%
75 and over	6.5%	3.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Creston	West Salem
White (non-Hispanic)	95.9%	94.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
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%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	1.8%	2.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Creston	West Salem
No high school diploma	10.6%	10.8%
High school graduate	49.3%	65.1%
Some college or associate's	23.4%	19.1%
Bachelor's degree	11.3%	3.9%
Graduate or professional degree	5.5%	1.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Creston	West Salem
Drove alone	84.7%	79.7%
Carpooled	5.6%	7.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.4%	8.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.2%	3.4%
Other means	1.1%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Creston	West Salem
1-unit, detached	75.9%	69.0%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	4.6%	1.9%
5 to 19 units	0.5%	5.4%
20 or more units	1.2%	1.4%
Mobile home & other	15.5%	21.1%

Poverty & households

	Creston	West Salem
Poverty rate	5.7%	14.6%
Average household size	2.51	2.18
Mean commute (minutes)	30	28
Median year structure built	1974	1971