Creston vs Wooster

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

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

Wooster has the higher population (27,012 vs 2,246 in Creston). Wooster has the higher median household income ($65,888 vs $62,950 in Creston). Wooster has the higher median home value ($198,400 vs $155,300 in Creston).

Population, income & housing

	Creston	Wooster
Population	2,246	27,012
Median age	42.6 yrs	39.0 yrs
Median household income	$62,950	$65,888
Median home value	$155,300	$198,400
Median gross rent	$858	$882
Housing units	929	11,914
Homeownership rate	85.6%	62.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.8%	34.4%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Creston	Wooster
Population	2,009 → 2,246 (+11.8%)	26,673 → 27,012 (+1.3%)
Median household income	$61,528 → $62,950 (+2.3%)	$47,944 → $65,888 (+37.4%)
Median home value	$118,800 → $155,300 (+30.7%)	$143,100 → $198,400 (+38.6%)
Median gross rent	$833 → $858 (+3.0%)	$728 → $882 (+21.2%)

Creston

Population

2,0092,246

Median household income

$61,528$62,950

Median home value

$118,800$155,300

Median gross rent

$833$858

Wooster

Population

26,67327,012

Median household income

$47,944$65,888

Median home value

$143,100$198,400

Median gross rent

$728$882

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Creston	Wooster
Under 5	7.1%	4.7%
5 to 17	14.2%	12.6%
18 to 24	7.7%	16.4%
25 to 34	11.9%	12.3%
35 to 44	11.4%	10.4%
45 to 54	15.0%	11.4%
55 to 64	17.7%	12.6%
65 to 74	8.5%	11.1%
75 and over	6.5%	8.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Creston	Wooster
White (non-Hispanic)	95.9%	86.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.4%
Two or more races	1.8%	5.2%
Hispanic or Latino	1.8%	3.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Creston	Wooster
No high school diploma	10.6%	5.6%
High school graduate	49.3%	33.8%
Some college or associate's	23.4%	26.2%
Bachelor's degree	11.3%	17.4%
Graduate or professional degree	5.5%	17.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Creston	Wooster
Drove alone	84.7%	74.4%
Carpooled	5.6%	9.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.4%	7.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	7.2%	7.7%
Other means	1.1%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Creston	Wooster
1-unit, detached	75.9%	61.7%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	6.7%
2 to 4 units	4.6%	11.5%
5 to 19 units	0.5%	12.5%
20 or more units	1.2%	3.9%
Mobile home & other	15.5%	3.7%

Poverty & households

	Creston	Wooster
Poverty rate	5.7%	10.0%
Average household size	2.51	2.14
Mean commute (minutes)	30	17
Median year structure built	1974	1972