Creswell vs River Road

A side-by-side comparison of Creswell and River Road: population, income, housing, and more.

Creswell and River Road are places in Oregon. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

River Road has the higher population (8,462 vs 5,625 in Creswell). Creswell has the higher median household income ($95,865 vs $78,479 in River Road). River Road has the higher median home value ($360,400 vs $355,100 in Creswell).

Population, income & housing

	Creswell	River Road
Population	5,625	8,462
Median age	38.9 yrs	39.6 yrs
Median household income	$95,865	$78,479
Median home value	$355,100	$360,400
Median gross rent	$1,530	$1,398
Housing units	2,082	3,341
Homeownership rate	73.4%	69.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.0%	35.4%
Unemployment rate	0.7%	6.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Creswell	River Road
Population	5,356 → 5,625 (+5.0%)	10,352 → 8,462 (-18.3%)
Median household income	$61,149 → $95,865 (+56.8%)	$61,703 → $78,479 (+27.2%)
Median home value	$218,300 → $355,100 (+62.7%)	$247,300 → $360,400 (+45.7%)
Median gross rent	$880 → $1,530 (+73.9%)	$1,284 → $1,398 (+8.9%)

Creswell

Population

5,3565,625

Median household income

$61,149$95,865

Median home value

$218,300$355,100

Median gross rent

$880$1,530

River Road

Population

10,3528,462

Median household income

$61,703$78,479

Median home value

$247,300$360,400

Median gross rent

$1,284$1,398

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Creswell	River Road
Under 5	7.7%	5.0%
5 to 17	14.4%	15.4%
18 to 24	6.1%	8.1%
25 to 34	15.5%	12.3%
35 to 44	16.7%	18.1%
45 to 54	14.0%	10.2%
55 to 64	12.3%	12.8%
65 to 74	8.9%	13.8%
75 and over	4.5%	4.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Creswell	River Road
White (non-Hispanic)	87.6%	80.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.2%
Asian	0.8%	2.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.2%	5.2%
Hispanic or Latino	3.9%	11.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Creswell	River Road
No high school diploma	5.6%	9.6%
High school graduate	30.7%	19.4%
Some college or associate's	38.7%	35.5%
Bachelor's degree	19.5%	19.2%
Graduate or professional degree	5.5%	16.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Creswell	River Road
Drove alone	79.2%	72.8%
Carpooled	8.3%	8.7%
Public transit	0.0%	1.7%
Walked	2.0%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.5%
Worked from home	9.4%	12.6%
Other means	1.1%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Creswell	River Road
1-unit, detached	77.7%	83.7%
1-unit, attached	4.6%	5.8%
2 to 4 units	7.0%	7.1%
5 to 19 units	0.8%	1.9%
20 or more units	2.3%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	7.6%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Creswell	River Road
Poverty rate	2.8%	14.9%
Average household size	2.67	2.63
Mean commute (minutes)	18	21
Median year structure built	1997	1961