Creston vs Odessa

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

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

Odessa has the higher population (745 vs 196 in Creston). Creston has the higher median household income ($53,516 vs $51,083 in Odessa). Odessa has the higher median home value ($180,100 vs $143,100 in Creston).

Population, income & housing

	Creston	Odessa
Population	196	745
Median age	62.8 yrs	59.2 yrs
Median household income	$53,516	$51,083
Median home value	$143,100	$180,100
Median gross rent	$543	$895
Housing units	140	471
Homeownership rate	74.8%	74.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.8%	20.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	6.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Creston	Odessa
Population	241 → 196 (-18.7%)	988 → 745 (-24.6%)
Median household income	$48,542 → $53,516 (+10.2%)	$41,597 → $51,083 (+22.8%)
Median home value	$101,900 → $143,100 (+40.4%)	$90,300 → $180,100 (+99.4%)
Median gross rent	$609 → $543 (-10.8%)	$832 → $895 (+7.6%)

Creston

Population

241196

Median household income

$48,542$53,516

Median home value

$101,900$143,100

Median gross rent

$609$543

Odessa

Population

988745

Median household income

$41,597$51,083

Median home value

$90,300$180,100

Median gross rent

$832$895

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Creston	Odessa
Under 5	0.5%	0.9%
5 to 17	7.1%	6.3%
18 to 24	3.6%	3.6%
25 to 34	12.2%	10.5%
35 to 44	13.3%	7.0%
45 to 54	4.1%	12.2%
55 to 64	14.3%	22.4%
65 to 74	23.5%	16.8%
75 and over	21.4%	20.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Creston	Odessa
White (non-Hispanic)	94.4%	87.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.6%	2.3%
Asian	0.0%	2.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.5%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.6%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Creston	Odessa
No high school diploma	6.3%	7.7%
High school graduate	45.4%	26.8%
Some college or associate's	34.5%	45.5%
Bachelor's degree	13.8%	10.8%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	9.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Creston	Odessa
Drove alone	75.0%	63.4%
Carpooled	5.6%	7.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	6.9%	24.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.5%	4.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Creston	Odessa
1-unit, detached	65.7%	85.6%
1-unit, attached	2.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	3.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	24.3%	14.4%

Poverty & households

	Creston	Odessa
Poverty rate	6.6%	12.0%
Average household size	1.59	1.83
Mean commute (minutes)	15	16
Median year structure built	1977	1950