Creston vs Sprague

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

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

Sprague has the higher population (619 vs 196 in Creston). Sprague has the higher median household income ($66,500 vs $53,516 in Creston). Creston has the higher median home value ($143,100 vs $112,500 in Sprague).

Population, income & housing

	Creston	Sprague
Population	196	619
Median age	62.8 yrs	43.2 yrs
Median household income	$53,516	$66,500
Median home value	$143,100	$112,500
Median gross rent	$543	$800
Housing units	140	281
Homeownership rate	74.8%	87.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.8%	9.7%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	12.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Creston	Sprague
Population	241 → 196 (-18.7%)	484 → 619 (+27.9%)
Median household income	$48,542 → $53,516 (+10.2%)	$40,104 → $66,500 (+65.8%)
Median home value	$101,900 → $143,100 (+40.4%)	$87,400 → $112,500 (+28.7%)
Median gross rent	$609 → $543 (-10.8%)	$845 → $800 (-5.3%)

Creston

Population

241196

Median household income

$48,542$53,516

Median home value

$101,900$143,100

Median gross rent

$609$543

Sprague

Population

484619

Median household income

$40,104$66,500

Median home value

$87,400$112,500

Median gross rent

$845$800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Creston	Sprague
Under 5	0.5%	7.6%
5 to 17	7.1%	19.2%
18 to 24	3.6%	6.6%
25 to 34	12.2%	9.0%
35 to 44	13.3%	12.9%
45 to 54	4.1%	7.6%
55 to 64	14.3%	19.7%
65 to 74	23.5%	7.4%
75 and over	21.4%	9.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Creston	Sprague
White (non-Hispanic)	94.4%	91.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.6%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.5%	0.5%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	2.6%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	3.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Creston	Sprague
No high school diploma	6.3%	12.6%
High school graduate	45.4%	27.4%
Some college or associate's	34.5%	50.2%
Bachelor's degree	13.8%	7.5%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	2.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Creston	Sprague
Drove alone	75.0%	59.4%
Carpooled	5.6%	17.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	6.9%	6.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.5%	2.9%
Other means	0.0%	13.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Creston	Sprague
1-unit, detached	65.7%	76.5%
1-unit, attached	2.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.6%	1.8%
5 to 19 units	3.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	24.3%	21.7%

Poverty & households

	Creston	Sprague
Poverty rate	6.6%	10.3%
Average household size	1.59	2.62
Mean commute (minutes)	15	27
Median year structure built	1977	1938