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Cresco city, Iowa: commercial real estate data.
Cresco city is a Census city of 3,908 people across 3.34 square miles of land, in Howard County. Median household income is $60,608, 75.0 percent of occupied homes are owned.
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Cresco
What Cresco is
- Census place typecity
- Land area3.34 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,170
- County holding the largest share of its areaHoward County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Cresco
How many people live in Cresco
- Population3,908
- Median age38.5
- Population under 18938
- Share under 1824.0 percent
- Population 65 and over828
- Share 65 and over21.2 percent
- Households1,598
- Family households1,053
- Share of households that are families65.9 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Cresco
Income and work in Cresco
- Median household income$60,608
- Per capita income$29,235
- Civilian labor force1,946
- Employed1,922
- Unemployed24 plus or minus 28
- Unemployment rate1.2 percent plus or minus 1.4
- Adults 25 and over2,754
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher95.5 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher20.7 percent plus or minus 4.8
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree5.0 percent plus or minus 2.2
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Cresco
Housing in Cresco
- Housing units1,789
- Occupied units1,598
- Vacant units191 plus or minus 110
- Vacancy rate10.7 percent plus or minus 6.1
- Owner occupied1,198
- Renter occupied400 plus or minus 114
- Ownership rate75.0 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$117,200
- Median gross rent, monthly$715
- Annual rent as a share of median income14.2 percent
- Single family units1,553
- Share single family86.8 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more205 plus or minus 107
- Share in buildings of two or more11.5 percent plus or minus 5.9
- Mobile homes31 plus or minus 35
- Median year structure built1962
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Cresco
How Cresco gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute1,726
- Commuting under 15 minutes1,137 plus or minus 228
- Share commuting under 15 minutes65.9 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more348 plus or minus 115
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more20.2 percent plus or minus 6.4
- Drove alone80.5 percent
- Carpooled5.6 percent plus or minus 2.8
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked3.4 percent plus or minus 2.6
- Worked from home8.5 percent plus or minus 4.3
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Cresco
SBA 504 lending to Cresco borrowers
- Approvals2
- Gross approval$463,000
- Average approval$231,500
- Median approval$344,000
- Largest approval$344,000
- Jobs supported12
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Charged off0
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs1
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Howard County, not Cresco
Howard County context, not Cresco figures
These are Howard County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Cresco measurements.
- Establishments in Howard County270
- Employment at those establishments, Howard County3,350
- Covered employment, Howard County4,402
- Average annual pay, Howard County$48,223
- Average weekly wage, Howard County$927
- Housing units permitted, Howard County8
- Of those, single family, Howard County8
- County product, 2024, Howard County$727,355,000
- County product change over the prior year, Howard County3.7 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Howard County$51,474
Every figure in this section is published for Howard County as a whole and is not a measurement of Cresco. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Cresco questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Cresco, Iowa?
3,908, in 1,598 households. Cresco city covers 3.34 square miles of land, which is 1,170 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Cresco in?
Howard County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Cresco?
$60,608. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $117,200. Median gross rent is $715 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Are the county figures on this page Cresco figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Howard County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Cresco.
Is zoning published for Cresco?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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