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Crescent, Iowa: commercial real estate data.
Crescent is a Census city of 549 people across 0.97 square miles of land, in Pottawattamie County. Median household income is $116,042, 97.3 percent of occupied homes are owned.
Underlined figures are computed by MMCG Analytics, not published by the agency.
Crescent
What Crescent is
- Census place typecity
- Land area0.97 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land568 plus or minus 150
- County holding the largest share of its areaPottawattamie 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.
Crescent
How many people live in Crescent
- Population549 plus or minus 145
- Median age43.8 plus or minus 9.5
- Population under 18111 plus or minus 49
- Share under 1820.2 percent plus or minus 7.1
- Population 65 and over108 plus or minus 33
- Share 65 and over19.7 percent
- Households226 plus or minus 58
- Family households193 plus or minus 53
- Share of households that are families85.4 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Crescent
Income and work in Crescent
- Median household income$116,042 plus or minus $25,137
- Per capita income$50,192
- Civilian labor force297 plus or minus 97
- Employed297 plus or minus 97
- Unemployed0
- Unemployment rate0.0 percent
- Adults 25 and over417 plus or minus 99
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher95.0 percent plus or minus 30.3
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher25.7 percent plus or minus 7.2
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree9.1 percent plus or minus 5.1
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Housing in Crescent
- Housing units237 plus or minus 59
- Occupied units226 plus or minus 58
- Vacant units11 plus or minus 15
- Vacancy rate4.6 percent plus or minus 6.2
- Owner occupied220 plus or minus 59
- Renter occupied6 plus or minus 7
- Ownership rate97.3 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$283,900
- Single family units237 plus or minus 60
- Share single family100.0 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more0
- Share in buildings of two or more0.0 percent
- Mobile homes0
- Median year structure built1979
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How Crescent gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute264 plus or minus 90
- Commuting under 15 minutes74 plus or minus 63
- Share commuting under 15 minutes28.0 percent plus or minus 21.9
- Commuting 30 minutes or more65 plus or minus 29
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more24.6 percent plus or minus 7.0
- Drove alone74.4 percent plus or minus 33.6
- Carpooled13.8 percent plus or minus 17.3
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked0.7 percent plus or minus 1.7
- Worked from home11.1 percent plus or minus 6.5
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Crescent
Flood risk in Crescent
- NFIP communityCity of Crescent
- NFIP community number190723
- Participating in the NFIPYes
- Community Rating System classNone
- Currently effective map date02/04/05
The City of Crescent participates in the National Flood Insurance Program as community 190723 and carries no Community Rating System class, so no CRS premium discount applies to it.
Federal Emergency Management Agency, NFIP Community Status Book (OpenFEMA), as of 2026-09-26.
Pottawattamie County, not Crescent
Pottawattamie County context, not Crescent figures
- Establishments in Pottawattamie County1,920
- Covered employment, Pottawattamie County41,403
- Average annual pay, Pottawattamie County$56,397
- Housing units permitted, Pottawattamie County681
Every figure in this section is published for Pottawattamie County as a whole and is not a measurement of Crescent.
All Pottawattamie County figures →
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.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Parcel detail, zoning and the flood zone at an address are not on this page; they resolve at the address in the platform. How this page was built →
Common questions
Crescent questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Crescent, Iowa?
549, in 226 households. Crescent city covers 0.97 square miles of land, which is 568 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Crescent in?
Pottawattamie 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 Crescent?
$116,042. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $283,900. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Is Crescent in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Crescent appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as Crescent, city of, community 190723, with no Community Rating System class, so no CRS discount applies. Whether a specific parcel sits in a mapped special flood hazard area is an address level question the platform answers.
Are the county figures on this page Crescent figures?
No, and they are labeled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Pottawattamie 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 Crescent.
Is zoning published for Crescent?
No. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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