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Creston city, Iowa: commercial real estate data.
Creston city is a Census city of 7,435 people across 5.19 square miles of land, in Union County. Median household income is $52,633, 64.4 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 5 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $1.5 m.
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Creston
What Creston is
- Census place typecity
- Land area5.19 sq mi
- Water area0.06 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,433
- County holding the largest share of its areaUnion 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.
Creston
How many people live in Creston
- Population7,435
- Median age39.5
- Population under 181,583
- Share under 1821.3 percent
- Population 65 and over1,464
- Share 65 and over19.7 percent
- Households3,358
- Family households1,653
- Share of households that are families49.2 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Creston
Income and work in Creston
- Median household income$52,633
- Per capita income$28,795
- Civilian labor force3,435
- Employed3,311
- Unemployed124 plus or minus 88
- Unemployment rate3.6 percent plus or minus 2.5
- Adults 25 and over4,896
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher92.2 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher23.9 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree6.8 percent plus or minus 2.4
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Creston
Housing in Creston
- Housing units3,765
- Occupied units3,358
- Vacant units407 plus or minus 159
- Vacancy rate10.8 percent plus or minus 4.2
- Owner occupied2,161
- Renter occupied1,197
- Ownership rate64.4 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$114,500
- Median gross rent, monthly$703
- Annual rent as a share of median income16.0 percent
- Single family units2,731
- Share single family72.5 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more889 plus or minus 208
- Share in buildings of two or more23.6 percent plus or minus 5.5
- Mobile homes145 plus or minus 75
- Median year structure built1961
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Creston
How Creston gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute3,191
- Commuting under 15 minutes2,575
- Share commuting under 15 minutes80.7 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more366 plus or minus 114
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more11.5 percent plus or minus 3.4
- Drove alone81.5 percent
- Carpooled9.9 percent plus or minus 4.0
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked6.4 percent plus or minus 2.6
- Worked from home2.3 percent plus or minus 1.2
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Creston
SBA 7(a) lending to Creston borrowers
- Approvals5
- Gross approval$1,536,900
- Average approval$307,380
- Median approval$102,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$922,400
- Largest approval$922,400
- Jobs supported51
- Jobs per approval10.2
- Loans with a final outcome2
- Paid in full2
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more0.0 percent
- Share to franchises40.0 percent
- Distinct lenders4
- Distinct industries by NAICS4
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 2 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a rate over that few outcomes would move several points on one loan.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Creston
SBA 504 lending to Creston borrowers
- Approvals3
- Gross approval$2,590,000
- Average approval$863,333
- Median approval$633,000
- Largest approval$1,841,000
- Jobs supported43
- 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.
Union County, not Creston
Union County context, not Creston figures
These are Union County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Creston measurements.
- Establishments in Union County305
- Employment at those establishments, Union County4,687
- Covered employment, Union County5,910
- Average annual pay, Union County$50,030
- Average weekly wage, Union County$962
- Housing units permitted, Union County2
- Of those, single family, Union County2
- County product, 2024, Union County$964,859,000
- County product change over the prior year, Union County3.7 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Union County$44,757
Every figure in this section is published for Union County as a whole and is not a measurement of Creston. 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
Creston questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Creston, Iowa?
7,435, in 3,358 households. Creston city covers 5.19 square miles of land, which is 1,433 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Creston in?
Union 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 Creston?
$52,633. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $114,500. Median gross rent is $703 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Creston businesses?
5 7(a) approvals totalling $1.5 m, across 4 lenders, median approval $102,000, plus 3 504 approvals worth $2.6 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Creston, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Creston borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Creston. only 2 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a percentage over that few outcomes would move several points on a single loan. The counts are shown instead.
Are the county figures on this page Creston figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Union 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 Creston.
Is zoning published for Creston?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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