Creston, Iowa Creston, Iowa Location of Creston, Iowa Location of Creston, Iowa Creston is a town/city in and the governmental center of county of Union County, Iowa, United States. The populace was 7,834 at the 2010 census.
Creston was originally settled in 1868 as a survey camp for the workers with the Burlington and Missouri Railroad.
Today, Amtrak, the nationwide passenger rail system, provides service to Creston, operating its California Zephyr daily in both directions between Chicago, Illinois, and Emeryville, California, athwart the bay from San Francisco. Creston is also a stop on the BNSF Railway.
Rail crews based in Creston work from Creston to Galesburg, Illinois and Lincoln, Nebraska.
The former Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad depot, a 2-story, yellow-brick, red tile-roofed French Provincial structure, now serves as Creston's City Hall. According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 5.25 square miles (13.60 km2), of which, 5.19 square miles (13.44 km2) is territory and 0.06 square miles (0.16 km2) is water. Mc - Kinley Lake lies inside a large, multi-purpose municipal park inside the town/city limits, and three additional recreational lakes are positioned inside seven miles of Creston: Green Valley State Park, Summit Lake, Twelve Mile Lake and Three Mile Recreation Area.
As of the census of 2010, there were 7,834 citizens , 3,378 homeholds, and 1,973 families residing in the city.
There were 3,773 housing units at an average density of 727.0 per square mile (280.7/km2).
The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 96.0% White, 1.0% African American, 0.3% Native American, 0.6% Asian, 0.8% from other competitions, and 1.2% from two or more competitions.
There were 3,378 homeholds of which 28.1% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 42.5% were married couples living together, 11.5% had a female homeholder with no husband present, 4.4% had a male homeholder with no wife present, and 41.6% were non-families.
35.7% of all homeholds were made up of individuals and 15.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.
The median age in the town/city was 38.8 years.
23.1% of inhabitants were under the age of 18; 10.5% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 22.9% were from 25 to 44; 25.5% were from 45 to 64; and 17.9% were 65 years of age or older.
As of the census of 2000, there were 7,597 citizens , 3,346 homeholds, and 1,974 families residing in the city.
The populace density was 1,496.2 citizens per square mile (577.4/km2).
There were 3,598 housing units at an average density of 708.6 per square mile (273.5/km2).
The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 98.13% White, 0.34% African American, 0.22% Native American, 0.34% Asian, 0.38% from other competitions, and 0.58% from two or more competitions.
There were 3,346 homeholds out of which 26.4% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 46.5% were married couples living together, 9.9% had a female homeholder with no husband present, and 41.0% were non-families.
35.7% of all homeholds were made up of individuals and 16.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.
Age spread: 22.6% under the age of 18, 10.4% from 18 to 24, 25.0% from 25 to 44, 22.0% from 45 to 64, and 20.0% who were 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a homehold in the town/city was $29,831, and the median income for a family was $41,003.
About 7.0% of families and 11.5% of the populace were below the poverty line, including 13.6% of those under age 18 and 8.3% of those age 65 or over.
Creston is served by the Creston Community School District: Private Schools in Creston include: United States Enumeration Bureau.
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