Nebraska · Census place 11300
Creston, NE population, income and ZIP codes
Quick answer
The population of the city of Creston, Nebraska (Creston, NE — Census place “Creston village”) is 149 residents, ranking #399 of 593 places in Nebraska. Median household income is $49,722, the median home is worth — and median gross rent runs $825 a month. Looking for the Creston Nebraska ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Creston, NE: 68631.
- Population
- 149Creston village residents
- Median household income
- $49,722Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
- Median home value
- —Owner-occupied units
- Median gross rent
- $825Rent plus utilities, monthly
- Median age
- 44.4 yrsAll residents
- Homeownership rate
- 76.5%Owner-occupied households
Creston ZIP codes (Nebraska)
Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Creston.
The Creston NE ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.
What the numbers mean in Creston village
Housing cost measured against local earnings.
A household earning the Creston village median would spend about 19.9% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. Poverty affects 1.3% of residents and 76.5% of households own their home.
Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year
Creston village, NE in context
How this area compares with national benchmarks.
Creston village is a very small community in Nebraska, with 149 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #399 of 593 ranked by population — larger than 32% of them. The median age here is 44.4 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly older profile than the country as a whole. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.
Households in Creston village earn a median of $49,722 a year, 36.7% below the national figure of $78,538 and 26% below the $67,419 median for the 119 Nebraska cities we cover. This figure covers the household, not the worker: two people on ordinary wages at one address outrank a single professional in the same table. Poverty reaches 1.3% of residents here, less than half the 12.4% national rate.
The typical owner-occupied home in Creston village is valued at not published, while median gross rent runs $825 a month, 41.3% below the national figure, or roughly $9,900 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 19.9% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. 76.5% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans toward owners. The rent line includes utilities paid by the tenant, a definition worth remembering when comparing it against a landlord's quoted rate.
With 149 residents, a handful of survey responses moves every median on this page. Compare Creston village against its county rather than against national figures.
The Census withheld home value for Creston village because the sample was too thin to publish at this geography. Those values were suppressed at the source, not lost in our dataset, and we do not model a replacement. Everything else on this page comes straight from the ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year tables.
Compare with nearby places
Places of similar size in Nebraska.
- Omaha city 488,197
- Lincoln city 291,932
- Bellevue city 64,355
- Grand Island city 52,761
- Kearney city 34,024
- Fremont city 27,321
- Norfolk city 25,962
- Hastings city 25,005
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Frequently asked questions
Common questions about this area.
- What is the population of Creston village?
- Creston village has 149 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #399 of 593 in Nebraska.
- What is the median household income in Creston village?
- Median household income in Creston village is $49,722 a year, 36.7% below the national figure of $78,538.
- How much does it cost to rent or buy in Creston village?
- Median gross rent is $825 a month and the median home value is not published, so rent absorbs about 19.9% of median household income.
- Is Creston village affordable compared with the rest of the US?
- The Census does not publish enough home-value or income detail for Creston village to compute a reliable affordability ratio.
- How current is this Creston village data?
- All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.