Creston, Iowa

Creston population, 2020 to 2024

Creston lost 110 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.5%. In the latest year it moved by +27. Among 85 Iowa places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 73rd; the median place changed by +1.1%. The median place of 5,000+ in Iowa has 9,511 people, so Creston is 78% of it.

Creston covers 5.19 square miles of land and 0.06 of water, for 1,430 people per square mile of land. The median Iowa place of 5,000+ has 1,363, so Creston is close to the typical town.

What county Creston is in

All of Creston's residents live in Union County, which had 11,955 residents in 2024. Creston holds 62.1% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Creston

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Creston by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 50801. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Creston is

The Census internal point of Creston is at 41.060300, -94.364700. Des Moines, the capital, is 53.9 miles NE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Waukee, IA (34,420 people), 44.4 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Des Moines, IA, 52.8 miles away.

Daylight in Creston

At 41.06° N, Creston gets about 15 h 08 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 13 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 55 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Creston

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Iowa, measured between internal points. The closest is Lenox, 15.9 miles away, with 1,355 people.