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Creston, IA Real Estate

Creston is a city in Union County, Iowa, United States. The population was 7,597 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Union County GR6. Southwestern Community College is located in Creston. Within a few miles of Creston are Green Valley State Park, Twelve Mile Lake and Three Mile Lake and Recreation Area.

Creston has a long railroad history. Today, Amtrak, the national passenger rail system, provides service to Creston, operating its California Zephyr daily in both directions between Chicago, Illinois, and Emeryville, California, across the bay from San Francisco. Creston is also a stop on the Burlington Northern Sante Fe Railroad. Crews work from Creston to Galesburg, IL and Lincoln, NE.

Creston is located at 41 °3 33 N, 94 °21 52 W (41.059039, -94.364378) GR1.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 13.3 km (5.1 mi ). 13.2 km (5.1 mi ) of it is land and 0.1 km (0.1 mi ) of it (0.97%) is water.

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Creston, IA information

State:Iowa
Country:Union
Area Code:641
FIPS:19175
TimeZone:CST
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Creston, IA Neighborhood Info

 

Natl. average

Creston, IA

Population: 293,655,4007,240
Household size:
Persons per household
2.602.2

Housing

Home appreciation:
Most recent 12 months
9.8%5.3%
House purchase cost:
Median sales value
$217,200$79,800
Commute time:
in minutes
27.414.8

Economy

Cost of Living index:
higher rate = higher costs
100.077.1
Recent Job Growth:
Most recent 12 months
1.4%3.4%
Unemployment Rate: 4.6%4.1%
Future Job Growth:
projected job growth to 2010
11.9%-6.1%
Income Taxes:
highest marginal tax bracket
5.22%6.68%
Sales Taxes:
total local, county, state sales tax
6.0%6%

Education

Pupil/teacher ratio:
number of students per teacher
15.920.2
Graduation rate:
percent graduated from high school
79.6%86.9%
School spending:
total dollars for each student
$6,058$5284.0000
College grads-adv. deg.:
percent with graduate and prof. degrees
7.2%3.6%
College grads-4 yr.:
percent graduated from 4 yr. colleges
15.2%11.3%

Crime

Property crime index:
1 (least) to 10 (most)
33
Violent crime index:
1 (least) to 10 (most)
31

Health

Doctors per capita:
M.D.s per 10,000 population
169.7118.4
Air quality index:
higher number = better air quality
48.082
Health costs index:
higher rate = higher costs
100.0106
Watershed quality index:
higher=better (not drinking water)
55.084

Climate

Altitude:
in feet
1,0581238
Snowfall:
inches annually
24.027
Rainfall:
inches annually
39.032
Precipitation days:
days annually with some precipitation
112108
Summer temperature:
average high temp in July (deg F)
86.983.6
Winter temperature:
average low temp in January (deg F)
21.75.5
Sunny days:
days annually with few clouds
205202

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Creston, ZIP Codes

50801,