About Creston

Creston is a very small town located in the state of North Carolina. With a population of 1,897 people and just one neighborhood, Creston is the 313rd largest community in North Carolina.

When you are in Creston, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 53.6% of Creston's employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 24.7% that do. Overall, Creston is a town of production and manufacturing workers, construction workers and builders, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Creston who work in office and administrative support jobs (13.93%), healthcare support services (8.78%), and management occupations (5.40%).

One downside of living in Creston, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 38.47 minutes every day commuting to work.

Creston is very much a car-oriented town. This is because the population of Creston isn't large enough or dense enough to support an extensive public transit system. It has a lot of rural roads, and the distance between houses can be quite large, which together tends to discourage walking and bicycling to work. 98.53% of residents commute to work in their own car (and the drive is typically to a job out of town). People also tend to drive out of town for other services as well, such as shopping, doctors appointments, and more.

Being a small town, Creston does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

Creston Information and Demographics

The population of Creston has one of the lowest overall levels of education in the country: only 2.43% of people over 25 hold a college degree. The national average for all municipalities is 14.96%.

The per capita income in Creston in 2000 was $15,980, which is lower middle income relative to North Carolina and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $63,920 for a family of four.

The people who call Creston home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Creston is White, followed by African-American. Important ancestries of people in Creston include English, Irish, German, and Polish.

The most common language spoken in Creston is English.