- Creston, Illinois
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Creston Village Country United States State Illinois County Ogle Township Dement Elevation 906 ft (276 m) Coordinates 41°55′51″N 88°57′56″W / 41.93083°N 88.96556°W Area 1.1 sq mi (3 km2) - land 1.1 sq mi (3 km2) - water 0.0 sq mi (0 km2) Population 662 (2010) Density 499.2 / sq mi (193 / km2) Postal code 60113 Area code 815 
Location within Ogle County
Location within IllinoisWikimedia Commons: Creston, Illinois Creston is a village in Ogle County, Illinois, United States. The population was 662 at the 2010 census, up from 543 at the 2000 census.
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Geography
Creston is located at 41°55′51″N 88°57′56″W / 41.93083°N 88.96556°W (41.930816, -88.965554)[1].
According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 0.4 square miles (1.0 km2), all of it land.
Demographics
As of the census[2] of 2000, there were 543 people, 195 households, and 154 families residing in the village. The population density was 1,299.3 people per square mile (499.2/km²). There were 204 housing units at an average density of 488.2 per square mile (187.5/km²). The racial makeup of the village was 95.58% White, 1.10% African American, 0.37% Asian, 1.10% from other races, and 1.84% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 5.34% of the population.
There were 195 households out of which 37.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 64.6% were married couples living together, 10.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 21.0% were non-families. 19.0% of all households were made up of individuals and 7.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.78 and the average family size was 3.18.
In the village the population was spread out with 29.8% under the age of 18, 6.4% from 18 to 24, 30.9% from 25 to 44, 21.9% from 45 to 64, and 10.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 34 years. For every 100 females there were 96.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 94.4 males.
The median income for a household in the village was $40,000, and the median income for a family was $44,688. Males had a median income of $32,321 versus $23,125 for females. The per capita income for the village was $18,927. About 5.1% of families and 5.2% of the population were below the poverty line, including 6.5% of those under age of 18 and 2.9% of those 65 and over.
Notable people
- Knute Hill, member of the United States House of Representatives was born in Creston.
References
- ^ "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau. 2011-02-12. http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/gazette.html. Retrieved 2011-04-23.
- ^ "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. http://factfinder.census.gov. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
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Municipalities and communities of Ogle County, Illinois Cities 
Villages Adeline | Creston | Davis Junction | Forreston | Hillcrest | Leaf River | Monroe Center | Mount Morris | Stillman Valley
Townships Brookville | Buffalo | Byron | Dement | Eagle Point | Flagg | Forreston | Grand Detour | LaFayette | Leaf River | Lincoln | Lynnville | Marion | Maryland | Monroe | Mt. Morris | Oregon-Nashua | Pine Creek | Pine Rock | Rockvale | Scott | Taylor | White Rock | Woosung
Unincorporated
communitiesBaileyville | Brookville | Buffalo Grove | Chana | Daysville | Egan | Flagg | Flagg Center | Grand Detour | Haldane | Harper | Hazelhurst‡ | Holcomb | Kings | Lindenwood | Lost Nation | Paynes Point | Stratford | Woosung
Footnotes ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
Categories:- Populated places in Ogle County, Illinois
- Villages in Illinois
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