Crescent, Iowa

About Crescent

Crescent is a tiny community in southwestern Iowa, home to 626 residents as of the latest Census estimates.

Crescent holds the status of an incorporated city with its own municipal government. The community covers 0.97 square miles, giving it a balanced suburban layout with room to breathe at roughly 645 residents per square mile.

📰 Crescent News Today

• Nature-based public charter school opening soon in Crescent KMTV 3 News Now · Aug 17
• New nature-based charter school opening soon in Crescent, Iowa yahoo.com · Aug 10
• Hit-and-run in Crescent ends with Taser deployment KETV · May 14
• Jennie Davis Obituary Jun 4, 2026 - Hoy- Kilnoski Funeral Home & Crematory Hoy- Kilnoski Funeral Home & Crematory · Jun 4
• Monthly Weather Forecast for Crescent, Iowa 51526 The Weather Channel · Apr 9

Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.

What Makes Crescent Unique

• One of 5 places in the US named Crescent — but the Iowa one has a character all its own.
• Positioned in southwestern Iowa, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.
• Part of the fabric of Iowa — one of 1,026 recognized communities statewide.

Why People Love It Here

• Quiet streets and a slower rhythm — the kind of place people move to on purpose.
• Cost of living typically runs below the big-metro average.
• Easy reach of Council Bluffs (9 mi) — commute to the city, live where it's calm.

🍽️ Where to Eat in Crescent

• Surfside Club

Local spots mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.

🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Crescent

• Hitchcock Nature Center · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Hummel Park reviews ★
• N. P. Dodge Memorial Park reviews ★

Parks mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · "reviews" opens each park's live Google reviews.

🏫 Schools in Crescent

• Crescent Elementary School

Public schools, U.S. Dept. of Education (NCES) 2023–24 directory.

⚡ Quick Facts

🗺️ Map of Crescent

🏘️ Nearby Communities