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Creston Village

Creston Village is a village in Medina County, Ohio. The data below comes from public county auditor records. Local editorial notes are added over time.

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Listings in Creston Village

Every dot on this map is a residential lot from the county auditor's record. When a home here is listed on Medina Homes Guide, its price appears on the map as a tag.

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Dots: Medina County Auditor parcel record. A dot shows where a residential lot is. It does not mean the home is for sale.

County records · last 12 months

Last 12 months in Creston

The Big Five

Every number here comes straight from the Medina County Auditor, the same records your agent pulls to price a home and a lender checks before they write a loan. We update them every month so you're always looking at current data. These are real sale prices from real Medina County transactions, and you can verify every one of them at the auditor's website. Whether you're buying and trying to figure out if a price actually makes sense, or thinking about selling and want to know what homes like yours have been getting, The Big Five are where that conversation starts.

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$275,000
Median sale price The midpoint of all home sales here in the last 12 months. Half sold for more, half for less. If your budget is above this number, most of the market is in range. Below it, homes are available but you're working with the lower half of what's out there. Unlike an average, one high-priced sale doesn't throw this number off.
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vs. last year Compares this year's median sale price to last year's. A dip doesn't mean the neighborhood is losing value. Prices often pull back after a hot year. For buyers, a negative number means more purchasing power than 12 months ago. For sellers, it's useful context on where the market sits today. See the price history chart below for the full picture.
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Homes sold How many homes actually changed hands here in the last 12 months. A higher number means an active market. Homes sell quickly and buyers have more options. A lower number means a quieter market with less buyer traffic. It also tells you how much to trust the median price above. More sales means more data behind it, not a figure built on a handful of transactions.
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Annual tax rate Your yearly property tax bill as a percent of what you paid for the home. At 1.2%, a $400,000 home costs about $4,800 a year in taxes, roughly $400 a month added on top of your mortgage. Compare this across neighborhoods to see where your dollar goes further.
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Above county value The county auditor has an official value on file for every home. It is what your property tax bill is based on. That number gets updated every few years and tends to run behind the real market. This tells you how much more homes here have actually been selling for above that county estimate. When you look up a home on the auditor's website, the value you see is not what you'd pay.

The median sale price in the stats above combines every property type sold here. For a more accurate number, use the row that matches what you're shopping for. Property types with fewer than 3 sales in the period roll into the combined total and won't appear as a separate row.

By property type · last 12 months

Median price Sold
  • Single-family homes $275,000 5 sales

Price history · residential home sales

Median price Sold
  • 2022 (Feb–Dec) $190,000 2 sales
  • 2025 (Jan–Aug) $275,000 5 sales

Just 5 homes sold in Creston last year. Residents here don't leave often. When one does, buyers who know this area pay attention.

Source: Medina County Auditor transfer records · 2026-10-01.

Numbers come from Medina County public deed records, filed with the county auditor and open to the public. Residential homes only. Includes for-sale-by-owner and foreclosure sales not tracked through an agent, so figures may run slightly different from what an agent's report shows.

Prices reflect conditions at the time of sale. Economic events like interest rate cycles, pandemic-era demand shifts, and changes in local housing supply can cause year-over-year swings that overstate or understate what the underlying market is actually doing. The trend is useful context, not a final word.

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Median sale price — last 12 months

The median sale price in Creston Village was $275,000 last year, based on 5 recorded home sales. Median means the midpoint — half those homes sold for more, half for less. It is more reliable than an average because one very expensive sale cannot pull the number up. Sales ranged from $275,000 to $289,900.

If your budget is near or above this number, most of what sells here is in your range. Below it, homes exist but you are working in the lower half of the market. Use it as a starting point, not a ceiling.

Source: Medina County Auditor — Transfer Records · verified 2026-10-01

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School district

Most addresses in Creston are served by the Norwayne Local School District.

We don't publish school ratings or commentary — visit the district directly for enrollment, programs, and current performance data.

Source: Norwayne Local School District · verified 2026-10-01

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Water and sewer

Creston is served by a municipal water system and public sanitary sewer. Most residential properties connect to both systems. Connection fees or tap-in charges may apply on newly developed or subdivided parcels.

Confirm water and sewer service is active and in good standing before close. Request recent utility bills from the seller to verify there are no past-due balances on the account.

Source: Medina County Sanitary Engineering · verified 2026-10-01

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Estimated annual property taxes

The estimated annual property tax for a typical home in Creston Village is around $2,760, based on current county auditor records. Your actual bill will vary depending on exemptions you qualify for and when your home was last assessed.

Most lenders roll property taxes into your monthly mortgage payment through escrow — so your real payment will be higher than just principal and interest. Budget roughly $230 a month for taxes on top of your base loan payment. When comparing two homes at the same price in different areas, the tax rate alone can shift your true monthly cost by hundreds of dollars.

Source: Medina County Auditor — Transfer Records · verified 2026-10-01

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Typical parcel size

The median parcel size for residential sales in Creston Village is 0.43 acres. Lots range from under 0.2 acres to more than 0.5 acres, so the median only tells part of the story. Most properties here are under an acre, which is typical for a village setting.

Ask your agent to filter by lot size early. The range here is wider than the median suggests.

Source: Medina County Auditor — Transfer Records · verified 2026-10-01

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Major roads and highway access

Primary road access in Creston is via SR 3, SR 301, and SR 94. There is no public transit service in this area.

Confirm your typical commute route and drive time before you commit. Rural roads in Medina County can add significant time in winter weather conditions.

Source: Ohio Department of Transportation TIMS · verified 2026-10-01

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Government structure and taxes

Creston is an Ohio village governed by an elected mayor and village council. Villages provide basic services but typically operate on smaller budgets than cities. Creston does not levy a municipal income tax beyond Ohio state income tax.

Village government means a more localized structure than a city. Check what services are provided directly versus contracted — trash pickup, snow removal, and code enforcement can vary significantly by village.

Source: Creston Village Government / Ohio Department of Taxation · verified 2026-10-01

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Natural gas and utilities

Natural gas service is available throughout most of Creston. Homes connect to the distribution network for heating, cooking, and water heating. Confirm the specific provider for any property you are considering.

Confirm gas service at the specific address — edge parcels near a municipal boundary may not be connected to the distribution line even when neighboring homes are.

Source: Medina County Auditor — Property Records · verified 2026-10-01

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Flood zones

Most of Creston sits in FEMA Zone X, which carries minimal flood risk. As with any property purchase, pull the FEMA Flood Map for the specific address to confirm the designation before you close.

Flood zone designation affects insurance requirements and can affect mortgage terms. A quick address lookup on the FEMA map costs nothing and takes two minutes.

Source: FEMA National Flood Hazard Layer · verified 2026-10-01

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Emergency services

Creston is served by the Creston Fire Department. The nearest emergency rooms are Wooster Community Hospital (approximately 20–25 minutes south) and Cleveland Clinic Medina Hospital (approximately 30 minutes northeast).

If medical response time is a factor for anyone in your household, factor the drive to the nearest emergency room into your due diligence.

Source: Creston Fire Department / Medina County EMS · verified 2026-10-01

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Broadband and internet

Internet service options vary by address and provider throughout this area. Wired options including cable and fiber are generally available on most residential streets, though coverage and speeds differ by location and provider.

Check the specific property address on the FCC Broadband Map before you close. Provider availability at a neighboring home does not guarantee the same service at the property you are buying.

Source: FCC Broadband Map · verified 2026-10-01

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Where does the County Line Trail start in Creston Ohio

Rails to Trails of Wayne County calls the County Line Trail Creston to Rittman, 6.8 miles, one of four Wayne County trails totalling about 21 miles. Its mapped western end sits at latitude 40.98402, longitude 81.89331 west, in Creston about a tenth of a mile west of Main Street and roughly a hundred yards south of the police department on Brooklyn Avenue. That point tests outside every Medina County boundary, about three tenths of a mile south of the county line, so the trail does not actually enter Medina County at the Creston end. The longest mapped segments are tagged asphalt, and the route runs southeast toward Rittman on the corridor of the former Erie Lackawanna Railroad.

Source: Rails to Trails of Wayne County for the trail length and count, with route geometry and surface from OpenStreetMap and the county test run against Medina County's 911 jurisdiction boundary file · checked 2026-10-01

What is the income tax rate in Creston Ohio

Creston is a village run by a mayor and a six-member council out of village hall at 100 North Main Street, PO Box 194, Creston, Ohio 44217, 330-435-6021, with town hall and water billing open Monday to Friday 8 a.m. to noon and the mayor by appointment. The village's own page lists Mayor Brenda Norris and council members Aaron Howell as president, Jason Balyer, Scott Coy, Karen Gorman, Helen Gray and Bradley Olenik. Village Administrator Jason Flory is at extension 1. Council and Board of Public Affairs meet at village hall on the first Monday of each month. The village levies a 1.000 percent municipal income tax effective 1 January 2020 with a 0.000 percent credit for tax paid elsewhere, collected by RITA, which lists the municipality as Creston (Wayne and Medina Counties); under-18s are exempt and quarterly estimates are required if $200 or more is anticipated. Four village facilities rent by the day: the Creston Community Center at 117 South Main Street for $75 resident and $100 non-resident, Murray Hall for $60 and $85, and two smaller buildings at $25 and $50.

Source: Village of Creston contact, elected officials, rental information and community center pages and the village's 2023 Consumer Confidence Report for the meeting schedule, with the tax rate and rules from the Regional Income Tax Agency's own Creston member page · checked 2026-10-01

Who provides water in Creston Ohio

The Village of Creston owns and runs its own water and sewer utility. Its 2023 Consumer Confidence Report says the village draws its drinking water from two village-owned wells and that the water plant held an unconditioned licence to operate that year. Ohio EPA rates the aquifer as highly susceptible to contamination because tests indicate a shallow depth of 31 feet below ground surface; the report carries the village's own counterargument from a hydrogeologist who has worked the wells for over twenty years and believes roughly 100 feet of non-permeable clay sits above the aquifer. The report names chemical spills on two rail lines as the greatest concern and says contingency planning is in place. The village formed a Source Water Assessment and Protection Program team with Ohio EPA in 2019. Water billing is 330-435-6021 extension 2 option 3.

Source: Village of Creston Consumer Confidence Report for 2023 and the Village of Creston Water and Sewer Department page · checked 2026-10-01

Where is the closest emergency room to Creston Ohio

There is no hospital or emergency room in Creston. Straight-line from the Creston library it is about 7 miles northwest to Cleveland Clinic Akron General Lodi Hospital at 225 Elyria Street in Lodi, a 20-bed critical access hospital with a 24-hour emergency department and inpatient care; about 8 miles northeast to Summa Health Wadsworth-Rittman at 195 Wadsworth Road, which has a 24-hour emergency department but admits no inpatients since Summa ended inpatient service there in 2014; about 11 miles north to Cleveland Clinic Medina Hospital; about 11 miles south to Wooster Community Hospital at 1761 Beall Avenue in Wooster; and about 12.5 miles southeast to Aultman Orrville Hospital at 832 South Main Street in Orrville, a 25-bed critical access hospital. For an inpatient bed the realistic choices are Lodi, Medina, Wooster or Orrville. Fire and EMS on scene is the Canaan Township Fire Department in the village.

Source: Cleveland Clinic Akron General Lodi Hospital, Summa Health and Aultman Orrville Hospital as recorded in this ledger's Westfield Township and Wadsworth entries, with distances calculated from Census-geocoded addresses · checked 2026-10-01

Is there a grocery store in Creston Ohio

Creston has no supermarket. Gasser's Marketplace at 12899 Cleveland Road, which is State Route 3 about a mile and a half south of the village centre, sells bulk food, deli meats and cheeses, coffee, ice cream, made-to-order sandwiches, salads and party trays alongside standard groceries, and its own site says the Gasser family runs a dairy farm in Creston and opened the store so the community had somewhere quick to shop. Hours are Monday to Friday 8 a.m. to 5.30 p.m. and Saturday 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., with the deli closing half an hour earlier on weekdays; phone 330-435-3057. Dollar General's own directory lists a store at 131 South Main Street, 330-975-0337. The Village of Creston's own business list names just three businesses: Iron Pit Gym at 113 North Main Street, JCP Services LLC at 171 North Main Street and Ray's Garage at 128 South Main Street. For a full-size supermarket the nearest towns are Seville, Wadsworth and Wooster.

Source: Gasser's Marketplace's own site, Dollar General's own store directory, and the Village of Creston's own published business list · checked 2026-10-01

Where is the library in Creston Ohio

The Creston Branch of the Wayne County Public Library is at 116 S. Main Street, Creston, Ohio 44217, 330-804-4732. Published hours are Monday, Tuesday and Thursday 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., Wednesday and Friday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturday 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. It is the only library building in Creston and it belongs to the Wayne County system, not the Medina County District Library. It stands on Main Street in Wayne County, about a third of a mile south of the Medina county line.

Source: Wayne County Public Library's own Creston Branch page, with the village amenity list from the Wayne County Economic Development Council's Creston community profile · checked 2026-10-01

When is the Creston Ox Roast

The Creston Homecoming and Ox Roast is the village's summer event, held at Creston Community Park and run by the Creston Community Service Club rather than the village. The village's own calendar listed the 2026 Ox Roast for Saturday 8 August, 3 p.m. to 7 p.m., with a fish fry on Friday 7 August from 5 to 8 p.m. and a parade stepping off at 2 p.m. on the Saturday. The club says on its own site that it has served the community since the 1940s and that it raises money to support organisations that support youth, and it also runs an Outstanding Citizen programme, a Summer Day Camp and a car show. Part of the park the event is held on is in Medina County.

Source: Village of Creston's own event calendar and the Creston Community Service Club's own site, with the annual edition count from The Post newspapers' coverage · checked 2026-10-01

Is Creston Ohio in Wayne County or Medina County

Creston sits in two counties and almost all of it is in Wayne County. The Census Bureau gives Creston village 2,139 people and 2.19 square miles of land as of 2020, and RITA lists the municipality as Creston (Wayne and Medina Counties). Medina County's 911 jurisdiction boundary file carries two Creston polygons totalling 103.1 acres, or 0.161 square miles; clipping the Census boundary for the village against the Census county line gives about 114 acres. Either way, roughly one twelfth of the village, a hundred to a hundred and fifteen acres, is in Medina County. The county line runs at about latitude 40.9891 along the village limits. Village hall, the library, the schools, the police station and the whole Main Street business district are south of it in Wayne County.

Source: Medina County's 911 jurisdiction boundary file and the US Census Bureau 2020 Decennial Census and TIGERweb boundary layers for Creston village and Medina County, with the two-county description from the Regional Income Tax Agency's own Creston member page · checked 2026-10-01

Who is the sheriff for Creston Ohio

Of the 179 parcels with a Creston mailing address on the Medina County Auditor's books, 135 are in Westfield Township, 43 are inside the Medina County part of Creston Village and one is in Guilford Township, covering 1,821 acres in all. Every one of them is valued and taxed by the Medina County Auditor, and Norwayne's own audited statements confirm the district collects property tax through both county treasurers. Inside the village the Creston Police Department covers it at 330-435-6021; outside it the Medina County Sheriff responds at 330-725-6631. Fire and EMS is Canaan Township Fire Department at 209 S Main Street. Septic and well permits on unincorporated Medina County parcels go to the Medina County Health Department at 330-723-9688. Westfield Township runs no trash collection, so residents arrange their own, with the Medina County Solid Waste District on Lake Road about three and a half miles north. Everyone inside the village limits pays Creston's one percent income tax.

Source: Medina County Auditor GIS parcel records split against the county's 911 jurisdiction boundary file, with Norwayne Local School District's audited financial statements filed with the Auditor of State of Ohio for the two-county tax collection, and the Medina County Health Department, Medina County Solid Waste District and Westfield Township's own pages for permits and trash · checked 2026-10-01

What school district is Creston Ohio in

Norwayne Local School District's own audited financial statements, filed with the Auditor of State of Ohio, say the district serves approximately 79 square miles, is located in Medina and Wayne Counties, and includes all of the Villages of Burbank, Creston and Sterling, with approximately 1,358 students. The Census Bureau's school district boundary layer gives Norwayne 72.2 square miles of land, of which about 873 acres, roughly 1.4 square miles, is inside Medina County in a strip up to half a mile deep along the county line: about 684 acres in Harrisville Township, 90 acres in the Medina County part of Creston Village, 61 acres in Guilford Township and 33 acres in Westfield Township. Cloverleaf Local School District's own fiscal 2023 statements name Lodi, Westfield Center, Seville, Chippewa Lake and Gloria Glens and the Westfield, Harrisville, Chatham and Lafayette townships, and do not name Creston.

Source: Norwayne Local School District single audit for fiscal year 2021 and Cloverleaf Local School District single audit for fiscal year 2023, both filed with the Auditor of State of Ohio, with boundary measurements from US Census Bureau TIGERweb school district and county layers overlaid on Medina County's 911 jurisdiction boundary file · checked 2026-10-01

Where is Norwayne High School

Norwayne Local School District runs three buildings, all on South Main Street in Creston and all in Wayne County. Federal NCES records list Norwayne Elementary School, prekindergarten through grade 5, at 286 S Main Street with 539 students; Norwayne Middle School, grades 6 through 8, at 350 S Main Street with 310; and Norwayne High School, grades 9 through 12, at the same 350 S Main Street address with 415. The board of education offices are at 161 South Main Street. The district's own audited statements put enrolment at approximately 1,358 students and describe a five-member elected board; the district was established in 1952 by consolidation and was formerly North Central Local School District.

Source: Federal NCES Common Core of Data school directory for building addresses, grades and enrolment, with governance, district office address and history from Norwayne Local School District's audited financial statements filed with the Auditor of State of Ohio · checked 2026-10-01

How many houses are in the Medina County part of Creston Ohio

The Medina County Auditor shows 43 parcels, about 100.5 acres, inside the Medina County part of Creston Village, and almost all the housing is one subdivision on Parkside Drive, Scenicview Drive, Forest View Court and a short stretch of Wooster Pike. Those 37 single-family parcels have a median Auditor market value of $202,360, a median lot of 0.43 acres and a median full-year tax charge of $2,875.94, about 1.52 percent of market value. The rest is 48 acres the Village of Creston owns on Wooster Pike, the 11.74-acre Cross Roads Assembly of God Church parcel, a 20-acre farm parcel and two commercial parcels. Outside the village, the 135 Medina County parcels with Creston addresses in Westfield Township cover 1,707 acres, 961 of them agricultural, with 75 single-family parcels at a median market value of $204,940, a median lot of 2.83 acres and a median full-year tax charge of $2,593.34, about 1.30 percent of market value. The Medina County Park District owns another 277 acres out there.

Source: Medina County Auditor, GIS parcel records · checked 2026-10-01

Where is Creston Community Park

Creston Community Park at 10399 Wooster Pike is the village's main recreation ground and it sits in two counties. The Medina County Auditor records a 47.99-acre tax exempt parcel there owned by the Village of Creston, and the county's 911 boundary file puts it inside the Medina County part of the village. Of the eleven playing surfaces mapped on the park, six are in Medina County, three soccer fields and three baseball diamonds, and five are in Wayne County, the tennis court, the basketball court and three more baseball diamonds. The county line runs through the middle of the park at about latitude 40.9891. The Creston Community Service Club holds the village's Ox Roast and Homecoming here each August.

Source: Medina County Auditor GIS parcel records for the village-owned parcel and Medina County's 911 jurisdiction boundary file for the county split, with the mapped playing surfaces from OpenStreetMap and the venue name from the Village of Creston's own events listing · checked 2026-10-01

Is there a park on Mud Lake Road Creston Ohio

The Medina County Park District owns about 295 contiguous acres on Mud Lake Road, Daniels Road, Stuckey Road and Wooster Pike in Westfield Township, two miles west of Creston, bought in pieces between June 2010 and April 2023, of which 277.3 acres across eight parcels carry a Creston mailing address. None of it appears on the park district's own list of thirty-two parks and properties, and none of it is named in the district's 2025 project updates, so it is not open as a park and no access is published. The nearest park district property that is open is Killbuck Lakes Park at 7996 White Road, Burbank, 411 acres with a 47-acre lake and about 2.6 miles of trail, roughly five and a half miles west.

Source: Medina County Auditor GIS parcel records for ownership, acreage and recording dates, with the Medina County Park District's own parks list, project updates page and Killbuck Lakes Park page for what is and is not open · checked 2026-10-01

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