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Preston, IA

1,044 Population
0.9 square miles 1,212.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

46.1 ±6.8 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Jackson County: 44.7 ±0.7
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Iowa: 38.6 ±0.2
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$38,353 ±$7,198 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Jackson County: $40,794 ±$2,644
  • a little less than the amount in Iowa: $40,877 ±$247
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$74,063 ±$22,379 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Jackson County: $74,186 ±$6,396
  • about the same as the amount in Iowa: $75,059 ±$418
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

13.4% ±8.4% (140  ±90) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Jackson County: 9.7% † 1,849 (±1.8% / ±336)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Iowa: 11.1% 344,519 (±0.2% / ±6,799)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

23.8 minutes ±1.9 (11,485  ±3,091) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Jackson County: 24.9 200,140 (±1.7 / ±16,829)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Iowa: 19.8 28,362,076 (±0.1 / ±233,595)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

523 ±86 Number of households
  • Jackson County: 8,242 ±188
  • Iowa: 1,315,707 ±3,984
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2 ±0.5 (1,044  ±161) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Jackson County: 2.3 19,149 (±0.1 / ±9)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Iowa: 2.4 3,111,021
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

1.3% ±2.2% (3  ±5) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Jackson County: 6.8% † 234 (±1.9% / ±65)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Iowa: 5.7% 41,080 (±0.2% / ±1,625)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

533 ±84 Number of housing units
  • Jackson County: 9,282 ±37
  • Iowa: 1,437,699 ±523
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$163,900 ±$7,651 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Jackson County: $175,000 ±$9,493
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Iowa: $208,000 ±$1,141
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

12.2% ±8.4% (127  ±89.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Jackson County: 9% † 1,735 (±2.1% / ±406.1)
  • a little less than the rate in Iowa: 12.9% 408,833 (±0.3% / ±7,883.1)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

96.1% ±21.7% (823  ±129) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Jackson County: 94.2% 13,008 (±4% / ±554)
  • a little higher than the rate in Iowa: 93.3% 2,008,851 (±0.4% / ±9,325.6)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
27.2% ±7.5% (233  ±74.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Jackson County: 19.5% † 2,697 (±2.1% / ±296.2)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Iowa: 31.4% 676,908 (±0.3% / ±5,442.9)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

N/A Foreign-born population

5.7% ±2.6% (51  ±25) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Jackson County: 7% † 1,049 (±0.8% / ±119)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Iowa: 6.5% 160,571 (±0.1% / ±2,289)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
51 Total veterans ±25 51 Male ±25 N/A Female ±10

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