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Preston, MN

1,362 Population
2.5 square miles 552.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.8 ±5.8 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Rochester, MN Metro Area: 38.9 ±0.3
  • a little higher than the figure in Minnesota: 38.8 ±0.1
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$37,375 ±$3,572 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Rochester, MN Metro Area: $50,884 ±$1,041
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Minnesota: $48,237 ±$234
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$63,984 ±$10,416 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Rochester, MN Metro Area: $91,882 ±$1,702
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Minnesota: $89,062 ±$409
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

8.9% ±5% (118  ±68) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Rochester, MN Metro Area: 7.5% 16,848 (±0.7% / ±1,532)
  • a little less than the rate in Minnesota: 9.3% 522,508 (±0.2% / ±9,015)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

23.8 minutes ±6.3 (14,735  ±2,545) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Rochester, MN Metro Area: 20.6 2,087,675 (±0.7 / ±73,371)
  • a little higher than the figure in Minnesota: 22.7 54,914,636 (±0.1 / ±295,702)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

603 ±70 Number of households
  • the Rochester, MN Metro Area: 92,880 ±645
  • Minnesota: 2,307,955 ±6,063
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.1 (1,320  ±167) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Rochester, MN Metro Area: 2.4 224,498 (±0 / ±129)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Minnesota: 2.4 5,601,148
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

11.3% ±7.6% (30  ±21) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Rochester, MN Metro Area: 6.5% † 3,389 (±0.9% / ±479)
  • about double the rate in Minnesota: 5.6% 72,229 (±0.1% / ±1,882)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

651 ±70 Number of housing units
  • the Rochester, MN Metro Area: 99,618 ±108
  • Minnesota: 2,545,030 ±1,535
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$185,900 ±$7,810 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Rochester, MN Metro Area: $306,500 ±$4,785
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Minnesota: $329,300 ±$903
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

12.9% ±4.4% (173  ±62.7) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in the Rochester, MN Metro Area: 13% 29,210 (±0.9% / ±1,916.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in Minnesota: 12.2% 691,832 (±0.2% / ±9,053.1)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

95.9% ±1.3% (894  ±97.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Rochester, MN Metro Area: 95% 148,491 (±1.4% / ±2,243.8)
  • about the same as the rate in Minnesota: 93.9% 3,685,922 (±0.3% / ±13,417.4)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
27% ±3.8% (252  ±44.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Rochester, MN Metro Area: 43% 67,247 (±1% / ±1,498.2)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Minnesota: 39.4% 1,546,100 (±0.2% / ±8,550.4)
  • 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

0.3% ±0.3% (4  ±4) Foreign-born population
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in the Rochester, MN Metro Area: 8.5% 19,494
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Minnesota: 8.7% 497,722
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

5.8% ±1.8% (62  ±20) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in the Rochester, MN Metro Area: 6.1% 10,678 (±0.4% / ±603)
  • about the same as the rate in Minnesota: 5.9% 259,988 (±0.1% / ±3,034)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
62 Total veterans ±20 56 Male ±19 6 Female ±5

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