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Preston, TX

1,617 Population
5 square miles 321.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

52 ±10.1 Median age
  • about 1.3 times the figure in the Sherman-Denison, TX Metro Area: 39.4 ±0.4
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Texas: 35.5 ±0.1

Economics

$37,929 ±$10,196 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in the Sherman-Denison, TX Metro Area: $36,711 ±$1,444
  • a little less than the amount in Texas: $39,446 ±$156
$64,803 ±$22,745 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Sherman-Denison, TX Metro Area: $70,455 ±$2,166
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Texas: $76,292 ±$265

5.2% ±4% (84  ±69) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in the Sherman-Denison, TX Metro Area: 11.1% 15,280 (±1% / ±1,359)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Texas: 13.8% 4,005,417 (±0.2% / ±42,798)

38.4 minutes ±24.1 (29,485  ±12,018) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.5 times the figure in the Sherman-Denison, TX Metro Area: 26.3 1,524,935 (±0.8 / ±62,100)
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Texas: 26.7 325,128,060 (±0.1 / ±1,129,828)

Families

723 ±205 Number of households
  • the Sherman-Denison, TX Metro Area: 53,325 ±598
  • Texas: 10,747,240 ±15,647
2.2 ±0.1 (1,617  ±460) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Sherman-Denison, TX Metro Area: 2.6 137,540 (±0 / ±71)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Texas: 2.7 29,034,526

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

1,336 ±212 Number of housing units
  • the Sherman-Denison, TX Metro Area: 60,366 ±63
  • Texas: 11,890,808 ±698

$184,600 ±$48,701 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Sherman-Denison, TX Metro Area: $228,300 ±$8,150
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Texas: $260,400 ±$738

30% ±17.7% (485  ±317.1) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Sherman-Denison, TX Metro Area: 17.2% 23,821 (±1.6% / ±2,138.5)
  • more than double the rate in Texas: 14.3% 4,197,721 (±0.1% / ±35,125.8)

Social

96.4% ±36.4% (1,339  ±340.5) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Sherman-Denison, TX Metro Area: 90.5% 85,520 (±2.4% / ±2,297.4)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Texas: 85.7% 16,534,908 (±0.2% / ±41,819.2)
11.3% ±5.7% (157  ±90.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in the Sherman-Denison, TX Metro Area: 23.7% 22,436 (±1.2% / ±1,170.2)
  • about one-third of the rate in Texas: 33.1% 6,381,971 (±0.1% / ±26,865.5)

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

1.9% ±3.4% (31  ±55) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in the Sherman-Denison, TX Metro Area: 7.2% 10,136
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Texas: 17.2% 5,095,888

17.4% ±6.3% (252  ±117) Population with veteran status
  • nearly double the rate in the Sherman-Denison, TX Metro Area: 9.1% 9,676 (±0.6% / ±633)
  • more than double the rate in Texas: 6.4% 1,408,009 (±0.1% / ±11,267)
252 Total veterans ±117 126 Male ±83 126 Female ±89

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