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Preston township, Wayne County, PA

962 Population
49.4 square miles 19.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

56.6 ±5.7 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Wayne County: 48.9 ±0.3
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.1

Economics

$36,682 ±$5,525 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Wayne County: $33,735 ±$1,111
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $43,104 ±$186
$66,667 ±$13,491 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Wayne County: $62,182 ±$2,779
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $76,081 ±$310

9.7% ±4.4% (93  ±46) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Wayne County: 12.2% † 5,845 (±1.6% / ±783)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.8% 1,480,981 (±0.2% / ±19,287)

35.3 minutes ±12.6 (10,955  ±5,559) Mean travel time to work
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Wayne County: 28.8 526,555 (±1.6 / ±34,408)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.6 141,916,510 (±0.1 / ±598,943)

Families

446 ±82 Number of households
  • Wayne County: 20,314 ±488
  • Pennsylvania: 5,235,339 ±9,438
2.2 ±0.2 (962  ±198) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Wayne County: 2.4 47,948 (±0.1 / ±29)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,564,867

12.7% ±18.9% (17  ±26) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Wayne County: 3.9% † 335 (±1% / ±84)
  • more than double the rate in Pennsylvania: 5.1% 146,799 (±0.1% / ±3,390)

Housing

903 ±98 Number of housing units
  • Wayne County: 32,054 ±49
  • Pennsylvania: 5,779,663 ±1,198

$221,600 ±$53,914 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Wayne County: $228,200 ±$7,502
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $240,500 ±$622

14.2% ±8.5% (137  ±86.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Wayne County: 10.2% † 5,185 (±1.3% / ±638.3)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.1% 1,424,815 (±0.1% / ±15,518.9)

Social

89.1% ±22.1% (709  ±114.6) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Wayne County: 91.4% 36,069 (±2.5% / ±999.7)
  • a little less than the rate in Pennsylvania: 91.9% 8,412,410 (±0.3% / ±22,879.7)
20.5% ±5.5% (163  ±53.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Wayne County: 21.6% 8,516 (±1.4% / ±531.4)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Pennsylvania: 34.5% 3,157,318 (±0.2% / ±14,182.6)

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

2.6% ±2.7% (25  ±26) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Wayne County: 3.7% 1,904
  • about one-third of the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.4% 961,247

12.5% ±6.3% (103  ±55) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Wayne County: 9.9% 4,243 (±0.8% / ±354)
  • about double the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.4% 656,112 (±0.1% / ±5,751)
103 Total veterans ±55 103 Male ±55 N/A Female ±11

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