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Preston town, Adams County, WI

1,370 Population
35.4 square miles 38.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

56.5 ±4.5 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Adams County: 55.5 ±0.3
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Wisconsin: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$36,787 ±$5,774 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Adams County: $35,145 ±$1,383
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Wisconsin: $42,019 ±$272
$45,500 ±$12,233 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Adams County: $59,153 ±$3,270
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Wisconsin: $75,670 ±$402

21.4% ±6.5% (293  ±96) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Adams County: 13.8% † 2,785 (±1.4% / ±290)
  • about double the rate in Wisconsin: 10.6% 609,003 (±0.2% / ±9,415)

22.9 minutes ±4.4 (11,155  ±3,044) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Adams County: 29.1 217,285 (±0.8 / ±10,993)
  • a little higher than the figure in Wisconsin: 22.2 58,354,164 (±0.1 / ±264,478)

Families

694 ±105 Number of households
  • Adams County: 9,351 ±261
  • Wisconsin: 2,446,028 ±5,477
2 ±0.4 (1,370  ±175) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Adams County: 2.2 20,186 (±0.1 / ±73)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Wisconsin: 2.4 5,751,376

3.7% ±4.7% (7  ±9) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in Adams County: 3.7% † 105 (±1.5% / ±43)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Wisconsin: 5% 64,851 (±0.2% / ±1,932)

Housing

1,164 ±112 Number of housing units
  • Adams County: 16,873 ±50
  • Wisconsin: 2,750,750 ±1,389

$168,100 ±$18,513 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Adams County: $184,500 ±$9,527
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Wisconsin: $247,400 ±$937

3.7% ±2.3% (51  ±32.4) Moved since previous year
  • about one-third of the rate in Adams County: 11% † 2,301 (±1.5% / ±312.8)
  • about one-third of the rate in Wisconsin: 12.2% 710,503 (±0.2% / ±9,287.6)

Social

89.4% ±15.9% (980  ±117.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Adams County: 89% 15,062 (±2.8% / ±479.5)
  • a little less than the rate in Wisconsin: 93.4% 3,800,152 (±0.3% / ±13,179.8)
12.9% ±3.2% (141  ±39.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Adams County: 17.3% 2,923 (±1.3% / ±221)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Wisconsin: 32.8% 1,333,128 (±0.2% / ±7,717.1)

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

2.2% ±1.6% (30  ±22) Foreign-born population
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Adams County: 3% 621
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Wisconsin: 5.1% 299,804

13.5% ±5.3% (156  ±64) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Adams County: 10.2% 1,841 (±0.8% / ±150)
  • more than double the rate in Wisconsin: 6.4% 296,513 (±0.1% / ±3,305)
156 Total veterans ±64 131 Male ±60 25 Female ±23

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