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Preston town, Adams County, WI

1,375 Population
35.4 square miles 38.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

56.6 ±3.8 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Adams County: 55.7 ±0.2
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Wisconsin: 40.2 ±0.1
  • about 1.5 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$34,775 ±$4,445 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Adams County: $35,863 ±$1,301
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Wisconsin: $43,373 ±$237
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$49,219 ±$10,500 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Adams County: $59,442 ±$2,974
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Wisconsin: $77,485 ±$455
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

20.9% ±6.4% (287  ±95) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Adams County: 14.1% † 2,889 (±1.6% / ±336)
  • about double the rate in Wisconsin: 10.6% 610,030 (±0.2% / ±8,470)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

24.9 minutes ±3.6 (12,255  ±2,848) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Adams County: 30.7 230,805 (±1.2 / ±14,296)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Wisconsin: 22.2 57,625,472 (±0.1 / ±288,608)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

698 ±97 Number of households
  • Adams County: 9,517 ±286
  • Wisconsin: 2,479,480 ±5,787
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2 ±0.4 (1,375  ±178) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Adams County: 2.1 20,400 (±0.1 / ±61)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Wisconsin: 2.3 5,774,449
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

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

Housing

1,138 ±125 Number of housing units
  • Adams County: 17,008 ±80
  • Wisconsin: 2,778,572 ±1,533
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$160,400 ±$11,639 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Adams County: $200,800 ±$8,327
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Wisconsin: $266,500 ±$1,051
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

5% ±2.5% (69  ±35.5) Moved since previous year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Adams County: 11.5% † 2,412 (±1.5% / ±316.1)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Wisconsin: 11.8% 688,830 (±0.2% / ±8,943.9)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

87.9% ±15.9% (988  ±123.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Adams County: 89.4% 15,397 (±2.8% / ±487.9)
  • a little less than the rate in Wisconsin: 93.6% 3,835,965 (±0.3% / ±13,109.8)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
9.8% ±2.6% (110  ±32.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Adams County: 17.5% 3,020 (±1.4% / ±240.8)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Wisconsin: 33.4% 1,368,736 (±0.2% / ±7,930)
  • about one-quarter 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

2.3% ±1.7% (31  ±23) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Adams County: 3.3% 696
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Wisconsin: 5.2% 306,979
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

12.3% ±5.3% (147  ±66) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Adams County: 10.3% 1,884 (±1% / ±177)
  • about double the rate in Wisconsin: 6.2% 288,078 (±0.1% / ±3,278)
  • about double the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
147 Total veterans ±66 120 Male ±62 27 Female ±26

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