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Preston town, Trempealeau County, WI

868 Population
56 square miles 15.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.7 ±8.3 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Trempealeau County: 39.9 ±0.5
  • a little less than the figure in Wisconsin: 40.2 ±0.1
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$42,986 ±$5,544 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Trempealeau County: $37,226 ±$912
  • about the same as the amount in Wisconsin: $43,373 ±$237
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$100,625 ±$12,596 Median household income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Trempealeau County: $76,313 ±$3,713
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Wisconsin: $77,485 ±$455
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

8.1% ±4.2% (70  ±38) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Trempealeau County: 9.9% † 3,013 (±1.7% / ±506)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Wisconsin: 10.6% 610,030 (±0.2% / ±8,470)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

25.5 minutes ±5.3 (9,865  ±2,953) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Trempealeau County: 23.3 316,995 (±0.6 / ±10,993)
  • about 20 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

342 ±61 Number of households
  • Trempealeau County: 12,533 ±132
  • Wisconsin: 2,479,480 ±5,787
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.5 ±0.6 (868  ±148) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Trempealeau County: 2.4 30,452 (±0 / ±24)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Wisconsin: 2.3 5,774,449
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

7.8% ±6.4% (14  ±12) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Trempealeau County: 6% † 357 (±1.3% / ±74)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Wisconsin: 4.9% 64,374 (±0.2% / ±1,985)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

422 ±70 Number of housing units
  • Trempealeau County: 13,431 ±59
  • Wisconsin: 2,778,572 ±1,533
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$286,700 ±$33,075 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Trempealeau County: $216,700 ±$7,279
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Wisconsin: $266,500 ±$1,051
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

8% ±4.4% (69  ±39.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Trempealeau County: 8.7% † 2,631 (±1.2% / ±357.1)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Wisconsin: 11.8% 688,830 (±0.2% / ±8,943.9)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

91.9% ±20.2% (546  ±80.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Trempealeau County: 90.7% 18,578 (±2.3% / ±474.9)
  • about the same as the rate in Wisconsin: 93.6% 3,835,965 (±0.3% / ±13,109.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
20% ±5.3% (119  ±37.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Trempealeau County: 20.9% 4,276 (±1.1% / ±214.8)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Wisconsin: 33.4% 1,368,736 (±0.2% / ±7,930)
  • about three-fifths 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

0.7% ±0.7% (6  ±6) Foreign-born population
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Trempealeau County: 5.3% 1,625
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Wisconsin: 5.2% 306,979
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

4.4% ±1.7% (28  ±12) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Trempealeau County: 7.2% † 1,620 (±0.7% / ±165)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Wisconsin: 6.2% 288,078 (±0.1% / ±3,278)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
28 Total veterans ±12 28 Male ±12 N/A Female ±10

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