Clifton vs Preston

A side-by-side comparison of Clifton and Preston: population, income, housing, and more.

Clifton and Preston are places in Idaho. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Preston has the higher population (5,800 vs 774 in Clifton). Clifton has the higher median household income ($97,750 vs $55,625 in Preston). Clifton has the higher median home value ($286,500 vs $280,500 in Preston).

Population, income & housing

	Clifton	Preston
Population	774	5,800
Median age	22.9 yrs	34.5 yrs
Median household income	$97,750	$55,625
Median home value	$286,500	$280,500
Median gross rent	$692	$794
Housing units	231	2,235
Homeownership rate	86.5%	68.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.3%	15.7%
Unemployment rate	2.2%	1.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clifton	Preston
Population	337 → 774 (+129.7%)	5,376 → 5,800 (+7.9%)
Median household income	$75,000 → $97,750 (+30.3%)	$48,408 → $55,625 (+14.9%)
Median home value	$217,400 → $286,500 (+31.8%)	$168,100 → $280,500 (+66.9%)
Median gross rent	$595 → $692 (+16.3%)	$657 → $794 (+20.9%)

Clifton

Population

337774

Median household income

$75,000$97,750

Median home value

$217,400$286,500

Median gross rent

$595$692

Preston

Population

5,3765,800

Median household income

$48,408$55,625

Median home value

$168,100$280,500

Median gross rent

$657$794

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clifton	Preston
Under 5	9.0%	5.6%
5 to 17	22.1%	24.1%
18 to 24	21.3%	6.1%
25 to 34	8.8%	14.2%
35 to 44	9.6%	14.9%
45 to 54	9.9%	8.1%
55 to 64	7.2%	11.5%
65 to 74	9.6%	7.1%
75 and over	2.5%	8.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clifton	Preston
White (non-Hispanic)	93.4%	89.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.1%
Two or more races	0.3%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	6.3%	5.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clifton	Preston
No high school diploma	0.8%	10.0%
High school graduate	47.8%	45.8%
Some college or associate's	26.1%	28.4%
Bachelor's degree	19.3%	10.0%
Graduate or professional degree	6.0%	5.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clifton	Preston
Drove alone	62.2%	83.0%
Carpooled	24.7%	7.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.7%	3.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.5%	5.9%
Other means	0.8%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clifton	Preston
1-unit, detached	99.6%	76.1%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	14.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	4.2%

Poverty & households

	Clifton	Preston
Poverty rate	2.7%	14.1%
Average household size	3.47	2.74
Mean commute (minutes)	27	25
Median year structure built	1978	1964