Preston vs Weston

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

Preston and Weston 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 586 in Weston). Weston has the higher median household income ($85,588 vs $55,625 in Preston). Weston has the higher median home value ($315,500 vs $280,500 in Preston).

Population, income & housing

	Preston	Weston
Population	5,800	586
Median age	34.5 yrs	26.0 yrs
Median household income	$55,625	$85,588
Median home value	$280,500	$315,500
Median gross rent	$794	$1,125
Housing units	2,235	156
Homeownership rate	68.2%	92.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.7%	26.8%
Unemployment rate	1.1%	5.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Preston	Weston
Population	5,376 → 5,800 (+7.9%)	564 → 586 (+3.9%)
Median household income	$48,408 → $55,625 (+14.9%)	$58,750 → $85,588 (+45.7%)
Median home value	$168,100 → $280,500 (+66.9%)	$214,000 → $315,500 (+47.4%)
Median gross rent	$657 → $794 (+20.9%)	$823 → $1,125 (+36.7%)

Preston

Population

5,3765,800

Median household income

$48,408$55,625

Median home value

$168,100$280,500

Median gross rent

$657$794

Weston

Population

564586

Median household income

$58,750$85,588

Median home value

$214,000$315,500

Median gross rent

$823$1,125

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Preston	Weston
Under 5	5.6%	9.6%
5 to 17	24.1%	29.2%
18 to 24	6.1%	10.4%
25 to 34	14.2%	10.2%
35 to 44	14.9%	11.6%
45 to 54	8.1%	6.5%
55 to 64	11.5%	12.6%
65 to 74	7.1%	5.8%
75 and over	8.4%	4.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Preston	Weston
White (non-Hispanic)	89.3%	76.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.5%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	5.9%	18.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Preston	Weston
No high school diploma	10.0%	5.4%
High school graduate	45.8%	35.2%
Some college or associate's	28.4%	32.6%
Bachelor's degree	10.0%	25.2%
Graduate or professional degree	5.7%	1.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Preston	Weston
Drove alone	83.0%	89.4%
Carpooled	7.4%	2.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.8%
Walked	3.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.9%	7.1%
Other means	0.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Preston	Weston
1-unit, detached	76.1%	96.8%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	14.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	3.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.2%	1.9%

Poverty & households

	Preston	Weston
Poverty rate	14.1%	1.9%
Average household size	2.74	3.76
Mean commute (minutes)	25	31
Median year structure built	1964	1978