Bellevue vs Preston

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

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

Bellevue has the higher population (2,256 vs 1,057 in Preston). Preston has the higher median household income ($82,950 vs $78,792 in Bellevue). Bellevue has the higher median home value ($210,500 vs $144,600 in Preston).

Population, income & housing

	Bellevue	Preston
Population	2,256	1,057
Median age	42.7 yrs	36.5 yrs
Median household income	$78,792	$82,950
Median home value	$210,500	$144,600
Median gross rent	$826	$789
Housing units	1,037	487
Homeownership rate	80.3%	72.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.7%	23.1%
Unemployment rate	1.6%	0.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bellevue	Preston
Population	2,157 → 2,256 (+4.6%)	1,000 → 1,057 (+5.7%)
Median household income	$61,071 → $78,792 (+29.0%)	$66,458 → $82,950 (+24.8%)
Median home value	$156,500 → $210,500 (+34.5%)	$115,100 → $144,600 (+25.6%)
Median gross rent	$655 → $826 (+26.1%)	$584 → $789 (+35.1%)

Bellevue

Population

2,1572,256

Median household income

$61,071$78,792

Median home value

$156,500$210,500

Median gross rent

$655$826

Preston

Population

1,0001,057

Median household income

$66,458$82,950

Median home value

$115,100$144,600

Median gross rent

$584$789

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bellevue	Preston
Under 5	10.0%	5.5%
5 to 17	16.1%	13.1%
18 to 24	4.8%	7.0%
25 to 34	10.9%	22.3%
35 to 44	10.1%	7.3%
45 to 54	7.9%	9.2%
55 to 64	15.4%	14.2%
65 to 74	14.2%	15.5%
75 and over	10.6%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bellevue	Preston
White (non-Hispanic)	95.7%	91.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.6%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.3%	7.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bellevue	Preston
No high school diploma	2.9%	3.4%
High school graduate	34.8%	42.3%
Some college or associate's	34.6%	31.1%
Bachelor's degree	21.0%	19.7%
Graduate or professional degree	6.7%	3.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bellevue	Preston
Drove alone	85.2%	89.8%
Carpooled	1.8%	2.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.8%
Walked	4.6%	1.2%
Bicycle	1.0%	1.4%
Worked from home	7.4%	4.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bellevue	Preston
1-unit, detached	74.6%	83.6%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	4.1%
2 to 4 units	10.0%	12.3%
5 to 19 units	9.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bellevue	Preston
Poverty rate	8.4%	16.4%
Average household size	2.47	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	17	25
Median year structure built	1960	1950