Maquoketa vs Preston

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

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

Maquoketa has the higher population (6,105 vs 1,057 in Preston). Preston has the higher median household income ($82,950 vs $56,039 in Maquoketa). Preston has the higher median home value ($144,600 vs $126,800 in Maquoketa).

Population, income & housing

	Maquoketa	Preston
Population	6,105	1,057
Median age	40.1 yrs	36.5 yrs
Median household income	$56,039	$82,950
Median home value	$126,800	$144,600
Median gross rent	$745	$789
Housing units	2,872	487
Homeownership rate	68.4%	72.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.0%	23.1%
Unemployment rate	8.8%	0.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Maquoketa	Preston
Population	6,010 → 6,105 (+1.6%)	1,000 → 1,057 (+5.7%)
Median household income	$44,610 → $56,039 (+25.6%)	$66,458 → $82,950 (+24.8%)
Median home value	$90,700 → $126,800 (+39.8%)	$115,100 → $144,600 (+25.6%)
Median gross rent	$600 → $745 (+24.2%)	$584 → $789 (+35.1%)

Maquoketa

Population

6,0106,105

Median household income

$44,610$56,039

Median home value

$90,700$126,800

Median gross rent

$600$745

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)

	Maquoketa	Preston
Under 5	6.7%	5.5%
5 to 17	16.6%	13.1%
18 to 24	6.4%	7.0%
25 to 34	12.6%	22.3%
35 to 44	11.8%	7.3%
45 to 54	10.9%	9.2%
55 to 64	13.5%	14.2%
65 to 74	10.4%	15.5%
75 and over	11.0%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Maquoketa	Preston
White (non-Hispanic)	93.4%	91.4%
Black or African American	2.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.6%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.5%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.4%	7.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Maquoketa	Preston
No high school diploma	4.1%	3.4%
High school graduate	42.7%	42.3%
Some college or associate's	36.2%	31.1%
Bachelor's degree	12.3%	19.7%
Graduate or professional degree	4.8%	3.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Maquoketa	Preston
Drove alone	78.4%	89.8%
Carpooled	10.5%	2.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.8%
Walked	1.2%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.6%	1.4%
Worked from home	8.9%	4.1%
Other means	0.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Maquoketa	Preston
1-unit, detached	74.0%	83.6%
1-unit, attached	2.4%	4.1%
2 to 4 units	6.2%	12.3%
5 to 19 units	5.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	3.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	8.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Maquoketa	Preston
Poverty rate	16.1%	16.4%
Average household size	2.21	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	20	25
Median year structure built	1963	1950