Miles vs Preston

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

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

Preston has the higher population (1,057 vs 392 in Miles). Preston has the higher median household income ($82,950 vs $67,750 in Miles). Preston has the higher median home value ($144,600 vs $125,900 in Miles).

Population, income & housing

	Miles	Preston
Population	392	1,057
Median age	44.3 yrs	36.5 yrs
Median household income	$67,750	$82,950
Median home value	$125,900	$144,600
Median gross rent	$731	$789
Housing units	207	487
Homeownership rate	82.5%	72.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.6%	23.1%
Unemployment rate	2.0%	0.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Miles	Preston
Population	422 → 392 (-7.1%)	1,000 → 1,057 (+5.7%)
Median household income	$57,917 → $67,750 (+17.0%)	$66,458 → $82,950 (+24.8%)
Median home value	$120,800 → $125,900 (+4.2%)	$115,100 → $144,600 (+25.6%)
Median gross rent	$468 → $731 (+56.2%)	$584 → $789 (+35.1%)

Miles

Population

422392

Median household income

$57,917$67,750

Median home value

$120,800$125,900

Median gross rent

$468$731

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)

	Miles	Preston
Under 5	5.9%	5.5%
5 to 17	12.5%	13.1%
18 to 24	9.4%	7.0%
25 to 34	10.2%	22.3%
35 to 44	12.8%	7.3%
45 to 54	10.2%	9.2%
55 to 64	15.3%	14.2%
65 to 74	16.1%	15.5%
75 and over	7.7%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Miles	Preston
White (non-Hispanic)	94.1%	91.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.8%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	1.0%	7.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Miles	Preston
No high school diploma	11.7%	3.4%
High school graduate	36.4%	42.3%
Some college or associate's	30.4%	31.1%
Bachelor's degree	16.6%	19.7%
Graduate or professional degree	4.9%	3.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Miles	Preston
Drove alone	83.6%	89.8%
Carpooled	8.5%	2.6%
Public transit	0.5%	0.8%
Walked	1.6%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.4%
Worked from home	5.8%	4.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Miles	Preston
1-unit, detached	89.9%	83.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	4.1%
2 to 4 units	4.8%	12.3%
5 to 19 units	5.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Miles	Preston
Poverty rate	13.5%	16.4%
Average household size	2.02	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	27	25
Median year structure built	1954	1950