Preston vs Sabula

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

Preston and Sabula 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 543 in Sabula). Preston has the higher median household income ($82,950 vs $60,417 in Sabula). Preston has the higher median home value ($144,600 vs $116,300 in Sabula).

Population, income & housing

	Preston	Sabula
Population	1,057	543
Median age	36.5 yrs	49.6 yrs
Median household income	$82,950	$60,417
Median home value	$144,600	$116,300
Median gross rent	$789	$955
Housing units	487	297
Homeownership rate	72.3%	77.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.1%	5.1%
Unemployment rate	0.2%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Preston	Sabula
Population	1,000 → 1,057 (+5.7%)	491 → 543 (+10.6%)
Median household income	$66,458 → $82,950 (+24.8%)	$46,484 → $60,417 (+30.0%)
Median home value	$115,100 → $144,600 (+25.6%)	$86,500 → $116,300 (+34.5%)
Median gross rent	$584 → $789 (+35.1%)	$625 → $955 (+52.8%)

Preston

Population

1,0001,057

Median household income

$66,458$82,950

Median home value

$115,100$144,600

Median gross rent

$584$789

Sabula

Population

491543

Median household income

$46,484$60,417

Median home value

$86,500$116,300

Median gross rent

$625$955

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Preston	Sabula
Under 5	5.5%	0.9%
5 to 17	13.1%	16.2%
18 to 24	7.0%	7.0%
25 to 34	22.3%	9.0%
35 to 44	7.3%	13.1%
45 to 54	9.2%	9.9%
55 to 64	14.2%	16.4%
65 to 74	15.5%	15.1%
75 and over	6.0%	12.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Preston	Sabula
White (non-Hispanic)	91.4%	97.1%
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	0.9%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	7.7%	2.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Preston	Sabula
No high school diploma	3.4%	12.1%
High school graduate	42.3%	53.6%
Some college or associate's	31.1%	29.1%
Bachelor's degree	19.7%	2.4%
Graduate or professional degree	3.4%	2.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Preston	Sabula
Drove alone	89.8%	84.7%
Carpooled	2.6%	8.1%
Public transit	0.8%	0.0%
Walked	1.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	1.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.1%	7.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Preston	Sabula
1-unit, detached	83.6%	77.4%
1-unit, attached	4.1%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	12.3%	6.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	9.1%

Poverty & households

	Preston	Sabula
Poverty rate	16.4%	9.2%
Average household size	2.27	2.20
Mean commute (minutes)	25	22
Median year structure built	1950	1951