Byers vs Preston

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

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

Preston has the higher population (127 vs 10 in Byers). Byers has the higher median household income ($43,750 vs $28,462 in Preston). Byers has the higher median home value ($37,500 vs $21,900 in Preston).

Population, income & housing

	Byers	Preston
Population	10	127
Median age	60.0 yrs	60.6 yrs
Median household income	$43,750	$28,462
Median home value	$37,500	$21,900
Median gross rent	—	$628
Housing units	11	105
Homeownership rate	100.0%	61.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	15.7%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	7.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Byers	Preston
Population	15 → 10 (-33.3%)	163 → 127 (-22.1%)
Median household income	$88,125 → $43,750 (-50.4%)	$27,250 → $28,462 (+4.4%)
Median home value	$85,000 → $37,500 (-55.9%)	$24,600 → $21,900 (-11.0%)
Median gross rent	—	$825 → $628 (-23.9%)

Byers

Population

1510

Median household income

$88,125$43,750

Median home value

$85,000$37,500

Preston

Population

163127

Median household income

$27,250$28,462

Median home value

$24,600$21,900

Median gross rent

$825$628

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Byers	Preston
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	0.0%	0.8%
18 to 24	0.0%	8.7%
25 to 34	0.0%	3.9%
35 to 44	0.0%	26.8%
45 to 54	40.0%	3.9%
55 to 64	20.0%	27.6%
65 to 74	20.0%	19.7%
75 and over	20.0%	8.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Byers	Preston
White (non-Hispanic)	50.0%	96.1%
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	20.0%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	30.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Byers	Preston
No high school diploma	20.0%	18.3%
High school graduate	20.0%	23.5%
Some college or associate's	60.0%	42.6%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	10.4%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	5.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Byers	Preston
Drove alone	80.0%	67.3%
Carpooled	0.0%	16.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	20.0%	16.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Byers	Preston
1-unit, detached	90.9%	79.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.1%	18.1%

Poverty & households

	Byers	Preston
Poverty rate	10.0%	40.9%
Average household size	1.67	1.87
Mean commute (minutes)	—	14
Median year structure built	1943	1942