Coats vs Preston

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

Coats 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 113 in Coats). Coats has the higher median household income ($76,016 vs $28,462 in Preston). Since 2019, Coats's population has grown faster (+39.5% vs -22.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Coats	Preston
Population	113	127
Median age	23.5 yrs	60.6 yrs
Median household income	$76,016	$28,462
Median home value	—	$21,900
Median gross rent	—	$628
Housing units	71	105
Homeownership rate	95.1%	61.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	3.6%	15.7%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	7.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Coats	Preston
Population	81 → 113 (+39.5%)	163 → 127 (-22.1%)
Median household income	$24,167 → $76,016 (+214.5%)	$27,250 → $28,462 (+4.4%)
Median home value	$24,200 → $19,800 (-18.2%)	$24,600 → $21,900 (-11.0%)
Median gross rent	—	$825 → $628 (-23.9%)

Coats

Population

81113

Median household income

$24,167$76,016

Median home value

$24,200$19,800

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)

	Coats	Preston
Under 5	10.6%	0.0%
5 to 17	38.9%	0.8%
18 to 24	0.9%	8.7%
25 to 34	9.7%	3.9%
35 to 44	17.7%	26.8%
45 to 54	5.3%	3.9%
55 to 64	12.4%	27.6%
65 to 74	0.0%	19.7%
75 and over	4.4%	8.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Coats	Preston
White (non-Hispanic)	79.6%	96.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.9%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	19.5%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Coats	Preston
No high school diploma	3.6%	18.3%
High school graduate	28.6%	23.5%
Some college or associate's	64.3%	42.6%
Bachelor's degree	3.6%	10.4%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	5.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Coats	Preston
Drove alone	83.3%	67.3%
Carpooled	16.7%	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	0.0%	16.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Coats	Preston
1-unit, detached	90.1%	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	9.9%	18.1%

Poverty & households

	Coats	Preston
Poverty rate	14.2%	40.9%
Average household size	2.76	1.87
Mean commute (minutes)	15	14
Median year structure built	1938	1942