Iuka vs Preston

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

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

Iuka has the higher population (226 vs 127 in Preston). Iuka has the higher median household income ($40,192 vs $28,462 in Preston). Iuka has the higher median home value ($100,000 vs $21,900 in Preston).

Population, income & housing

	Iuka	Preston
Population	226	127
Median age	56.5 yrs	60.6 yrs
Median household income	$40,192	$28,462
Median home value	$100,000	$21,900
Median gross rent	$1,099	$628
Housing units	120	105
Homeownership rate	48.3%	61.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.0%	15.7%
Unemployment rate	14.6%	7.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Iuka	Preston
Population	188 → 226 (+20.2%)	163 → 127 (-22.1%)
Median household income	$47,019 → $40,192 (-14.5%)	$27,250 → $28,462 (+4.4%)
Median home value	$63,300 → $100,000 (+58.0%)	$24,600 → $21,900 (-11.0%)
Median gross rent	$950 → $1,099 (+15.7%)	$825 → $628 (-23.9%)

Iuka

Population

188226

Median household income

$47,019$40,192

Median home value

$63,300$100,000

Median gross rent

$950$1,099

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)

	Iuka	Preston
Under 5	1.3%	0.0%
5 to 17	16.8%	0.8%
18 to 24	6.2%	8.7%
25 to 34	4.4%	3.9%
35 to 44	11.9%	26.8%
45 to 54	8.8%	3.9%
55 to 64	11.1%	27.6%
65 to 74	32.3%	19.7%
75 and over	7.1%	8.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Iuka	Preston
White (non-Hispanic)	78.8%	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	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.4%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	16.4%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Iuka	Preston
No high school diploma	12.3%	18.3%
High school graduate	26.9%	23.5%
Some college or associate's	22.8%	42.6%
Bachelor's degree	7.6%	10.4%
Graduate or professional degree	30.4%	5.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Iuka	Preston
Drove alone	81.6%	67.3%
Carpooled	13.2%	16.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.3%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	16.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Iuka	Preston
1-unit, detached	95.8%	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	4.2%	18.1%

Poverty & households

	Iuka	Preston
Poverty rate	2.2%	40.9%
Average household size	1.95	1.87
Mean commute (minutes)	14	14
Median year structure built	1946	1942