Preston vs Sawyer

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

Preston and Sawyer 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 119 in Sawyer). Sawyer has the higher median household income ($43,750 vs $28,462 in Preston). Sawyer has the higher median home value ($60,000 vs $21,900 in Preston).

Population, income & housing

	Preston	Sawyer
Population	127	119
Median age	60.6 yrs	26.1 yrs
Median household income	$28,462	$43,750
Median home value	$21,900	$60,000
Median gross rent	$628	$725
Housing units	105	90
Homeownership rate	61.8%	69.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.7%	1.7%
Unemployment rate	7.8%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Preston	Sawyer
Population	163 → 127 (-22.1%)	157 → 119 (-24.2%)
Median household income	$27,250 → $28,462 (+4.4%)	$46,875 → $43,750 (-6.7%)
Median home value	$24,600 → $21,900 (-11.0%)	$32,700 → $60,000 (+83.5%)
Median gross rent	$825 → $628 (-23.9%)	$563 → $725 (+28.8%)

Preston

Population

163127

Median household income

$27,250$28,462

Median home value

$24,600$21,900

Median gross rent

$825$628

Sawyer

Population

157119

Median household income

$46,875$43,750

Median home value

$32,700$60,000

Median gross rent

$563$725

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Preston	Sawyer
Under 5	0.0%	17.6%
5 to 17	0.8%	10.1%
18 to 24	8.7%	21.8%
25 to 34	3.9%	11.8%
35 to 44	26.8%	7.6%
45 to 54	3.9%	0.8%
55 to 64	27.6%	12.6%
65 to 74	19.7%	10.1%
75 and over	8.7%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Preston	Sawyer
White (non-Hispanic)	96.1%	100.0%
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	3.9%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Preston	Sawyer
No high school diploma	18.3%	28.3%
High school graduate	23.5%	40.0%
Some college or associate's	42.6%	30.0%
Bachelor's degree	10.4%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.2%	1.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Preston	Sawyer
Drove alone	67.3%	83.7%
Carpooled	16.3%	8.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	4.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	4.1%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	16.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Preston	Sawyer
1-unit, detached	79.0%	93.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	18.1%	6.7%

Poverty & households

	Preston	Sawyer
Poverty rate	40.9%	5.0%
Average household size	1.87	2.16
Mean commute (minutes)	14	—
Median year structure built	1942	1938