Prestonville vs Sanders

A side-by-side comparison of Prestonville and Sanders: population, income, housing, and more.

Prestonville and Sanders are places in Kentucky. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Sanders has the higher population (469 vs 193 in Prestonville). Sanders has the higher median home value ($78,100 vs $75,300 in Prestonville). Since 2019, Sanders's population has grown faster (+145.5% vs +70.8%).

Population, income & housing

	Prestonville	Sanders
Population	193	469
Median age	49.9 yrs	31.8 yrs
Median household income	$17,315	—
Median home value	$75,300	$78,100
Median gross rent	$850	—
Housing units	105	153
Homeownership rate	54.8%	95.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.7%	11.7%
Unemployment rate	19.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Prestonville	Sanders
Population	113 → 193 (+70.8%)	191 → 469 (+145.5%)
Median household income	$24,886 → $17,315 (-30.4%)	$31,875 → $36,557 (+14.7%)
Median home value	$92,900 → $75,300 (-18.9%)	$66,300 → $78,100 (+17.8%)
Median gross rent	$635 → $850 (+33.9%)	$520 → $521 (+0.2%)

Prestonville

Population

113193

Median household income

$24,886$17,315

Median home value

$92,900$75,300

Median gross rent

$635$850

Sanders

Population

191469

Median household income

$31,875$36,557

Median home value

$66,300$78,100

Median gross rent

$520$521

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Prestonville	Sanders
Under 5	2.6%	12.6%
5 to 17	10.9%	16.4%
18 to 24	11.9%	5.1%
25 to 34	8.3%	23.0%
35 to 44	10.4%	3.0%
45 to 54	16.1%	5.8%
55 to 64	16.6%	13.6%
65 to 74	8.8%	17.1%
75 and over	14.5%	3.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Prestonville	Sanders
White (non-Hispanic)	87.6%	97.2%
Black or African American	5.2%	1.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.6%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	3.1%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Prestonville	Sanders
No high school diploma	38.2%	8.7%
High school graduate	39.6%	63.8%
Some college or associate's	21.5%	15.9%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	10.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.7%	1.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Prestonville	Sanders
Drove alone	55.9%	65.7%
Carpooled	27.1%	8.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	1.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.1%	25.1%
Other means	8.5%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Prestonville	Sanders
1-unit, detached	72.4%	76.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	27.6%	23.5%

Poverty & households

	Prestonville	Sanders
Poverty rate	42.5%	47.2%
Average household size	2.11	3.01
Mean commute (minutes)	18	25
Median year structure built	1966	2012