Auxier vs Prestonsburg

A side-by-side comparison of Auxier and Prestonsburg: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Prestonsburg has the higher population (3,823 vs 795 in Auxier). Auxier has the higher median household income ($113,565 vs $27,265 in Prestonsburg). Prestonsburg has the higher median home value ($157,200 vs $116,000 in Auxier).

Population, income & housing

	Auxier	Prestonsburg
Population	795	3,823
Median age	46.9 yrs	35.0 yrs
Median household income	$113,565	$27,265
Median home value	$116,000	$157,200
Median gross rent	—	$456
Housing units	255	1,633
Homeownership rate	92.0%	46.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.7%	17.4%
Unemployment rate	5.3%	15.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Auxier	Prestonsburg
Population	1,045 → 795 (-23.9%)	3,591 → 3,823 (+6.5%)
Median household income	$56,806 → $113,565 (+99.9%)	$26,563 → $27,265 (+2.6%)
Median home value	$73,400 → $116,000 (+58.0%)	$113,300 → $157,200 (+38.7%)
Median gross rent	—	$600 → $456 (-24.0%)

Auxier

Population

1,045795

Median household income

$56,806$113,565

Median home value

$73,400$116,000

Prestonsburg

Population

3,5913,823

Median household income

$26,563$27,265

Median home value

$113,300$157,200

Median gross rent

$600$456

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Auxier	Prestonsburg
Under 5	3.1%	4.9%
5 to 17	14.8%	17.3%
18 to 24	6.5%	14.2%
25 to 34	12.5%	13.5%
35 to 44	3.3%	12.5%
45 to 54	24.7%	8.6%
55 to 64	20.0%	5.9%
65 to 74	14.5%	13.9%
75 and over	0.6%	9.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Auxier	Prestonsburg
White (non-Hispanic)	96.9%	93.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.1%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Auxier	Prestonsburg
No high school diploma	11.0%	22.3%
High school graduate	29.8%	36.8%
Some college or associate's	41.5%	23.5%
Bachelor's degree	17.7%	12.1%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	5.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Auxier	Prestonsburg
Drove alone	89.0%	80.2%
Carpooled	11.0%	10.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	6.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Auxier	Prestonsburg
1-unit, detached	78.0%	58.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	18.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	12.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	6.5%
Mobile home & other	22.0%	4.2%

Poverty & households

	Auxier	Prestonsburg
Poverty rate	16.9%	44.0%
Average household size	3.14	2.26
Mean commute (minutes)	19	18
Median year structure built	1946	1973