Prestonsburg vs Wheelwright

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

Prestonsburg and Wheelwright 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 945 in Wheelwright). Wheelwright has the higher median household income ($58,250 vs $27,265 in Prestonsburg). Prestonsburg has the higher median home value ($157,200 vs $85,700 in Wheelwright).

Population, income & housing

	Prestonsburg	Wheelwright
Population	3,823	945
Median age	35.0 yrs	37.0 yrs
Median household income	$27,265	$58,250
Median home value	$157,200	$85,700
Median gross rent	$456	$538
Housing units	1,633	316
Homeownership rate	46.5%	71.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.4%	10.7%
Unemployment rate	15.4%	12.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Prestonsburg	Wheelwright
Population	3,591 → 3,823 (+6.5%)	696 → 945 (+35.8%)
Median household income	$26,563 → $27,265 (+2.6%)	$20,417 → $58,250 (+185.3%)
Median home value	$113,300 → $157,200 (+38.7%)	$37,100 → $85,700 (+131.0%)
Median gross rent	$600 → $456 (-24.0%)	$535 → $538 (+0.6%)

Prestonsburg

Population

3,5913,823

Median household income

$26,563$27,265

Median home value

$113,300$157,200

Median gross rent

$600$456

Wheelwright

Population

696945

Median household income

$20,417$58,250

Median home value

$37,100$85,700

Median gross rent

$535$538

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Prestonsburg	Wheelwright
Under 5	4.9%	4.6%
5 to 17	17.3%	11.5%
18 to 24	14.2%	5.7%
25 to 34	13.5%	21.4%
35 to 44	12.5%	22.8%
45 to 54	8.6%	7.3%
55 to 64	5.9%	16.8%
65 to 74	13.9%	7.6%
75 and over	9.3%	2.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Prestonsburg	Wheelwright
White (non-Hispanic)	93.7%	90.8%
Black or African American	2.4%	6.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	1.6%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.5%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Prestonsburg	Wheelwright
No high school diploma	22.3%	26.7%
High school graduate	36.8%	37.9%
Some college or associate's	23.5%	24.8%
Bachelor's degree	12.1%	7.3%
Graduate or professional degree	5.3%	3.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Prestonsburg	Wheelwright
Drove alone	80.2%	94.1%
Carpooled	10.7%	4.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.7%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Prestonsburg	Wheelwright
1-unit, detached	58.6%	86.4%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	18.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	12.0%	11.4%
20 or more units	6.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.2%	2.2%

Poverty & households

	Prestonsburg	Wheelwright
Poverty rate	44.0%	35.0%
Average household size	2.26	2.61
Mean commute (minutes)	18	38
Median year structure built	1973	1952