Denton vs Preston

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

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

Denton has the higher population (4,879 vs 794 in Preston). Preston has the higher median household income ($69,375 vs $63,769 in Denton). Preston has the higher median home value ($248,100 vs $234,700 in Denton).

Population, income & housing

	Denton	Preston
Population	4,879	794
Median age	38.3 yrs	41.9 yrs
Median household income	$63,769	$69,375
Median home value	$234,700	$248,100
Median gross rent	$995	$1,406
Housing units	1,751	308
Homeownership rate	55.0%	71.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.8%	23.2%
Unemployment rate	8.2%	0.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Denton	Preston
Population	4,429 → 4,879 (+10.2%)	735 → 794 (+8.0%)
Median household income	$50,081 → $63,769 (+27.3%)	$65,833 → $69,375 (+5.4%)
Median home value	$193,800 → $234,700 (+21.1%)	$211,000 → $248,100 (+17.6%)
Median gross rent	$906 → $995 (+9.8%)	$1,018 → $1,406 (+38.1%)

Denton

Population

4,4294,879

Median household income

$50,081$63,769

Median home value

$193,800$234,700

Median gross rent

$906$995

Preston

Population

735794

Median household income

$65,833$69,375

Median home value

$211,000$248,100

Median gross rent

$1,018$1,406

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Denton	Preston
Under 5	4.6%	8.1%
5 to 17	18.5%	17.0%
18 to 24	11.4%	3.9%
25 to 34	10.8%	6.9%
35 to 44	14.1%	20.0%
45 to 54	12.3%	12.6%
55 to 64	11.0%	14.2%
65 to 74	11.7%	8.3%
75 and over	5.6%	8.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Denton	Preston
White (non-Hispanic)	65.8%	84.5%
Black or African American	25.4%	4.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	6.2%
Two or more races	4.8%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.0%	0.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Denton	Preston
No high school diploma	20.5%	3.5%
High school graduate	37.7%	43.6%
Some college or associate's	27.0%	29.6%
Bachelor's degree	9.9%	10.1%
Graduate or professional degree	4.9%	13.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Denton	Preston
Drove alone	78.2%	68.7%
Carpooled	8.4%	10.8%
Public transit	0.2%	0.0%
Walked	2.7%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.8%	17.9%
Other means	3.7%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Denton	Preston
1-unit, detached	55.1%	88.3%
1-unit, attached	11.1%	0.3%
2 to 4 units	8.9%	2.3%
5 to 19 units	24.6%	9.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Denton	Preston
Poverty rate	10.7%	4.2%
Average household size	2.76	2.71
Mean commute (minutes)	27	23
Median year structure built	1976	1959