Federalsburg vs Preston

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

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

Federalsburg has the higher population (2,818 vs 794 in Preston). Preston has the higher median household income ($69,375 vs $35,432 in Federalsburg). Preston has the higher median home value ($248,100 vs $125,200 in Federalsburg).

Population, income & housing

	Federalsburg	Preston
Population	2,818	794
Median age	37.3 yrs	41.9 yrs
Median household income	$35,432	$69,375
Median home value	$125,200	$248,100
Median gross rent	$987	$1,406
Housing units	1,185	308
Homeownership rate	45.2%	71.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.0%	23.2%
Unemployment rate	10.7%	0.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Federalsburg	Preston
Population	2,665 → 2,818 (+5.7%)	735 → 794 (+8.0%)
Median household income	$34,028 → $35,432 (+4.1%)	$65,833 → $69,375 (+5.4%)
Median home value	$119,900 → $125,200 (+4.4%)	$211,000 → $248,100 (+17.6%)
Median gross rent	$720 → $987 (+37.1%)	$1,018 → $1,406 (+38.1%)

Federalsburg

Population

2,6652,818

Median household income

$34,028$35,432

Median home value

$119,900$125,200

Median gross rent

$720$987

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)

	Federalsburg	Preston
Under 5	5.7%	8.1%
5 to 17	22.2%	17.0%
18 to 24	7.7%	3.9%
25 to 34	12.8%	6.9%
35 to 44	8.7%	20.0%
45 to 54	10.2%	12.6%
55 to 64	17.8%	14.2%
65 to 74	9.7%	8.3%
75 and over	5.1%	8.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Federalsburg	Preston
White (non-Hispanic)	40.4%	84.5%
Black or African American	43.7%	4.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	3.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	6.2%
Two or more races	8.1%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	4.1%	0.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Federalsburg	Preston
No high school diploma	19.7%	3.5%
High school graduate	42.4%	43.6%
Some college or associate's	31.9%	29.6%
Bachelor's degree	2.5%	10.1%
Graduate or professional degree	3.4%	13.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Federalsburg	Preston
Drove alone	79.0%	68.7%
Carpooled	8.7%	10.8%
Public transit	3.4%	0.0%
Walked	3.4%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.1%	17.9%
Other means	1.4%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Federalsburg	Preston
1-unit, detached	53.2%	88.3%
1-unit, attached	4.1%	0.3%
2 to 4 units	20.9%	2.3%
5 to 19 units	15.4%	9.1%
20 or more units	1.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Federalsburg	Preston
Poverty rate	32.7%	4.2%
Average household size	2.59	2.71
Mean commute (minutes)	26	23
Median year structure built	1975	1959