Greensboro vs Preston

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

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

Greensboro has the higher population (2,563 vs 794 in Preston). Preston has the higher median household income ($69,375 vs $44,934 in Greensboro). Preston has the higher median home value ($248,100 vs $230,600 in Greensboro).

Population, income & housing

	Greensboro	Preston
Population	2,563	794
Median age	33.3 yrs	41.9 yrs
Median household income	$44,934	$69,375
Median home value	$230,600	$248,100
Median gross rent	$974	$1,406
Housing units	971	308
Homeownership rate	51.9%	71.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.2%	23.2%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	0.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Greensboro	Preston
Population	2,837 → 2,563 (-9.7%)	735 → 794 (+8.0%)
Median household income	$46,607 → $44,934 (-3.6%)	$65,833 → $69,375 (+5.4%)
Median home value	$147,700 → $230,600 (+56.1%)	$211,000 → $248,100 (+17.6%)
Median gross rent	$840 → $974 (+16.0%)	$1,018 → $1,406 (+38.1%)

Greensboro

Population

2,8372,563

Median household income

$46,607$44,934

Median home value

$147,700$230,600

Median gross rent

$840$974

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)

	Greensboro	Preston
Under 5	11.7%	8.1%
5 to 17	19.9%	17.0%
18 to 24	8.2%	3.9%
25 to 34	12.3%	6.9%
35 to 44	19.4%	20.0%
45 to 54	6.6%	12.6%
55 to 64	9.2%	14.2%
65 to 74	8.3%	8.3%
75 and over	4.3%	8.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Greensboro	Preston
White (non-Hispanic)	53.5%	84.5%
Black or African American	15.8%	4.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	6.2%
Two or more races	2.7%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	27.9%	0.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Greensboro	Preston
No high school diploma	20.1%	3.5%
High school graduate	40.1%	43.6%
Some college or associate's	34.7%	29.6%
Bachelor's degree	3.2%	10.1%
Graduate or professional degree	2.0%	13.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Greensboro	Preston
Drove alone	71.2%	68.7%
Carpooled	15.6%	10.8%
Public transit	2.3%	0.0%
Walked	0.3%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.8%	17.9%
Other means	5.9%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Greensboro	Preston
1-unit, detached	58.1%	88.3%
1-unit, attached	10.5%	0.3%
2 to 4 units	13.0%	2.3%
5 to 19 units	5.9%	9.1%
20 or more units	7.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Greensboro	Preston
Poverty rate	21.2%	4.2%
Average household size	2.98	2.71
Mean commute (minutes)	38	23
Median year structure built	1969	1959