Preston vs Williston

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

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

Preston has the higher population (794 vs 302 in Williston). Williston has the higher median household income ($106,389 vs $69,375 in Preston). Williston has the higher median home value ($455,600 vs $248,100 in Preston).

Population, income & housing

	Preston	Williston
Population	794	302
Median age	41.9 yrs	27.7 yrs
Median household income	$69,375	$106,389
Median home value	$248,100	$455,600
Median gross rent	$1,406	—
Housing units	308	92
Homeownership rate	71.3%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.2%	30.2%
Unemployment rate	0.7%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Preston	Williston
Population	735 → 794 (+8.0%)	96 → 302 (+214.6%)
Median household income	$65,833 → $69,375 (+5.4%)	$160,192 → $106,389 (-33.6%)
Median home value	$211,000 → $248,100 (+17.6%)	$345,200 → $455,600 (+32.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,018 → $1,406 (+38.1%)	—

Preston

Population

735794

Median household income

$65,833$69,375

Median home value

$211,000$248,100

Median gross rent

$1,018$1,406

Williston

Population

96302

Median household income

$160,192$106,389

Median home value

$345,200$455,600

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Preston	Williston
Under 5	8.1%	12.6%
5 to 17	17.0%	20.5%
18 to 24	3.9%	0.0%
25 to 34	6.9%	52.3%
35 to 44	20.0%	0.0%
45 to 54	12.6%	3.0%
55 to 64	14.2%	3.6%
65 to 74	8.3%	3.0%
75 and over	8.9%	5.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Preston	Williston
White (non-Hispanic)	84.5%	100.0%
Black or African American	4.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	6.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.9%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Preston	Williston
No high school diploma	3.5%	0.0%
High school graduate	43.6%	32.2%
Some college or associate's	29.6%	37.6%
Bachelor's degree	10.1%	25.7%
Graduate or professional degree	13.1%	4.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Preston	Williston
Drove alone	68.7%	100.0%
Carpooled	10.8%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.9%	0.0%
Other means	0.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Preston	Williston
1-unit, detached	88.3%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	9.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Preston	Williston
Poverty rate	4.2%	5.0%
Average household size	2.71	3.28
Mean commute (minutes)	23	—
Median year structure built	1959	2005