Chatfield vs Preston

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

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

Chatfield has the higher population (2,693 vs 1,315 in Preston). Chatfield has the higher median household income ($91,912 vs $60,438 in Preston). Chatfield has the higher median home value ($216,000 vs $169,600 in Preston).

Population, income & housing

	Chatfield	Preston
Population	2,693	1,315
Median age	38.0 yrs	41.3 yrs
Median household income	$91,912	$60,438
Median home value	$216,000	$169,600
Median gross rent	$645	$649
Housing units	1,066	622
Homeownership rate	88.3%	72.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.6%	27.6%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chatfield	Preston
Population	2,990 → 2,693 (-9.9%)	1,408 → 1,315 (-6.6%)
Median household income	$74,135 → $91,912 (+24.0%)	$49,750 → $60,438 (+21.5%)
Median home value	$171,700 → $216,000 (+25.8%)	$117,100 → $169,600 (+44.8%)
Median gross rent	$722 → $645 (-10.7%)	$544 → $649 (+19.3%)

Chatfield

Population

2,9902,693

Median household income

$74,135$91,912

Median home value

$171,700$216,000

Median gross rent

$722$645

Preston

Population

1,4081,315

Median household income

$49,750$60,438

Median home value

$117,100$169,600

Median gross rent

$544$649

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chatfield	Preston
Under 5	6.1%	5.9%
5 to 17	20.4%	15.4%
18 to 24	5.9%	7.5%
25 to 34	13.3%	12.2%
35 to 44	14.1%	12.4%
45 to 54	14.0%	9.0%
55 to 64	9.6%	15.6%
65 to 74	6.9%	12.4%
75 and over	9.8%	9.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chatfield	Preston
White (non-Hispanic)	94.9%	96.6%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	1.5%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.7%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	1.8%	1.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chatfield	Preston
No high school diploma	5.3%	2.6%
High school graduate	25.5%	33.8%
Some college or associate's	37.6%	36.0%
Bachelor's degree	20.5%	19.1%
Graduate or professional degree	11.1%	8.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chatfield	Preston
Drove alone	80.5%	77.5%
Carpooled	9.3%	2.5%
Public transit	1.0%	1.1%
Walked	3.4%	5.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.5%	11.9%
Other means	0.3%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chatfield	Preston
1-unit, detached	76.5%	66.4%
1-unit, attached	12.4%	2.6%
2 to 4 units	1.8%	4.0%
5 to 19 units	6.7%	18.8%
20 or more units	2.0%	3.5%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	4.7%

Poverty & households

	Chatfield	Preston
Poverty rate	5.8%	13.5%
Average household size	2.53	2.23
Mean commute (minutes)	21	22
Median year structure built	1974	1962