Harmony vs Preston

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

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

Preston has the higher population (1,315 vs 1,089 in Harmony). Harmony has the higher median household income ($65,536 vs $60,438 in Preston). Preston has the higher median home value ($169,600 vs $154,800 in Harmony).

Population, income & housing

	Harmony	Preston
Population	1,089	1,315
Median age	56.1 yrs	41.3 yrs
Median household income	$65,536	$60,438
Median home value	$154,800	$169,600
Median gross rent	$698	$649
Housing units	593	622
Homeownership rate	82.7%	72.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.7%	27.6%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Harmony	Preston
Population	976 → 1,089 (+11.6%)	1,408 → 1,315 (-6.6%)
Median household income	$56,685 → $65,536 (+15.6%)	$49,750 → $60,438 (+21.5%)
Median home value	$116,800 → $154,800 (+32.5%)	$117,100 → $169,600 (+44.8%)
Median gross rent	$658 → $698 (+6.1%)	$544 → $649 (+19.3%)

Harmony

Population

9761,089

Median household income

$56,685$65,536

Median home value

$116,800$154,800

Median gross rent

$658$698

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)

	Harmony	Preston
Under 5	1.7%	5.9%
5 to 17	12.6%	15.4%
18 to 24	7.8%	7.5%
25 to 34	8.4%	12.2%
35 to 44	8.1%	12.4%
45 to 54	10.7%	9.0%
55 to 64	12.0%	15.6%
65 to 74	16.7%	12.4%
75 and over	22.1%	9.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Harmony	Preston
White (non-Hispanic)	96.0%	96.6%
Black or African American	1.1%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.8%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Harmony	Preston
No high school diploma	5.3%	2.6%
High school graduate	33.5%	33.8%
Some college or associate's	40.5%	36.0%
Bachelor's degree	14.7%	19.1%
Graduate or professional degree	6.0%	8.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Harmony	Preston
Drove alone	77.2%	77.5%
Carpooled	6.5%	2.5%
Public transit	0.0%	1.1%
Walked	4.4%	5.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.1%	11.9%
Other means	0.8%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Harmony	Preston
1-unit, detached	81.8%	66.4%
1-unit, attached	1.9%	2.6%
2 to 4 units	7.1%	4.0%
5 to 19 units	2.7%	18.8%
20 or more units	6.6%	3.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	4.7%

Poverty & households

	Harmony	Preston
Poverty rate	9.1%	13.5%
Average household size	1.96	2.23
Mean commute (minutes)	21	22
Median year structure built	1963	1962