Mabel vs Preston

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

Mabel 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 832 in Mabel). Mabel has the higher median household income ($67,500 vs $60,438 in Preston). Preston has the higher median home value ($169,600 vs $124,600 in Mabel).

Population, income & housing

	Mabel	Preston
Population	832	1,315
Median age	49.4 yrs	41.3 yrs
Median household income	$67,500	$60,438
Median home value	$124,600	$169,600
Median gross rent	$792	$649
Housing units	402	622
Homeownership rate	84.8%	72.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.5%	27.6%
Unemployment rate	6.0%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mabel	Preston
Population	823 → 832 (+1.1%)	1,408 → 1,315 (-6.6%)
Median household income	$56,797 → $67,500 (+18.8%)	$49,750 → $60,438 (+21.5%)
Median home value	$86,200 → $124,600 (+44.5%)	$117,100 → $169,600 (+44.8%)
Median gross rent	$755 → $792 (+4.9%)	$544 → $649 (+19.3%)

Mabel

Population

823832

Median household income

$56,797$67,500

Median home value

$86,200$124,600

Median gross rent

$755$792

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)

	Mabel	Preston
Under 5	3.4%	5.9%
5 to 17	14.3%	15.4%
18 to 24	8.2%	7.5%
25 to 34	10.7%	12.2%
35 to 44	10.3%	12.4%
45 to 54	8.5%	9.0%
55 to 64	14.3%	15.6%
65 to 74	13.6%	12.4%
75 and over	16.7%	9.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mabel	Preston
White (non-Hispanic)	97.8%	96.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.7%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	1.3%	1.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mabel	Preston
No high school diploma	11.5%	2.6%
High school graduate	45.1%	33.8%
Some college or associate's	25.9%	36.0%
Bachelor's degree	13.0%	19.1%
Graduate or professional degree	4.5%	8.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mabel	Preston
Drove alone	79.5%	77.5%
Carpooled	13.4%	2.5%
Public transit	0.0%	1.1%
Walked	5.1%	5.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.3%	11.9%
Other means	0.8%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mabel	Preston
1-unit, detached	79.4%	66.4%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	2.6%
2 to 4 units	2.0%	4.0%
5 to 19 units	10.7%	18.8%
20 or more units	2.5%	3.5%
Mobile home & other	4.0%	4.7%

Poverty & households

	Mabel	Preston
Poverty rate	5.7%	13.5%
Average household size	2.13	2.23
Mean commute (minutes)	26	22
Median year structure built	1960	1962