Preston vs Rushford

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

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

Rushford has the higher population (1,790 vs 1,315 in Preston). Rushford has the higher median household income ($73,321 vs $60,438 in Preston). Rushford has the higher median home value ($203,200 vs $169,600 in Preston).

Population, income & housing

	Preston	Rushford
Population	1,315	1,790
Median age	41.3 yrs	41.1 yrs
Median household income	$60,438	$73,321
Median home value	$169,600	$203,200
Median gross rent	$649	$824
Housing units	622	820
Homeownership rate	72.9%	72.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.6%	28.9%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Preston	Rushford
Population	1,408 → 1,315 (-6.6%)	1,744 → 1,790 (+2.6%)
Median household income	$49,750 → $60,438 (+21.5%)	$49,559 → $73,321 (+47.9%)
Median home value	$117,100 → $169,600 (+44.8%)	$151,000 → $203,200 (+34.6%)
Median gross rent	$544 → $649 (+19.3%)	$685 → $824 (+20.3%)

Preston

Population

1,4081,315

Median household income

$49,750$60,438

Median home value

$117,100$169,600

Median gross rent

$544$649

Rushford

Population

1,7441,790

Median household income

$49,559$73,321

Median home value

$151,000$203,200

Median gross rent

$685$824

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Preston	Rushford
Under 5	5.9%	7.8%
5 to 17	15.4%	15.7%
18 to 24	7.5%	6.6%
25 to 34	12.2%	12.2%
35 to 44	12.4%	10.8%
45 to 54	9.0%	10.8%
55 to 64	15.6%	12.0%
65 to 74	12.4%	13.4%
75 and over	9.5%	10.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Preston	Rushford
White (non-Hispanic)	96.6%	94.4%
Black or African American	0.7%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	1.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.7%
Two or more races	0.8%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	1.4%	1.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Preston	Rushford
No high school diploma	2.6%	5.3%
High school graduate	33.8%	24.7%
Some college or associate's	36.0%	41.1%
Bachelor's degree	19.1%	19.3%
Graduate or professional degree	8.4%	9.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Preston	Rushford
Drove alone	77.5%	77.9%
Carpooled	2.5%	10.0%
Public transit	1.1%	0.4%
Walked	5.8%	4.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.9%	6.9%
Other means	1.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Preston	Rushford
1-unit, detached	66.4%	74.6%
1-unit, attached	2.6%	7.4%
2 to 4 units	4.0%	6.3%
5 to 19 units	18.8%	9.6%
20 or more units	3.5%	0.2%
Mobile home & other	4.7%	1.7%

Poverty & households

	Preston	Rushford
Poverty rate	13.5%	8.9%
Average household size	2.23	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	22	24
Median year structure built	1962	1976