Preston vs Rushford Village

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

Preston and Rushford Village 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 726 in Rushford Village). Rushford Village has the higher median household income ($92,500 vs $60,438 in Preston). Rushford Village has the higher median home value ($286,800 vs $169,600 in Preston).

Population, income & housing

	Preston	Rushford Village
Population	1,315	726
Median age	41.3 yrs	51.5 yrs
Median household income	$60,438	$92,500
Median home value	$169,600	$286,800
Median gross rent	$649	—
Housing units	622	326
Homeownership rate	72.9%	95.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.6%	35.2%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	0.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Preston	Rushford Village
Population	1,408 → 1,315 (-6.6%)	843 → 726 (-13.9%)
Median household income	$49,750 → $60,438 (+21.5%)	$82,813 → $92,500 (+11.7%)
Median home value	$117,100 → $169,600 (+44.8%)	$209,300 → $286,800 (+37.0%)
Median gross rent	$544 → $649 (+19.3%)	$677 → $1,271 (+87.7%)

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 Village

Population

843726

Median household income

$82,813$92,500

Median home value

$209,300$286,800

Median gross rent

$677$1,271

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Preston	Rushford Village
Under 5	5.9%	3.0%
5 to 17	15.4%	17.1%
18 to 24	7.5%	2.9%
25 to 34	12.2%	3.9%
35 to 44	12.4%	14.7%
45 to 54	9.0%	13.1%
55 to 64	15.6%	15.8%
65 to 74	12.4%	17.2%
75 and over	9.5%	12.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Preston	Rushford Village
White (non-Hispanic)	96.6%	98.9%
Black or African American	0.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.8%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	1.4%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Preston	Rushford Village
No high school diploma	2.6%	3.4%
High school graduate	33.8%	29.0%
Some college or associate's	36.0%	32.4%
Bachelor's degree	19.1%	27.2%
Graduate or professional degree	8.4%	8.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Preston	Rushford Village
Drove alone	77.5%	81.4%
Carpooled	2.5%	7.7%
Public transit	1.1%	0.0%
Walked	5.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.9%	10.3%
Other means	1.2%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Preston	Rushford Village
1-unit, detached	66.4%	95.1%
1-unit, attached	2.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	18.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	3.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.7%	4.9%

Poverty & households

	Preston	Rushford Village
Poverty rate	13.5%	5.4%
Average household size	2.23	2.37
Mean commute (minutes)	22	25
Median year structure built	1962	1986