Preston vs Spring Valley

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

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

Spring Valley has the higher population (2,357 vs 1,315 in Preston). Spring Valley has the higher median household income ($64,500 vs $60,438 in Preston). Preston has the higher median home value ($169,600 vs $149,100 in Spring Valley).

Population, income & housing

	Preston	Spring Valley
Population	1,315	2,357
Median age	41.3 yrs	40.1 yrs
Median household income	$60,438	$64,500
Median home value	$169,600	$149,100
Median gross rent	$649	$861
Housing units	622	1,081
Homeownership rate	72.9%	77.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.6%	15.2%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Preston	Spring Valley
Population	1,408 → 1,315 (-6.6%)	2,481 → 2,357 (-5.0%)
Median household income	$49,750 → $60,438 (+21.5%)	$46,121 → $64,500 (+39.8%)
Median home value	$117,100 → $169,600 (+44.8%)	$106,800 → $149,100 (+39.6%)
Median gross rent	$544 → $649 (+19.3%)	$590 → $861 (+45.9%)

Preston

Population

1,4081,315

Median household income

$49,750$60,438

Median home value

$117,100$169,600

Median gross rent

$544$649

Spring Valley

Population

2,4812,357

Median household income

$46,121$64,500

Median home value

$106,800$149,100

Median gross rent

$590$861

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Preston	Spring Valley
Under 5	5.9%	4.4%
5 to 17	15.4%	20.2%
18 to 24	7.5%	5.4%
25 to 34	12.2%	13.8%
35 to 44	12.4%	9.7%
45 to 54	9.0%	9.8%
55 to 64	15.6%	18.3%
65 to 74	12.4%	8.8%
75 and over	9.5%	9.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Preston	Spring Valley
White (non-Hispanic)	96.6%	91.1%
Black or African American	0.7%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.8%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	1.4%	3.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Preston	Spring Valley
No high school diploma	2.6%	5.5%
High school graduate	33.8%	42.8%
Some college or associate's	36.0%	36.5%
Bachelor's degree	19.1%	11.8%
Graduate or professional degree	8.4%	3.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Preston	Spring Valley
Drove alone	77.5%	76.9%
Carpooled	2.5%	7.6%
Public transit	1.1%	1.6%
Walked	5.8%	4.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.9%	9.0%
Other means	1.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Preston	Spring Valley
1-unit, detached	66.4%	75.6%
1-unit, attached	2.6%	5.5%
2 to 4 units	4.0%	3.1%
5 to 19 units	18.8%	6.7%
20 or more units	3.5%	5.8%
Mobile home & other	4.7%	3.4%

Poverty & households

	Preston	Spring Valley
Poverty rate	13.5%	12.0%
Average household size	2.23	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	22	26
Median year structure built	1962	1963