Cross Timbers vs Preston

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

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

Cross Timbers has the higher population (386 vs 348 in Preston). Cross Timbers has the higher median household income ($53,529 vs $30,500 in Preston). Since 2019, Cross Timbers's population has grown faster (+61.5% vs -5.9%).

Population, income & housing

	Cross Timbers	Preston
Population	386	348
Median age	36.4 yrs	25.0 yrs
Median household income	$53,529	$30,500
Median home value	—	$147,500
Median gross rent	—	$586
Housing units	104	129
Homeownership rate	92.1%	67.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	2.6%	2.9%
Unemployment rate	61.6%	10.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cross Timbers	Preston
Population	239 → 386 (+61.5%)	370 → 348 (-5.9%)
Median household income	$28,750 → $53,529 (+86.2%)	$26,360 → $30,500 (+15.7%)
Median home value	—	$70,900 → $147,500 (+108.0%)
Median gross rent	$617 → $438 (-29.0%)	$686 → $586 (-14.6%)

Cross Timbers

Population

239386

Median household income

$28,750$53,529

Median gross rent

$617$438

Preston

Population

370348

Median household income

$26,360$30,500

Median home value

$70,900$147,500

Median gross rent

$686$586

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cross Timbers	Preston
Under 5	0.0%	8.0%
5 to 17	38.9%	22.1%
18 to 24	0.5%	20.1%
25 to 34	0.0%	3.7%
35 to 44	25.6%	16.7%
45 to 54	3.6%	6.9%
55 to 64	23.8%	10.3%
65 to 74	6.0%	7.2%
75 and over	1.6%	4.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cross Timbers	Preston
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	87.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	6.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	5.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cross Timbers	Preston
No high school diploma	5.6%	8.1%
High school graduate	89.3%	56.1%
Some college or associate's	2.6%	32.9%
Bachelor's degree	1.3%	1.2%
Graduate or professional degree	1.3%	1.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cross Timbers	Preston
Drove alone	76.9%	61.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	30.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	23.1%	5.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cross Timbers	Preston
1-unit, detached	69.2%	67.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	10.6%	3.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.3%
Mobile home & other	20.2%	26.4%

Poverty & households

	Cross Timbers	Preston
Poverty rate	3.4%	42.2%
Average household size	5.08	2.81
Mean commute (minutes)	—	30
Median year structure built	1994	1973