Preston vs Wheatland

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

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

Preston has the higher population (348 vs 289 in Wheatland). Preston has the higher median household income ($30,500 vs $28,068 in Wheatland). Preston has the higher median home value ($147,500 vs $83,800 in Wheatland).

Population, income & housing

	Preston	Wheatland
Population	348	289
Median age	25.0 yrs	41.8 yrs
Median household income	$30,500	$28,068
Median home value	$147,500	$83,800
Median gross rent	$586	$550
Housing units	129	167
Homeownership rate	67.7%	42.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	2.9%	8.8%
Unemployment rate	10.5%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Preston	Wheatland
Population	370 → 348 (-5.9%)	341 → 289 (-15.2%)
Median household income	$26,360 → $30,500 (+15.7%)	$17,383 → $28,068 (+61.5%)
Median home value	$70,900 → $147,500 (+108.0%)	$77,100 → $83,800 (+8.7%)
Median gross rent	$686 → $586 (-14.6%)	$531 → $550 (+3.6%)

Preston

Population

370348

Median household income

$26,360$30,500

Median home value

$70,900$147,500

Median gross rent

$686$586

Wheatland

Population

341289

Median household income

$17,383$28,068

Median home value

$77,100$83,800

Median gross rent

$531$550

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Preston	Wheatland
Under 5	8.0%	11.1%
5 to 17	22.1%	20.8%
18 to 24	20.1%	1.4%
25 to 34	3.7%	7.6%
35 to 44	16.7%	13.5%
45 to 54	6.9%	4.2%
55 to 64	10.3%	15.2%
65 to 74	7.2%	10.4%
75 and over	4.9%	15.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Preston	Wheatland
White (non-Hispanic)	87.9%	91.7%
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	6.6%	8.3%
Hispanic or Latino	5.5%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Preston	Wheatland
No high school diploma	8.1%	24.4%
High school graduate	56.1%	35.2%
Some college or associate's	32.9%	31.6%
Bachelor's degree	1.2%	8.8%
Graduate or professional degree	1.7%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Preston	Wheatland
Drove alone	61.0%	84.0%
Carpooled	30.1%	10.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.9%	5.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Preston	Wheatland
1-unit, detached	67.4%	56.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.0%
2 to 4 units	3.9%	24.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.3%	1.8%
Mobile home & other	26.4%	13.8%

Poverty & households

	Preston	Wheatland
Poverty rate	42.2%	33.6%
Average household size	2.81	2.56
Mean commute (minutes)	30	32
Median year structure built	1973	1968