Beggs vs Preston

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

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

Beggs has the higher population (1,193 vs 192 in Preston). Preston has the higher median household income ($53,750 vs $51,016 in Beggs). Preston has the higher median home value ($122,200 vs $110,500 in Beggs).

Population, income & housing

	Beggs	Preston
Population	1,193	192
Median age	37.1 yrs	28.0 yrs
Median household income	$51,016	$53,750
Median home value	$110,500	$122,200
Median gross rent	$645	—
Housing units	503	82
Homeownership rate	76.2%	84.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.0%	27.1%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	9.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Beggs	Preston
Population	1,562 → 1,193 (-23.6%)	298 → 192 (-35.6%)
Median household income	$41,583 → $51,016 (+22.7%)	$40,769 → $53,750 (+31.8%)
Median home value	$78,100 → $110,500 (+41.5%)	$105,300 → $122,200 (+16.0%)
Median gross rent	$754 → $645 (-14.5%)	$554 → $575 (+3.8%)

Beggs

Population

1,5621,193

Median household income

$41,583$51,016

Median home value

$78,100$110,500

Median gross rent

$754$645

Preston

Population

298192

Median household income

$40,769$53,750

Median home value

$105,300$122,200

Median gross rent

$554$575

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Beggs	Preston
Under 5	6.0%	2.6%
5 to 17	24.8%	35.9%
18 to 24	4.9%	5.7%
25 to 34	14.1%	10.4%
35 to 44	16.1%	10.9%
45 to 54	9.5%	12.0%
55 to 64	10.8%	8.9%
65 to 74	7.7%	5.7%
75 and over	6.2%	7.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Beggs	Preston
White (non-Hispanic)	57.4%	36.5%
Black or African American	12.6%	18.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	14.9%	27.1%
Asian	0.9%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.8%	13.0%
Hispanic or Latino	6.4%	4.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Beggs	Preston
No high school diploma	21.0%	2.8%
High school graduate	31.3%	20.6%
Some college or associate's	31.8%	49.5%
Bachelor's degree	8.5%	19.6%
Graduate or professional degree	7.6%	7.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Beggs	Preston
Drove alone	81.2%	89.7%
Carpooled	12.1%	10.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.1%	0.0%
Other means	0.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Beggs	Preston
1-unit, detached	76.1%	73.2%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	7.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	15.5%	25.6%

Poverty & households

	Beggs	Preston
Poverty rate	25.5%	9.9%
Average household size	2.69	3.37
Mean commute (minutes)	33	38
Median year structure built	1978	1983