Gunter vs Preston

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

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

Gunter has the higher population (2,382 vs 1,617 in Preston). Gunter has the higher median household income ($110,795 vs $64,803 in Preston). Gunter has the higher median home value ($535,400 vs $184,600 in Preston).

Population, income & housing

	Gunter	Preston
Population	2,382	1,617
Median age	35.6 yrs	52.0 yrs
Median household income	$110,795	$64,803
Median home value	$535,400	$184,600
Median gross rent	$1,398	$1,704
Housing units	753	1,336
Homeownership rate	71.6%	67.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.8%	11.3%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	9.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gunter	Preston
Population	1,247 → 2,382 (+91.0%)	1,991 → 1,617 (-18.8%)
Median household income	$74,750 → $110,795 (+48.2%)	$39,580 → $64,803 (+63.7%)
Median home value	$254,300 → $535,400 (+110.5%)	$107,000 → $184,600 (+72.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,086 → $1,398 (+28.7%)	$1,450 → $1,704 (+17.5%)

Gunter

Population

1,2472,382

Median household income

$74,750$110,795

Median home value

$254,300$535,400

Median gross rent

$1,086$1,398

Preston

Population

1,9911,617

Median household income

$39,580$64,803

Median home value

$107,000$184,600

Median gross rent

$1,450$1,704

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gunter	Preston
Under 5	4.4%	0.0%
5 to 17	21.9%	10.6%
18 to 24	12.8%	3.5%
25 to 34	10.5%	18.1%
35 to 44	12.1%	6.3%
45 to 54	15.6%	13.4%
55 to 64	13.9%	15.8%
65 to 74	6.6%	15.2%
75 and over	2.1%	17.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gunter	Preston
White (non-Hispanic)	63.4%	90.2%
Black or African American	2.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.4%
Asian	0.3%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.1%	6.1%
Hispanic or Latino	29.8%	2.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gunter	Preston
No high school diploma	18.1%	3.6%
High school graduate	15.9%	37.6%
Some college or associate's	25.2%	47.5%
Bachelor's degree	29.2%	6.3%
Graduate or professional degree	11.6%	5.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gunter	Preston
Drove alone	72.5%	86.7%
Carpooled	17.8%	1.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.4%	9.5%
Other means	1.0%	2.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gunter	Preston
1-unit, detached	88.6%	55.2%
1-unit, attached	3.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.7%	1.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.6%	43.4%

Poverty & households

	Gunter	Preston
Poverty rate	3.7%	5.2%
Average household size	3.40	2.24
Mean commute (minutes)	33	38
Median year structure built	2004	1992