Pottsboro vs Preston

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

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

Pottsboro has the higher population (2,624 vs 1,617 in Preston). Pottsboro has the higher median household income ($75,909 vs $64,803 in Preston). Pottsboro has the higher median home value ($246,300 vs $184,600 in Preston).

Population, income & housing

	Pottsboro	Preston
Population	2,624	1,617
Median age	40.7 yrs	52.0 yrs
Median household income	$75,909	$64,803
Median home value	$246,300	$184,600
Median gross rent	$1,233	$1,704
Housing units	1,052	1,336
Homeownership rate	71.7%	67.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.5%	11.3%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	9.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pottsboro	Preston
Population	2,465 → 2,624 (+6.5%)	1,991 → 1,617 (-18.8%)
Median household income	$70,000 → $75,909 (+8.4%)	$39,580 → $64,803 (+63.7%)
Median home value	$178,100 → $246,300 (+38.3%)	$107,000 → $184,600 (+72.5%)
Median gross rent	$809 → $1,233 (+52.4%)	$1,450 → $1,704 (+17.5%)

Pottsboro

Population

2,4652,624

Median household income

$70,000$75,909

Median home value

$178,100$246,300

Median gross rent

$809$1,233

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)

	Pottsboro	Preston
Under 5	6.7%	0.0%
5 to 17	17.9%	10.6%
18 to 24	5.2%	3.5%
25 to 34	13.3%	18.1%
35 to 44	10.1%	6.3%
45 to 54	13.3%	13.4%
55 to 64	15.1%	15.8%
65 to 74	14.0%	15.2%
75 and over	4.3%	17.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pottsboro	Preston
White (non-Hispanic)	86.3%	90.2%
Black or African American	0.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.4%
Asian	0.3%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.8%	6.1%
Hispanic or Latino	4.9%	2.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pottsboro	Preston
No high school diploma	4.0%	3.6%
High school graduate	31.8%	37.6%
Some college or associate's	42.7%	47.5%
Bachelor's degree	17.1%	6.3%
Graduate or professional degree	4.3%	5.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pottsboro	Preston
Drove alone	71.3%	86.7%
Carpooled	14.1%	1.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.5%	9.5%
Other means	3.7%	2.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pottsboro	Preston
1-unit, detached	85.6%	55.2%
1-unit, attached	2.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.7%	1.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	6.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.7%	43.4%

Poverty & households

	Pottsboro	Preston
Poverty rate	7.9%	5.2%
Average household size	2.64	2.24
Mean commute (minutes)	25	38
Median year structure built	1991	1992