Preston vs Southmayd

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

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

Preston has the higher population (1,617 vs 1,420 in Southmayd). Southmayd has the higher median household income ($78,750 vs $64,803 in Preston). Preston has the higher median home value ($184,600 vs $140,100 in Southmayd).

Population, income & housing

	Preston	Southmayd
Population	1,617	1,420
Median age	52.0 yrs	35.1 yrs
Median household income	$64,803	$78,750
Median home value	$184,600	$140,100
Median gross rent	$1,704	$1,725
Housing units	1,336	565
Homeownership rate	67.9%	92.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.3%	4.9%
Unemployment rate	9.9%	1.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Preston	Southmayd
Population	1,991 → 1,617 (-18.8%)	1,045 → 1,420 (+35.9%)
Median household income	$39,580 → $64,803 (+63.7%)	$48,750 → $78,750 (+61.5%)
Median home value	$107,000 → $184,600 (+72.5%)	$62,200 → $140,100 (+125.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,450 → $1,704 (+17.5%)	$900 → $1,725 (+91.7%)

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

Southmayd

Population

1,0451,420

Median household income

$48,750$78,750

Median home value

$62,200$140,100

Median gross rent

$900$1,725

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Preston	Southmayd
Under 5	0.0%	7.9%
5 to 17	10.6%	17.3%
18 to 24	3.5%	9.9%
25 to 34	18.1%	14.6%
35 to 44	6.3%	18.7%
45 to 54	13.4%	8.6%
55 to 64	15.8%	13.8%
65 to 74	15.2%	4.8%
75 and over	17.1%	4.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Preston	Southmayd
White (non-Hispanic)	90.2%	51.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.4%
Asian	0.9%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.9%
Two or more races	6.1%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	2.4%	44.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Preston	Southmayd
No high school diploma	3.6%	21.6%
High school graduate	37.6%	43.1%
Some college or associate's	47.5%	30.5%
Bachelor's degree	6.3%	4.1%
Graduate or professional degree	5.0%	0.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Preston	Southmayd
Drove alone	86.7%	71.5%
Carpooled	1.5%	23.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.5%	2.6%
Other means	2.2%	2.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Preston	Southmayd
1-unit, detached	55.2%	29.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	1.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	43.4%	68.7%

Poverty & households

	Preston	Southmayd
Poverty rate	5.2%	16.7%
Average household size	2.24	2.80
Mean commute (minutes)	38	28
Median year structure built	1992	1999