Preston vs Tioga

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

Preston and Tioga 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 1,212 in Tioga). Tioga has the higher median household income ($86,477 vs $64,803 in Preston). Tioga has the higher median home value ($290,900 vs $184,600 in Preston).

Population, income & housing

	Preston	Tioga
Population	1,617	1,212
Median age	52.0 yrs	37.5 yrs
Median household income	$64,803	$86,477
Median home value	$184,600	$290,900
Median gross rent	$1,704	$1,637
Housing units	1,336	495
Homeownership rate	67.9%	71.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.3%	23.5%
Unemployment rate	9.9%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Preston	Tioga
Population	1,991 → 1,617 (-18.8%)	889 → 1,212 (+36.3%)
Median household income	$39,580 → $64,803 (+63.7%)	$56,875 → $86,477 (+52.0%)
Median home value	$107,000 → $184,600 (+72.5%)	$141,100 → $290,900 (+106.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,450 → $1,704 (+17.5%)	$1,011 → $1,637 (+61.9%)

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

Tioga

Population

8891,212

Median household income

$56,875$86,477

Median home value

$141,100$290,900

Median gross rent

$1,011$1,637

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Preston	Tioga
Under 5	0.0%	2.7%
5 to 17	10.6%	16.7%
18 to 24	3.5%	14.2%
25 to 34	18.1%	10.8%
35 to 44	6.3%	12.2%
45 to 54	13.4%	15.4%
55 to 64	15.8%	12.4%
65 to 74	15.2%	11.1%
75 and over	17.1%	4.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Preston	Tioga
White (non-Hispanic)	90.2%	91.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.6%
Asian	0.9%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.1%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	2.4%	6.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Preston	Tioga
No high school diploma	3.6%	8.7%
High school graduate	37.6%	30.6%
Some college or associate's	47.5%	37.3%
Bachelor's degree	6.3%	18.3%
Graduate or professional degree	5.0%	5.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Preston	Tioga
Drove alone	86.7%	84.6%
Carpooled	1.5%	4.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	4.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.5%	6.8%
Other means	2.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Preston	Tioga
1-unit, detached	55.2%	78.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	14.1%
2 to 4 units	1.3%	3.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	43.4%	2.6%

Poverty & households

	Preston	Tioga
Poverty rate	5.2%	6.4%
Average household size	2.24	2.60
Mean commute (minutes)	38	28
Median year structure built	1992	2003