Preston vs Whitewright

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

Preston and Whitewright 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 1,610 in Whitewright). Preston has the higher median household income ($64,803 vs $54,063 in Whitewright). Whitewright has the higher median home value ($207,500 vs $184,600 in Preston).

Population, income & housing

	Preston	Whitewright
Population	1,617	1,610
Median age	52.0 yrs	36.9 yrs
Median household income	$64,803	$54,063
Median home value	$184,600	$207,500
Median gross rent	$1,704	$750
Housing units	1,336	860
Homeownership rate	67.9%	66.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.3%	19.4%
Unemployment rate	9.9%	6.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Preston	Whitewright
Population	1,991 → 1,617 (-18.8%)	1,622 → 1,610 (-0.7%)
Median household income	$39,580 → $64,803 (+63.7%)	$39,022 → $54,063 (+38.5%)
Median home value	$107,000 → $184,600 (+72.5%)	$116,200 → $207,500 (+78.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,450 → $1,704 (+17.5%)	$617 → $750 (+21.6%)

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

Whitewright

Population

1,6221,610

Median household income

$39,022$54,063

Median home value

$116,200$207,500

Median gross rent

$617$750

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Preston	Whitewright
Under 5	0.0%	6.5%
5 to 17	10.6%	17.3%
18 to 24	3.5%	6.7%
25 to 34	18.1%	13.2%
35 to 44	6.3%	13.7%
45 to 54	13.4%	6.2%
55 to 64	15.8%	17.7%
65 to 74	15.2%	10.4%
75 and over	17.1%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Preston	Whitewright
White (non-Hispanic)	90.2%	85.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	7.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	0.9%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.1%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	2.4%	3.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Preston	Whitewright
No high school diploma	3.6%	7.3%
High school graduate	37.6%	28.5%
Some college or associate's	47.5%	44.8%
Bachelor's degree	6.3%	11.8%
Graduate or professional degree	5.0%	7.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Preston	Whitewright
Drove alone	86.7%	88.9%
Carpooled	1.5%	1.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.5%	9.8%
Other means	2.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Preston	Whitewright
1-unit, detached	55.2%	70.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	1.3%	10.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.1%
Mobile home & other	43.4%	8.6%

Poverty & households

	Preston	Whitewright
Poverty rate	5.2%	16.4%
Average household size	2.24	2.21
Mean commute (minutes)	38	33
Median year structure built	1992	1976