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SheetKY-PRESTONVILLE-KY · Prestonville, KY 193 pop · income 0th pct
Instrument codes from this place’s ACS population and household income, BEA state COL, FBI safety, national income percentile, photo-finish peer city, home-value band, and matched Census-tract book - not a moving recommendation.
Income neighbourhood around Prestonville
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Prestonville on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Naranjito zon… · lowest
17,181
Naranjito zon… · lowest
17,181 median HH income
11.0% of the leader · rank #1
Martorell com… · near
17,235
Martorell com… · near
17,235 median HH income
11.0% of the leader · rank #2
Playita comun… · near
17,282
Playita comun… · near
17,282 median HH income
11.1% of the leader · rank #3
Prestonville · this city
17,315
Prestonville · this city
17,315 median HH income
11.1% of the leader · rank #4
Lincoln Heigh… · near
17,333
Lincoln Heigh… · near
17,333 median HH income
11.1% of the leader · rank #5
Oil City · near
17,381
Oil City · near
17,381 median HH income
11.1% of the leader · rank #6
Martell · highest
156,094
Martell · highest
156,094 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #7
What this shows Neighbourhood peers only - not a full nationwide city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the spread is wide.
Compare beyond this state
Nationwide peers by population, income
Out-of-state nearest neighbors for Prestonville on ACS population and median household income
. Link sets are deduped so each column is a distinct comparison path, not a forecast that peers share a labor market or climate.
Similar population
Nearest out-of-state cities by ACS population. This city: 193.
Measured against every US city with at least 1,000 residents, Prestonville lands in the 0th percentile for household income. Source: Census ACS.
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📝 How we sourced this
Population, income, and housing-cost figures come from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates (B-series tables). Crime data uses FBI UCR; climate uses NOAA Climate Normals; school counts come from NCES Common Core of Data; permits use the Census Building Permits Survey (BPS). See our methodology page for the full ETL pipeline and OMB / FIPS join keys.
Data Snapshot: Prestonville, KY
Kentucky's Prestonville is a small town, with 193 residents per the latest Census Bureau ACS figures. Prestonville households earn a median of $17,315 annually, in the lower quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 53.4%. Home values in Prestonville run a median of $75,300, and the median resident age is 49.9 years. Educational attainment runs 0.7% of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher. Separately, 39.8% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
Living costs in Kentucky run below the national norm: the state registers 90.2 on a 100-equals-national-average index (Well Below Average) per BEA Regional Price Parities 2024. HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in this state is $984 per month. Statewide, average monthly utility bills in Kentucky run around $225, per EIA 2023 residential energy data. FEMA's National Risk Index rates natural-hazard exposure at 44.2 out of 100 (Low).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Prestonville's data
How this reading path is ordered
This is not a composite city score. It is a city-specific route through the available public records, ordered for this profile so the page starts with questions the joined data can actually answer. The route here runs from population change to housing and income to work and mobility to comparison shortlist; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Prestonville, city-specific coverage includes annual population history, commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for local building permits, FBI reported-crime rates, within-city Census tract profiles, matched public-school count; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
1. Population change
Is Prestonville growing, shrinking, or holding steady?
Recent estimates point upward. Growth can increase housing demand and service needs, but the permit record must move in the same direction before calling it a supply response; the two series measure different things.
Census PEP estimates show the population grew by +5 residents from 2020 to 2025, a +2.9% change. No comparable local building-permit series is available here, so population change should not be read as a housing-supply measure. PEP and ACS are different Census series, so the trend is kept separate from the headline ACS population.
How far does income reach against housing in Prestonville?
The home-value-to-income reference is comparatively stretched: the ACS median home value is 4.3 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 53.4%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
This is a citywide price-to-income reference, not a mortgage-affordability test; it does not include interest rates, taxes, insurance, household size, or an individual buyer's down payment. Housing value is high relative to the citywide income median. That flags a question for comparison, not a verdict: tenure, household composition, financing costs, and the age of the ACS estimate can all change what a resident actually pays.
What does the journey to work look like in Prestonville?
Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. No single mode completely explains the work trip here. The mix is more useful than a one-number commute grade, especially when comparing places where transit, walking, and remote work divide the non-driving share differently.
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 55.9%. A reliable mean commute time is not available for this row, so the mode shares carry the comparison.
Which cities make useful reference points for Prestonville?
Within Kentucky, the closest population matches are Glenview Manor (192 residents, $146,875 income); Rockholds (192 residents, $28,158 income); St. Joseph (192 residents). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Goodmanville, CA (193 residents); Martell, CA (193 residents); Harrison Lake, IN (193 residents). A third, income-matched reference set of 6 out-of-state cities sits in the income neighbourhood chart near the Place Dossier plate. These are mechanical peer sets, not claims that the places share a labor market, climate, culture, or metro context.
Use the in-state set to hold state policy and broad price conditions more nearly constant. Use the nationwide size set to ask whether cities with a similar resident count produce different housing, income, or commute outcomes. The income set is a third lens, deliberately separate from population matching.
Lowest-decile income · poverty 53.4% (Highest-decile poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
90.2 (US=100)
Affordable · BEA RPP 2024, Kentucky average
F
City profile score · Prestonville, KY
21/100
4 published dimensions · ACS/FBI 2023
Comparative score against U.S. cities with population of 1,000 or more on Census ACS medians
(income, poverty, bachelor's share, cost of living) and FBI UCR violent-crime rates when
published. Higher means a stronger standing on those published figures, not a livability
rating, not a recommendation to move, buy, or pick a "best" city. Missing inputs drop out
and redistribute weight.
How it is calculated.
Cost of living A
90.2 index
BEA state Regional Price Parities index (100 ≈ national average); lower is stronger on this axis. Same value for every city in the state.
Household income F
$17,315
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Poverty rate F
53.4%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Bachelor's+ share F
0.7%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Violent crime N/A
N/A
No FBI UCR violent-crime rate for this place (coverage is incomplete).
Prestonville profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Cost of living: 85/100 (A) · 90.2 index
Household income: 0/100 (F) · $17,315
Poverty rate: 0/100 (F) · 53.4%
Bachelor's+ share: 0/100 (F) · 0.7%
How does Prestonville compare to other US cities?
Here's how Prestonville stacks up against the full field of US cities (population 1,000+), computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income0% higher than other cities
Home value3% pricier than other cities
Median rent10% pricier than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares Prestonville against every qualifying US city; each in-state rank narrows that to Kentucky only. Full formula and direction notes: methodology.
Kentucky-relative analysis
Median Gross Rent places Prestonville near the bottom of Kentucky's cities
Among the 520 Kentucky cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Prestonville ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Prestonville only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#484 of 485
0th percentile in Kentucky
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 520
0th percentile in Kentucky
Median Home Value
#444 of 484
8th percentile in Kentucky
Poverty Rate
#7 of 519
99th percentile in Kentucky
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#498 of 520
4th percentile in Kentucky
How in-state ranks are ordered
Ranked by raw value (highest first); a higher rank is not automatically "better" for every measure, see each metric's own context above. This is a comparison within Kentucky only, not a livability score. See the methodology for the source and calculation.
Gauge source note
0th percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
How Prestonville's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$75,300Among the most affordablemore affordable than 97% of 15,600 US cities
Show national distribution
Each bar is a $25K-wide band; taller bars hold more US cities. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2023
Prestonville's home-value-to-income ratio: 4.3×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
moderate
3.0–5.0×
National rank
#11,650 of 15,516
More affordable than 25% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#8,961 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 4.3×, Prestonville sits in the moderate band:
national rank #11,650 of 15,516 and #8,961 of 11,323micro cities (under 10,000).
Income and home value move in the same broad scale; check same-state peers before treating the multiple as an advantage or a warning.
How this ratio is calculated
Ratio = Census ACS 2023 median home value ÷ median household income for cities with both fields and population ≥ 1,000.
Rank 1 = lowest ratio (most compact). Bands match the fleet affordability thresholds used on guides (<3.0 / 3.0–5.0 / >5.0).
This is not a mortgage payment estimate and does not include rates, taxes, insurance, or down payment.
Income distribution context
$17,315Prestonville, KY median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Prestonville, KY median household income (Census ACS 5-year) with U.S. national quintile shares for context. Diagonal = equality; the curve is national, not computed for Prestonville, KY.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)0.7%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)53.4%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)39.8%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
193
Median Income
$17,315
Median Home Value
$75,300
Median Age
49.9
Poverty Rate
53.4%
Labor force participation
39.8%
Bachelor's Degree+
0.7%
Population Change
PEP vintage
Annual U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) estimates, 2020–2025
Prestonville's Census PEP population estimates, 2020–2025.Read the chart as text
Period
Population
2020
173 residents
2021
174 residents
2022
176 residents
2023
177 residents
2024
178 residents
2025
178 residents
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
55.9%
Carpool
27.1%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
1.7%
Work from Home
5.1%
Other
10.2%
Based on 59 workers 16 and over.
Monthly Utility Costs
Kentucky statewide monthly utility average (EIA 2023): $225
EIA 2023 residential energy data puts average monthly utilities across Kentucky at $225 (electricity about $115 , water and sewer about $40 ).
These are Kentucky statewide averages, not a meter reading for Prestonville. Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.
Living Costs & Risk
Kentucky's BEA cost-of-living index is 90.2 (Well Below Average; US average = 100, RPP 2024). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in the county around Prestonville is $984/mo. FEMA's National Risk Index, averaged to Kentucky statewide on PlainCities, rates natural-hazard exposure at 44.2 / 100 (Low).
Cost/risk geography note
Cost of living is a Kentucky statewide BEA average; rent is a county-level HUD Fair Market Rent for the county Prestonville sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Prestonville compares to similar-size Kentucky cities
Same-state peer method
Closest same-state population matches, not geographic neighbors. Population + median household income come from Census Bureau ACS 5-year B01001 and B19013.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year 2023, Census ACS B08301/B08136, U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023, BEA Regional Price Parities 2024, HUD Fair Market Rents 2026, FEMA National Risk Index.