Preston Heights, IL population, income and ZIP codes

Preston Heights CDP is a small town in Illinois, with 2,318 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #477 of 1,462 ranked by population — larger than 67% of them. The median age here is 40.1 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly older profile than the country as a whole. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.

Households in Preston Heights CDP earn a median of $51,970 a year, 33.8% below the national figure of $78,538 and 30% below the $74,244 median for the 698 Illinois cities we cover. This figure covers the household, not the worker: two people on ordinary wages at one address outrank a single professional in the same table. Poverty reaches 13.3% of residents here, above the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Preston Heights CDP is valued at $141,400, 53.4% below the national figure and 21% below the $179,100 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,232 a month, 12.4% below the national figure, or roughly $14,784 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 28.4% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is within the standard affordability guideline. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 2.7×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 58.6% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. Gross rent folds in the utilities a tenant pays separately, so it is closer to the real monthly outlay than a headline rent figure.

Every value on this page is published directly by the Census for this area — nothing is modelled or interpolated. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.