Preston (Minnesota)
Fillmore County
27-52450
Preston is a small town ( with a status of "City" ) and the administrative seat of Fillmore County in the U.S. state of Minnesota. In 2010, Preston had 1325 inhabitants.
Geography
Preston is located on the Root River, a right tributary of the Mississippi. The town is located at 43 ° 40'13 " north latitude and 92 ° 05'00 " west longitude and extending over 6.09 km ².
Towns nearby are Fountain (9.5 km north-west ), Lanesboro (13.3 km northeast), Harmony ( 16.9 km SSE ) and Wykoff (18,9 km west ).
The nearest major cities are Rochester ( 56.4 km north west ) and La Crosse, Wisconsin ( 87.3 km to the east). The metropolitan area around the cities of Minneapolis and Saint Paul is situated 197 km north-northwest.
Traffic
U.S. Highway 30 and Minnesota State Route 16 run on a common route as the main road in northwest -southeast direction through the urban area. All other roads are minor roads, some unpaved roadways and within local roads.
The nearest airports are the Rochester International Airport ( 58.5 km north west ) and the greater Minneapolis -Saint Paul International Airport (188 km in the same direction).
In a disused railway line of the Milwaukee Road runs to the Bluff Headlands State Trail, a combined foot and bicycle path.
Demographic data
According to the census in 2010 living in Preston in 1325 people in 603 households. The population density was 217.6 inhabitants per square kilometer. In the 603 households lived statistically 2.15 per person.
The racial the population was composed of 98.3 percent White, 0.2 percent ( three people) Black or African American, 0.2 percent Native American and 0.2 percent Asian; 1.1 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity were 0.6 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
21.4 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 57.8 percent were between 18 and 64 and 20.8 percent were 65 years or older. 50.6 percent of the population was female.
The median annual income for a household was $ 40,052. The per capita income was $ 23,770. 11.9 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.