Preston, Idaho

Preston population, 2020 to 2024

Preston added 535 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +9.5%. In the latest year it moved by +42. Among 36 Idaho places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 15th; the median place changed by +8.3%. The median place of 5,000+ in Idaho has 16,745 people, so Preston is 37% of it.

Preston covers 6.83 square miles of land, for 902 people per square mile of land. The median Idaho place of 5,000+ has 2,389, so Preston is less dense than the typical town.

What county Preston is in

All of Preston's residents live in Franklin County, which had 15,638 residents in 2024. Preston holds 39.4% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Preston

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Preston by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 83263. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Preston is

The Census internal point of Preston is at 42.099400, -111.880700. Boise, the capital, is 243.3 miles WNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Smithfield, UT (15,018 people), 18.5 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Salt Lake City, UT, 91.4 miles away.

Daylight in Preston

At 42.10° N, Preston gets about 15 h 15 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 06 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 09 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Preston

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Idaho, measured between internal points. The closest is Franklin, 7.4 miles away, with 1,128 people.