Minnesota · Census place 2752450
Preston, Minnesota
Preston is a city in Fillmore County, Minnesota with an estimated 1,316 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 320th largest of 357 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 1,316
- #320 of 357 in Minnesota
- Change since 2020
- -0.2%
- -3 people
- Land area
- 2.5 sq mi
- Density
- 533 / sq mi
- State median 1,692
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Preston population, 2020 to 2024
Preston lost 3 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.2%. In the latest year it moved by -8.
Preston covers 2.47 square miles of land, for 533 people per square mile of land. The median Minnesota place of 5,000+ has 1,692, so Preston is less dense than the typical town.
What county Preston is in
All of Preston's residents live in Fillmore County, which had 21,502 residents in 2024. Preston holds 6.1% 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: 55965. 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 43.672600, -92.082800. Saint Paul, the capital, is 101.9 miles NNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Chatfield, MN (3,023 people), 12.9 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Rochester, MN, 30.8 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 43.672600, -92.082800
- DMS
- 43°40'21.36"N 92°04'58.08"W
- UTM
- 15N 573939.0E 4835919.0N
- Geohash
- 9zy82w777
- Plus code
- 86M9MWF8+2V
Daylight in Preston
At 43.67° N, Preston gets about 15 h 27 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 56 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 31 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 Minnesota, measured between internal points. The closest is Harmony, 9.0 miles away, with 1,030 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Preston, MN?
1,316 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 3 (0.2%) from 1,319 in July 2020.
What county is Preston in?
Fillmore County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Preston?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 55965.
How far is Preston from Saint Paul?
101.9 miles (164.0 km) in a straight line, heading NNW from Preston.
What is the nearest larger city to Preston?
Chatfield, MN, with 3,023 residents, 12.9 miles away between internal points.
Sources and data as of
Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.