Preston, Idaho.
Typical home $429,168 (+2.1% in a year). Logan, UT-ID metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$1,268 (+129%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $9,019 +2%
- $420,150$429,168 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $38,998 +10%
- $390,170$429,168 since Sep 2021
Monthly payment to buy the typical home
Home value × that month's 30-year mortgage rate, 20% down, principal and interest. This is the line households feel: prices and rates compound each other.
- Preston$2,253
- Idaho$2,502
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 36 years.
Typical home values in Preston, ID rose 2.1% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Preston, Franklin County, Idaho
Preston is a city of 5,591 people in Franklin County. Half its households earn more than $61,039 a year and half less, against $71,950 across Franklin County; 11% of its people live below the poverty line. 69% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 31% are rented. Unemployment in Franklin County was 3.2% in August 2026, and the county had 2.0% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in manufacturing, then schools and health care.
Written by AI Claude Sonnet 5.5 wrote this on 23 October 2026 from the figures here, a list of nearby places and what it knows. It can be wrong or out of date.
What it’s like
The place. Preston is a small city in Franklin County, in the southeastern corner of Idaho, and most homes here are lived in by their owners. Incomes run below the county's overall, and fewer adults hold a four-year degree than in many places. Winters are cold and snowy, with January the coldest month, while summers are warm in July and the year brings a fair amount of rain and melted snow.
Work. Residents work mainly in manufacturing, in schools, hospitals and social care, in the building trades, and in restaurants, hotels and entertainment. Among the largest workplaces in Preston are Preston Joint District, the school district, Franklin County Medical Center, a critical access hospital, and Ipex USA, which makes PVC pipe. The typical commute is a moderate one, and a small share of people work from home.
Things to do. The Bear River Massacre Site, an archaeological site, is a short drive away. Farther afield, a longer drive brings you to Bear Lake, a lake popular with visitors, and to Beaver Mountain, a ski area. Minnetonka Cave, a tourist attraction, is also a longer drive from town.
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- 2,098households
- 17%of adults have a degree
- 11%below the poverty line
- 24 mintypical commute
- 8%work from home
What residents work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Franklin County had 4,167 jobs in 2025, 2.0% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 32° and lows near 15°; warmest in July, with highs near 89° and lows near 54°. About 52 inches of snow and 17 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Preston weather station, under a mile away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Preston
- Preston Joint DistrictSchool district207FTE
- Franklin County Medical CenterCritical access hospital204FTE
- Stokes Market & True Value HardwareGrocery stores160
- Ipex USAPvc pipe manufacturing114
- Valley Implement & MotorUtility trailer dealers54
- PacifiCorpElectric services34
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 4 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 362 people in all. School districts come from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24) and hospitals from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.
Natural hazards
- Winter weatherVery high
- LightningVery high
- Wildfirerelatively high in parts of PrestonRelatively moderate
- EarthquakesRelatively moderate
- Inland floodingrelatively high in parts of PrestonRelatively moderate
- Strong windRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Preston’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively moderate. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.
From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Franklin County and the Logan, UT-ID metro.
Preston home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Preston$429,168
- Idaho$476,754
- United States$366,157
Levy by levy, and a check of one home’s own bill, the site covers Ohio’s property tax.
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 5 Preston listings — the market is roughly in balance.
When this market ran hot
Each cell is that month's year-on-year home-value growth. Read left to right, top row is the latest year — the 2021–22 band is the boom.
Market heat, inside the city limits
Share of listings with a price cut
The early-warning dial: sellers cut when buyers stop reaching. Rising cuts cool a market months before prices notice.
- Preston20.48%
- United States26.90%
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Preston78
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Preston17
Zip codes with a Preston address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Preston — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.