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Preston, Texas.

A community in Grayson County, with no city government of its own. Zillow publishes no home prices for it: see Grayson County’s.

Living in Preston, Grayson County, Texas

Preston, in Grayson County, had 2,101 people in the 2020 census. Unemployment in Grayson County was 4.4% in August 2026, and the county had 1.9% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Grayson County work in schools and health care, then shops.

People 2,101 in the 2020 census
Household income Too few homes in Preston for the Census survey to measure.
Unemployment 4.4% Grayson County, August 2026; 4.3% a year before
Homes Too few homes in Preston for the Census survey to measure.
  • 768households
  • 10%of adults have a degree
  • 7%below the poverty line
  • 11%work from home

What people in Grayson County work in

  • Schools, hospitals and social care20%
  • Shops (retail)13%
  • Manufacturing12%
  • Building trades10%
  • Professional and business services10%
  • Restaurants, hotels and entertainment9%

Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Grayson County had 52,998 jobs in 2025, 1.9% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).

Weather through the year

Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 53° and 34°; warmest in August, 93° and 73° 40° 60° 80° 100° J 53° 34° F M A M J J A 93° 73° S O N D
Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 53° and 34°; warmest in August, 93° and 73° 40° 60° 80° 100° J 53° 34° F M A M J J A 93° 73° S O N D

Coldest in January, with highs near 53° and lows near 34°; warmest in August, with highs near 93° and lows near 73°. About 44 inches of rain and melted snow a year.

Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Sherman weather station, 11 miles away (NOAA).

Largest workplaces in Grayson County

  1. Texoma Medical CenterGeneral hospital1,899FTE
  2. Tyson Fresh MeatsMeat processed from carcasses1,845
  3. Sherman ISDSchool district1,199FTE
  4. Ruiz Foods ProductMexican foods, frozen, manufacturing980
  5. Denison ISDSchool district631FTE
  6. Texas InstrumentsSemiconductor devices manufacturing608
  7. Grayson CollegeUniversity or college607
  8. WalmartRefrigerated warehousing and storage442

Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 113 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 15,802 people in all across the county; Preston has none of its own. Hospitals come from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023), school districts from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24) and colleges from IPEDS (NCES, 2023–24); 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

  1. TornadoesRelatively high
  2. Ice stormsRelatively moderate
  3. HailRelatively moderate
  4. Heat wavesRelatively moderate
  5. Cold wavesRelatively moderate
  6. Inland floodingRelatively 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 low. 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 Grayson County.