Preston HeightsIL
2,449 people live in this town in Illinois.
Is Preston Heights a good place to live?
Preston Heights’ best subject grade is an A− for walkability; its weakest is a C− for schools. 23% of residents live below the poverty line in Preston Heights, above both the Illinois town median (8.4%) and the median of U.S. towns (9.6%). On health, just 77 of Illinois’ 1,284 towns do worse. Preston Heights has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Preston Heights stand out
Where Preston Heights beats most towns.
Preston Heights has grown 13% from 2010 to 2020
2,575 counted in 2010 and 2,898 in 2020.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts
How Preston Heights grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Illinois), ordered by how far Preston Heights is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Preston Heights: who provides what
Preston Heights is unincorporated, so Will County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Sep 12, 2025.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Preston Heights.
Preston Heights stands out in Illinois and nationally: a larger share of its adults have obesity
Preston Heights does better than the Illinois average on 2 of 32 CDC measures and worse on 20. 16% of Preston Heights adults have diabetes. Only 10 of the 768 Illinois towns we compare have a higher share of adults who sleep under 7 hours than Preston Heights.
| Preston Heights | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 46% | 35% | 36% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 47% | 37% | 35% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 38% | 33% | 33% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 26% | 13% | 14% |
| What stands out | Preston Heights | IL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 5.7% | 7.6% |
| More adults treating high blood pressure | 78.9% | 75.7% |
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 19.6% | 10.3% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
A smaller share of working residents work locally in Preston Heights than in most of Illinois or the rest of the country
The top destinations are Joliet (20%), Chicago (11%) and New Lenox (4%). In Preston Heights, the median household income is $52,000. Half of commuters travel less than 15 miles.
| Preston Heights | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $52,000 | $83,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 0.3% | 8.3% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 23 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Low risk in Preston Heights, with inland flooding at the top
Of the losses FEMA expects in Preston Heights, 64% come from inland flooding and 17% from tornadoes. Compared with 69% of U.S. communities, expected storm and flood damage locally is lower.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Four seasons and pleasant summers in Preston Heights
A winter brings about 17 inches of snow, with January nights at 16° and July afternoons at 84°.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
2.4% of the land in Preston Heights is protected from building
Preston Heights has one park or preserve, 8 acres in all.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Oak Valley Park | — | 8 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Homes in Preston Heights sell for about $267K
58% of households are owner-occupiers in Preston Heights. The median rent for Preston Heights comes to $1,197 a month.
| Preston Heights | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 58% | 75% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,197 a month | $1,129 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Soldier Field and 140 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Preston Heights. Close and well known come first.
Big draw35 mi Stadium & arenaSoldier Field
Big draw38 mi Stadium & arenaWrigley Field
Big draw33 mi MuseumBarack Obama Presidential Center
Big draw33 mi Stadium & arenaRate Field
Big draw34 mi Stadium & arenaUnited Center
Big draw36 mi MuseumArt Institute of Chicago1.5M visitors a yearPhoto credits
Soldier Field: Photo by Joon Han Contact: [email protected], CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wrigley Field: Ryan Dickey, CC BY 2.0 · Barack Obama Presidential Center: AlphaBeta135, CC0 · Rate Field: User Enoch Lai on en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · United Center: User:JeremyA, CC BY-SA 2.5 · Art Institute of Chicago: ajay_suresh, CC BY 2.0
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Everything we know about Preston Heights
Colleges nearby
3 within 15 miles of the center of Preston Heights
About 6 of every 100 Preston Heights residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Illinois.
100% of working residents leave Preston Heights for work
Where Preston Heights’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Preston Heights
Place in Illinois, United States
Preston Heights is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Will County, Illinois, United States. As of the 2020 census, the CDP population was 2,898.
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- Area
- 0.9 sq mi
Preston Heights’s neighbors
One town shares a border with Preston Heights.
| Town | IL rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Preston Heights | — | — | B+ | — | C− | C− |
| Joliet | #667 | C− | C+ | C | C− | C+ |
Preston Heights has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Preston Heights reports no FBI crime data of its own. Compare Preston Heights with a neighbor →
Questions about Preston Heights
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Preston Heights, IL a good place to live?
2,449 people live in this town in Illinois.
Is Preston Heights, IL expensive?
Not for the area. The typical home is worth about $144,000, 51% below the Illinois typical home. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B+.