Residents of the city have the good fortune of having one of the shortest daily commutes compared to the rest of the country. On average, they spend only 19.09 minutes getting to work every day.
Being a small city, Prestonsburg does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
In terms of college education, Prestonsburg is nearly on par with the US average for all cities of 21.84%: 17.40% of adults 25 and older in Prestonsburg have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Prestonsburg in 2022 was $21,280, which is lower middle income relative to Kentucky, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $85,120 for a family of four. However, Prestonsburg contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Prestonsburg also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 43.98% of its population below the federal poverty line.
The people who call Prestonsburg home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Prestonsburg residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Prestonsburg include Irish, English, German, Scottish, and British.
The most common language spoken in Prestonsburg is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Chinese.
