Anchorage vs Prospect

A side-by-side comparison of Anchorage and Prospect: population, income, housing, and more.

Anchorage and Prospect are places in Kentucky. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Prospect has the higher population (4,518 vs 2,421 in Anchorage). Anchorage has the higher median household income ($215,156 vs $172,361 in Prospect). Anchorage has the higher median home value ($827,000 vs $494,000 in Prospect).

Population, income & housing

	Anchorage	Prospect
Population	2,421	4,518
Median age	41.2 yrs	55.2 yrs
Median household income	$215,156	$172,361
Median home value	$827,000	$494,000
Median gross rent	$1,861	$1,287
Housing units	841	2,059
Homeownership rate	93.8%	92.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	80.7%	71.4%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Anchorage	Prospect
Population	2,376 → 2,421 (+1.9%)	4,896 → 4,518 (-7.7%)
Median household income	$187,946 → $215,156 (+14.5%)	$145,511 → $172,361 (+18.5%)
Median home value	$715,000 → $827,000 (+15.7%)	$388,300 → $494,000 (+27.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,163 → $1,861 (+60.0%)	$1,140 → $1,287 (+12.9%)

Anchorage

Population

2,3762,421

Median household income

$187,946$215,156

Median home value

$715,000$827,000

Median gross rent

$1,163$1,861

Prospect

Population

4,8964,518

Median household income

$145,511$172,361

Median home value

$388,300$494,000

Median gross rent

$1,140$1,287

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Anchorage	Prospect
Under 5	3.7%	1.6%
5 to 17	28.6%	14.9%
18 to 24	6.0%	6.8%
25 to 34	5.2%	1.9%
35 to 44	12.8%	8.2%
45 to 54	11.6%	16.2%
55 to 64	15.9%	16.4%
65 to 74	9.8%	16.6%
75 and over	6.3%	17.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Anchorage	Prospect
White (non-Hispanic)	90.4%	88.8%
Black or African American	2.5%	5.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	1.9%	4.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.6%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	2.5%	0.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Anchorage	Prospect
No high school diploma	0.6%	0.6%
High school graduate	2.7%	4.8%
Some college or associate's	15.9%	23.2%
Bachelor's degree	39.2%	36.3%
Graduate or professional degree	41.6%	35.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Anchorage	Prospect
Drove alone	62.3%	68.4%
Carpooled	9.8%	11.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	27.3%	19.3%
Other means	0.6%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Anchorage	Prospect
1-unit, detached	99.6%	79.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	11.9%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.2%
20 or more units	0.4%	0.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Anchorage	Prospect
Poverty rate	4.4%	2.2%
Average household size	3.00	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	26	22
Median year structure built	1970	1988