Douglass Hills vs Prospect

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

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

Douglass Hills has the higher population (5,437 vs 4,518 in Prospect). Prospect has the higher median household income ($172,361 vs $92,826 in Douglass Hills). Prospect has the higher median home value ($494,000 vs $331,500 in Douglass Hills).

Population, income & housing

	Douglass Hills	Prospect
Population	5,437	4,518
Median age	48.2 yrs	55.2 yrs
Median household income	$92,826	$172,361
Median home value	$331,500	$494,000
Median gross rent	$1,164	$1,287
Housing units	2,681	2,059
Homeownership rate	81.7%	92.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	51.7%	71.4%
Unemployment rate	8.1%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Douglass Hills	Prospect
Population	5,710 → 5,437 (-4.8%)	4,896 → 4,518 (-7.7%)
Median household income	$74,485 → $92,826 (+24.6%)	$145,511 → $172,361 (+18.5%)
Median home value	$256,300 → $331,500 (+29.3%)	$388,300 → $494,000 (+27.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,113 → $1,164 (+4.6%)	$1,140 → $1,287 (+12.9%)

Douglass Hills

Population

5,7105,437

Median household income

$74,485$92,826

Median home value

$256,300$331,500

Median gross rent

$1,113$1,164

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)

	Douglass Hills	Prospect
Under 5	5.3%	1.6%
5 to 17	12.4%	14.9%
18 to 24	6.5%	6.8%
25 to 34	12.2%	1.9%
35 to 44	11.4%	8.2%
45 to 54	10.4%	16.2%
55 to 64	16.6%	16.4%
65 to 74	15.9%	16.6%
75 and over	9.4%	17.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Douglass Hills	Prospect
White (non-Hispanic)	84.7%	88.8%
Black or African American	10.7%	5.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	4.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.0%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	1.9%	0.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Douglass Hills	Prospect
No high school diploma	4.5%	0.6%
High school graduate	16.7%	4.8%
Some college or associate's	27.1%	23.2%
Bachelor's degree	32.1%	36.3%
Graduate or professional degree	19.6%	35.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Douglass Hills	Prospect
Drove alone	77.9%	68.4%
Carpooled	4.7%	11.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.7%	19.3%
Other means	1.5%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Douglass Hills	Prospect
1-unit, detached	69.2%	79.0%
1-unit, attached	6.0%	11.9%
2 to 4 units	5.9%	3.9%
5 to 19 units	17.9%	4.2%
20 or more units	1.0%	0.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Douglass Hills	Prospect
Poverty rate	3.9%	2.2%
Average household size	2.20	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	20	22
Median year structure built	1976	1988