Hurstbourne vs Prospect

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

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

Hurstbourne has the higher population (4,669 vs 4,518 in Prospect). Prospect has the higher median household income ($172,361 vs $113,906 in Hurstbourne). Hurstbourne has the higher median home value ($495,100 vs $494,000 in Prospect).

Population, income & housing

	Hurstbourne	Prospect
Population	4,669	4,518
Median age	37.8 yrs	55.2 yrs
Median household income	$113,906	$172,361
Median home value	$495,100	$494,000
Median gross rent	$1,676	$1,287
Housing units	1,858	2,059
Homeownership rate	53.4%	92.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	70.0%	71.4%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hurstbourne	Prospect
Population	4,394 → 4,669 (+6.3%)	4,896 → 4,518 (-7.7%)
Median household income	$123,521 → $113,906 (-7.8%)	$145,511 → $172,361 (+18.5%)
Median home value	$421,000 → $495,100 (+17.6%)	$388,300 → $494,000 (+27.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,288 → $1,676 (+30.1%)	$1,140 → $1,287 (+12.9%)

Hurstbourne

Population

4,3944,669

Median household income

$123,521$113,906

Median home value

$421,000$495,100

Median gross rent

$1,288$1,676

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)

	Hurstbourne	Prospect
Under 5	7.7%	1.6%
5 to 17	20.7%	14.9%
18 to 24	5.7%	6.8%
25 to 34	13.4%	1.9%
35 to 44	17.0%	8.2%
45 to 54	9.6%	16.2%
55 to 64	8.6%	16.4%
65 to 74	7.6%	16.6%
75 and over	9.8%	17.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hurstbourne	Prospect
White (non-Hispanic)	56.1%	88.8%
Black or African American	5.4%	5.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	25.2%	4.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	11.6%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	1.7%	0.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hurstbourne	Prospect
No high school diploma	4.3%	0.6%
High school graduate	14.2%	4.8%
Some college or associate's	11.6%	23.2%
Bachelor's degree	33.9%	36.3%
Graduate or professional degree	36.1%	35.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hurstbourne	Prospect
Drove alone	66.3%	68.4%
Carpooled	12.3%	11.7%
Public transit	0.9%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.6%	19.3%
Other means	0.8%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hurstbourne	Prospect
1-unit, detached	51.4%	79.0%
1-unit, attached	6.2%	11.9%
2 to 4 units	1.9%	3.9%
5 to 19 units	21.6%	4.2%
20 or more units	18.2%	0.8%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Hurstbourne	Prospect
Poverty rate	4.4%	2.2%
Average household size	2.54	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	24	22
Median year structure built	1977	1988