Lyndon vs Prospect

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

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

Lyndon has the higher population (10,956 vs 4,518 in Prospect). Prospect has the higher median household income ($172,361 vs $65,392 in Lyndon). Prospect has the higher median home value ($494,000 vs $273,300 in Lyndon).

Population, income & housing

	Lyndon	Prospect
Population	10,956	4,518
Median age	35.2 yrs	55.2 yrs
Median household income	$65,392	$172,361
Median home value	$273,300	$494,000
Median gross rent	$1,196	$1,287
Housing units	6,118	2,059
Homeownership rate	43.7%	92.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	44.5%	71.4%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lyndon	Prospect
Population	11,431 → 10,956 (-4.2%)	4,896 → 4,518 (-7.7%)
Median household income	$57,472 → $65,392 (+13.8%)	$145,511 → $172,361 (+18.5%)
Median home value	$191,300 → $273,300 (+42.9%)	$388,300 → $494,000 (+27.2%)
Median gross rent	$976 → $1,196 (+22.5%)	$1,140 → $1,287 (+12.9%)

Lyndon

Population

11,43110,956

Median household income

$57,472$65,392

Median home value

$191,300$273,300

Median gross rent

$976$1,196

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)

	Lyndon	Prospect
Under 5	5.0%	1.6%
5 to 17	12.6%	14.9%
18 to 24	5.8%	6.8%
25 to 34	25.9%	1.9%
35 to 44	11.8%	8.2%
45 to 54	9.2%	16.2%
55 to 64	11.8%	16.4%
65 to 74	8.6%	16.6%
75 and over	9.3%	17.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lyndon	Prospect
White (non-Hispanic)	72.5%	88.8%
Black or African American	15.9%	5.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	2.2%	4.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.3%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	3.9%	0.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lyndon	Prospect
No high school diploma	5.1%	0.6%
High school graduate	22.4%	4.8%
Some college or associate's	28.1%	23.2%
Bachelor's degree	26.3%	36.3%
Graduate or professional degree	18.2%	35.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lyndon	Prospect
Drove alone	75.3%	68.4%
Carpooled	6.3%	11.7%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	2.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.0%	19.3%
Other means	1.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lyndon	Prospect
1-unit, detached	43.9%	79.0%
1-unit, attached	6.9%	11.9%
2 to 4 units	10.4%	3.9%
5 to 19 units	29.7%	4.2%
20 or more units	9.1%	0.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Lyndon	Prospect
Poverty rate	7.9%	2.2%
Average household size	1.92	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	18	22
Median year structure built	1985	1988