Marcy vs Prospect

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

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

Marcy has the higher population (489 vs 337 in Prospect). Marcy has the higher median household income ($64,500 vs $46,413 in Prospect). Marcy has the higher median home value ($305,900 vs $104,400 in Prospect).

Population, income & housing

	Marcy	Prospect
Population	489	337
Median age	40.6 yrs	44.8 yrs
Median household income	$64,500	$46,413
Median home value	$305,900	$104,400
Median gross rent	$1,112	—
Housing units	244	150
Homeownership rate	27.9%	90.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.8%	12.8%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Marcy	Prospect
Population	834 → 489 (-41.4%)	426 → 337 (-20.9%)
Median household income	$57,000 → $64,500 (+13.2%)	$69,063 → $46,413 (-32.8%)
Median home value	$138,000 → $305,900 (+121.7%)	$98,900 → $104,400 (+5.6%)
Median gross rent	$669 → $1,112 (+66.2%)	—

Marcy

Population

834489

Median household income

$57,000$64,500

Median home value

$138,000$305,900

Median gross rent

$669$1,112

Prospect

Population

426337

Median household income

$69,063$46,413

Median home value

$98,900$104,400

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Marcy	Prospect
Under 5	3.7%	10.4%
5 to 17	10.8%	29.4%
18 to 24	23.3%	2.1%
25 to 34	6.3%	0.0%
35 to 44	7.2%	9.8%
45 to 54	12.3%	20.8%
55 to 64	13.5%	2.4%
65 to 74	3.3%	18.7%
75 and over	19.6%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Marcy	Prospect
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	76.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	18.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	5.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Marcy	Prospect
No high school diploma	4.9%	5.6%
High school graduate	31.3%	21.9%
Some college or associate's	24.0%	59.7%
Bachelor's degree	16.8%	2.0%
Graduate or professional degree	23.0%	10.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Marcy	Prospect
Drove alone	92.9%	77.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	9.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	14.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.1%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Marcy	Prospect
1-unit, detached	27.9%	74.7%
1-unit, attached	7.0%	25.3%
2 to 4 units	23.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	33.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	8.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Marcy	Prospect
Poverty rate	4.7%	0.0%
Average household size	2.00	2.76
Mean commute (minutes)	44	20
Median year structure built	1989	1938