Prospect vs Remsen

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

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

Remsen has the higher population (380 vs 337 in Prospect). Remsen has the higher median household income ($54,792 vs $46,413 in Prospect). Prospect has the higher median home value ($104,400 vs $103,100 in Remsen).

Population, income & housing

	Prospect	Remsen
Population	337	380
Median age	44.8 yrs	36.0 yrs
Median household income	$46,413	$54,792
Median home value	$104,400	$103,100
Median gross rent	—	$757
Housing units	150	265
Homeownership rate	90.2%	51.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.8%	7.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	1.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Prospect	Remsen
Population	426 → 337 (-20.9%)	443 → 380 (-14.2%)
Median household income	$69,063 → $46,413 (-32.8%)	$48,229 → $54,792 (+13.6%)
Median home value	$98,900 → $104,400 (+5.6%)	$86,300 → $103,100 (+19.5%)
Median gross rent	—	$645 → $757 (+17.4%)

Prospect

Population

426337

Median household income

$69,063$46,413

Median home value

$98,900$104,400

Remsen

Population

443380

Median household income

$48,229$54,792

Median home value

$86,300$103,100

Median gross rent

$645$757

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Prospect	Remsen
Under 5	10.4%	6.6%
5 to 17	29.4%	12.6%
18 to 24	2.1%	15.3%
25 to 34	0.0%	13.4%
35 to 44	9.8%	5.8%
45 to 54	20.8%	7.6%
55 to 64	2.4%	21.1%
65 to 74	18.7%	11.8%
75 and over	6.5%	5.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Prospect	Remsen
White (non-Hispanic)	76.9%	81.8%
Black or African American	18.1%	0.0%
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	5.0%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	16.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Prospect	Remsen
No high school diploma	5.6%	18.9%
High school graduate	21.9%	34.5%
Some college or associate's	59.7%	39.0%
Bachelor's degree	2.0%	7.6%
Graduate or professional degree	10.7%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Prospect	Remsen
Drove alone	77.0%	80.8%
Carpooled	9.0%	1.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	14.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	18.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Prospect	Remsen
1-unit, detached	74.7%	45.7%
1-unit, attached	25.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	27.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	21.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	5.7%

Poverty & households

	Prospect	Remsen
Poverty rate	0.0%	17.1%
Average household size	2.76	2.03
Mean commute (minutes)	20	22
Median year structure built	1938	1938