Prospect vs Westernville

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

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

Prospect has the higher population (337 vs 193 in Westernville). Since 2019, Westernville's population has grown faster (+12.9% vs -20.9%).

Population, income & housing

	Prospect	Westernville
Population	337	193
Median age	44.8 yrs	34.0 yrs
Median household income	$46,413	—
Median home value	$104,400	—
Median gross rent	—	$1,070
Housing units	150	100
Homeownership rate	90.2%	57.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.8%	46.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	6.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Prospect	Westernville
Population	426 → 337 (-20.9%)	171 → 193 (+12.9%)
Median household income	$69,063 → $46,413 (-32.8%)	—
Median home value	$98,900 → $104,400 (+5.6%)	$235,900 → $291,700 (+23.7%)
Median gross rent	—	$609 → $1,070 (+75.7%)

Prospect

Population

426337

Median household income

$69,063$46,413

Median home value

$98,900$104,400

Westernville

Population

171193

Median home value

$235,900$291,700

Median gross rent

$609$1,070

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Prospect	Westernville
Under 5	10.4%	21.8%
5 to 17	29.4%	17.1%
18 to 24	2.1%	0.0%
25 to 34	0.0%	17.1%
35 to 44	9.8%	11.4%
45 to 54	20.8%	4.1%
55 to 64	2.4%	8.8%
65 to 74	18.7%	16.6%
75 and over	6.5%	3.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Prospect	Westernville
White (non-Hispanic)	76.9%	72.5%
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%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	23.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Prospect	Westernville
No high school diploma	5.6%	11.0%
High school graduate	21.9%	12.7%
Some college or associate's	59.7%	29.7%
Bachelor's degree	2.0%	36.4%
Graduate or professional degree	10.7%	10.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Prospect	Westernville
Drove alone	77.0%	100.0%
Carpooled	9.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	14.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Prospect	Westernville
1-unit, detached	74.7%	77.0%
1-unit, attached	25.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	23.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Prospect	Westernville
Poverty rate	0.0%	35.3%
Average household size	2.76	2.51
Mean commute (minutes)	20	23
Median year structure built	1938	1938