Parkton vs Prospect

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

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

Prospect has the higher population (850 vs 515 in Parkton). Parkton has the higher median home value ($150,400 vs $86,800 in Prospect). Since 2019, Parkton's population has grown faster (+16.3% vs +6.6%).

Population, income & housing

	Parkton	Prospect
Population	515	850
Median age	42.3 yrs	42.6 yrs
Median household income	$55,000	—
Median home value	$150,400	$86,800
Median gross rent	$1,167	—
Housing units	240	317
Homeownership rate	89.9%	93.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.1%	29.1%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Parkton	Prospect
Population	443 → 515 (+16.3%)	797 → 850 (+6.6%)
Median household income	$54,500 → $55,000 (+0.9%)	$46,736 → $48,935 (+4.7%)
Median home value	$110,700 → $150,400 (+35.9%)	$106,800 → $86,800 (-18.7%)
Median gross rent	$675 → $1,167 (+72.9%)	—

Parkton

Population

443515

Median household income

$54,500$55,000

Median home value

$110,700$150,400

Median gross rent

$675$1,167

Prospect

Population

797850

Median household income

$46,736$48,935

Median home value

$106,800$86,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Parkton	Prospect
Under 5	5.8%	0.5%
5 to 17	19.4%	20.5%
18 to 24	5.0%	13.5%
25 to 34	10.3%	8.6%
35 to 44	16.7%	13.5%
45 to 54	8.7%	13.6%
55 to 64	14.8%	15.2%
65 to 74	12.0%	12.1%
75 and over	7.2%	2.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Parkton	Prospect
White (non-Hispanic)	48.3%	2.2%
Black or African American	31.5%	2.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	3.7%	94.8%
Asian	1.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.4%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	8.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Parkton	Prospect
No high school diploma	12.0%	6.5%
High school graduate	25.1%	32.0%
Some college or associate's	37.9%	32.5%
Bachelor's degree	13.9%	17.4%
Graduate or professional degree	11.1%	11.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Parkton	Prospect
Drove alone	83.2%	88.7%
Carpooled	13.1%	4.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.9%	6.6%
Other means	1.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Parkton	Prospect
1-unit, detached	92.1%	59.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.9%	40.4%

Poverty & households

	Parkton	Prospect
Poverty rate	15.9%	16.7%
Average household size	2.48	3.09
Mean commute (minutes)	33	28
Median year structure built	1974	1991