Gold Hill vs Prospect

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

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

Gold Hill has the higher population (1,264 vs 724 in Prospect). Gold Hill has the higher median household income ($47,500 vs $39,808 in Prospect). Prospect has the higher median home value ($309,000 vs $299,000 in Gold Hill).

Population, income & housing

	Gold Hill	Prospect
Population	1,264	724
Median age	37.2 yrs	56.6 yrs
Median household income	$47,500	$39,808
Median home value	$299,000	$309,000
Median gross rent	$1,400	$744
Housing units	569	320
Homeownership rate	66.6%	79.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.8%	14.0%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gold Hill	Prospect
Population	1,437 → 1,264 (-12.0%)	476 → 724 (+52.1%)
Median household income	$48,750 → $47,500 (-2.6%)	$24,338 → $39,808 (+63.6%)
Median home value	$205,100 → $299,000 (+45.8%)	$146,800 → $309,000 (+110.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,145 → $1,400 (+22.3%)	$613 → $744 (+21.4%)

Gold Hill

Population

1,4371,264

Median household income

$48,750$47,500

Median home value

$205,100$299,000

Median gross rent

$1,145$1,400

Prospect

Population

476724

Median household income

$24,338$39,808

Median home value

$146,800$309,000

Median gross rent

$613$744

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gold Hill	Prospect
Under 5	6.0%	3.3%
5 to 17	17.3%	15.7%
18 to 24	5.8%	1.9%
25 to 34	16.0%	12.6%
35 to 44	16.6%	6.8%
45 to 54	7.8%	8.3%
55 to 64	11.8%	17.4%
65 to 74	11.9%	16.0%
75 and over	6.7%	18.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gold Hill	Prospect
White (non-Hispanic)	86.9%	76.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	2.5%
Asian	1.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.1%	18.2%
Hispanic or Latino	4.4%	3.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gold Hill	Prospect
No high school diploma	6.9%	4.5%
High school graduate	38.7%	17.7%
Some college or associate's	42.5%	63.8%
Bachelor's degree	8.4%	8.6%
Graduate or professional degree	3.5%	5.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gold Hill	Prospect
Drove alone	82.9%	86.1%
Carpooled	5.7%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.1%	11.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.3%	2.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gold Hill	Prospect
1-unit, detached	72.1%	61.6%
1-unit, attached	2.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	13.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	12.1%	38.4%

Poverty & households

	Gold Hill	Prospect
Poverty rate	19.3%	20.6%
Average household size	2.33	2.35
Mean commute (minutes)	19	37
Median year structure built	1976	1977