Prospect vs Wimer

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

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

Prospect has the higher population (724 vs 449 in Wimer). Prospect has the higher median household income ($39,808 vs $37,639 in Wimer). Prospect has the higher median home value ($309,000 vs $279,300 in Wimer).

Population, income & housing

	Prospect	Wimer
Population	724	449
Median age	56.6 yrs	40.1 yrs
Median household income	$39,808	$37,639
Median home value	$309,000	$279,300
Median gross rent	$744	—
Housing units	320	187
Homeownership rate	79.2%	55.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.0%	6.5%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	15.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Prospect	Wimer
Population	476 → 724 (+52.1%)	452 → 449 (-0.7%)
Median household income	$24,338 → $39,808 (+63.6%)	$33,000 → $37,639 (+14.1%)
Median home value	$146,800 → $309,000 (+110.5%)	$312,000 → $279,300 (-10.5%)
Median gross rent	$613 → $744 (+21.4%)	—

Prospect

Population

476724

Median household income

$24,338$39,808

Median home value

$146,800$309,000

Median gross rent

$613$744

Wimer

Population

452449

Median household income

$33,000$37,639

Median home value

$312,000$279,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Prospect	Wimer
Under 5	3.3%	8.0%
5 to 17	15.7%	12.9%
18 to 24	1.9%	4.0%
25 to 34	12.6%	14.9%
35 to 44	6.8%	22.0%
45 to 54	8.3%	2.2%
55 to 64	17.4%	13.4%
65 to 74	16.0%	12.5%
75 and over	18.0%	10.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Prospect	Wimer
White (non-Hispanic)	76.2%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.5%	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	18.2%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Prospect	Wimer
No high school diploma	4.5%	6.5%
High school graduate	17.7%	19.9%
Some college or associate's	63.8%	67.1%
Bachelor's degree	8.6%	3.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.4%	3.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Prospect	Wimer
Drove alone	86.1%	83.5%
Carpooled	0.0%	11.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	11.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.1%	5.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Prospect	Wimer
1-unit, detached	61.6%	63.1%
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	38.4%	36.9%

Poverty & households

	Prospect	Wimer
Poverty rate	20.6%	21.4%
Average household size	2.35	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	37	93
Median year structure built	1977	1978