Chicora vs Prospect

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

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

Prospect has the higher population (1,104 vs 969 in Chicora). Prospect has the higher median household income ($81,042 vs $64,583 in Chicora). Prospect has the higher median home value ($170,600 vs $161,400 in Chicora).

Population, income & housing

	Chicora	Prospect
Population	969	1,104
Median age	37.9 yrs	45.5 yrs
Median household income	$64,583	$81,042
Median home value	$161,400	$170,600
Median gross rent	$663	$885
Housing units	502	456
Homeownership rate	74.3%	90.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.1%	19.8%
Unemployment rate	0.5%	5.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chicora	Prospect
Population	982 → 969 (-1.3%)	1,089 → 1,104 (+1.4%)
Median household income	$62,734 → $64,583 (+2.9%)	$56,797 → $81,042 (+42.7%)
Median home value	$112,500 → $161,400 (+43.5%)	$137,500 → $170,600 (+24.1%)
Median gross rent	$563 → $663 (+17.8%)	$855 → $885 (+3.5%)

Chicora

Population

982969

Median household income

$62,734$64,583

Median home value

$112,500$161,400

Median gross rent

$563$663

Prospect

Population

1,0891,104

Median household income

$56,797$81,042

Median home value

$137,500$170,600

Median gross rent

$855$885

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chicora	Prospect
Under 5	4.2%	3.0%
5 to 17	23.0%	14.3%
18 to 24	4.6%	10.4%
25 to 34	16.0%	9.0%
35 to 44	7.2%	12.0%
45 to 54	9.2%	17.2%
55 to 64	10.9%	15.9%
65 to 74	11.6%	13.7%
75 and over	13.2%	4.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chicora	Prospect
White (non-Hispanic)	87.4%	96.2%
Black or African American	1.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.1%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	8.0%	0.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chicora	Prospect
No high school diploma	3.3%	2.4%
High school graduate	47.7%	47.0%
Some college or associate's	29.8%	30.8%
Bachelor's degree	16.5%	13.9%
Graduate or professional degree	2.6%	5.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chicora	Prospect
Drove alone	90.0%	77.1%
Carpooled	4.2%	9.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.8%	9.8%
Other means	0.0%	3.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chicora	Prospect
1-unit, detached	79.7%	73.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.9%
2 to 4 units	10.0%	2.4%
5 to 19 units	0.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	4.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.8%	20.8%

Poverty & households

	Chicora	Prospect
Poverty rate	8.1%	6.3%
Average household size	2.54	2.79
Mean commute (minutes)	33	29
Median year structure built	1953	1976