Harrisville vs Prospect

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

Harrisville 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 849 in Harrisville). Prospect has the higher median household income ($81,042 vs $72,232 in Harrisville). Prospect has the higher median home value ($170,600 vs $153,700 in Harrisville).

Population, income & housing

	Harrisville	Prospect
Population	849	1,104
Median age	50.8 yrs	45.5 yrs
Median household income	$72,232	$81,042
Median home value	$153,700	$170,600
Median gross rent	$883	$885
Housing units	315	456
Homeownership rate	74.8%	90.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.1%	19.8%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	5.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Harrisville	Prospect
Population	932 → 849 (-8.9%)	1,089 → 1,104 (+1.4%)
Median household income	$60,625 → $72,232 (+19.1%)	$56,797 → $81,042 (+42.7%)
Median home value	$126,000 → $153,700 (+22.0%)	$137,500 → $170,600 (+24.1%)
Median gross rent	$841 → $883 (+5.0%)	$855 → $885 (+3.5%)

Harrisville

Population

932849

Median household income

$60,625$72,232

Median home value

$126,000$153,700

Median gross rent

$841$883

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)

	Harrisville	Prospect
Under 5	5.1%	3.0%
5 to 17	9.0%	14.3%
18 to 24	3.5%	10.4%
25 to 34	14.0%	9.0%
35 to 44	10.6%	12.0%
45 to 54	12.4%	17.2%
55 to 64	17.4%	15.9%
65 to 74	16.0%	13.7%
75 and over	12.0%	4.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Harrisville	Prospect
White (non-Hispanic)	96.2%	96.2%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.1%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	1.6%	0.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Harrisville	Prospect
No high school diploma	8.9%	2.4%
High school graduate	52.4%	47.0%
Some college or associate's	23.6%	30.8%
Bachelor's degree	10.9%	13.9%
Graduate or professional degree	4.3%	5.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Harrisville	Prospect
Drove alone	75.4%	77.1%
Carpooled	13.3%	9.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.5%	9.8%
Other means	0.3%	3.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Harrisville	Prospect
1-unit, detached	78.1%	73.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.9%
2 to 4 units	8.9%	2.4%
5 to 19 units	1.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	11.1%	20.8%

Poverty & households

	Harrisville	Prospect
Poverty rate	6.8%	6.3%
Average household size	2.34	2.79
Mean commute (minutes)	21	29
Median year structure built	1957	1976