Mars vs Prospect

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

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

Mars has the higher population (1,255 vs 1,104 in Prospect). Prospect has the higher median household income ($81,042 vs $58,000 in Mars). Mars has the higher median home value ($286,200 vs $170,600 in Prospect).

Population, income & housing

	Mars	Prospect
Population	1,255	1,104
Median age	53.9 yrs	45.5 yrs
Median household income	$58,000	$81,042
Median home value	$286,200	$170,600
Median gross rent	$884	$885
Housing units	668	456
Homeownership rate	48.1%	90.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.6%	19.8%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	5.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mars	Prospect
Population	1,336 → 1,255 (-6.1%)	1,089 → 1,104 (+1.4%)
Median household income	$45,100 → $58,000 (+28.6%)	$56,797 → $81,042 (+42.7%)
Median home value	$166,500 → $286,200 (+71.9%)	$137,500 → $170,600 (+24.1%)
Median gross rent	$685 → $884 (+29.1%)	$855 → $885 (+3.5%)

Mars

Population

1,3361,255

Median household income

$45,100$58,000

Median home value

$166,500$286,200

Median gross rent

$685$884

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)

	Mars	Prospect
Under 5	2.8%	3.0%
5 to 17	8.1%	14.3%
18 to 24	9.9%	10.4%
25 to 34	9.8%	9.0%
35 to 44	6.5%	12.0%
45 to 54	15.1%	17.2%
55 to 64	16.3%	15.9%
65 to 74	12.9%	13.7%
75 and over	18.7%	4.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mars	Prospect
White (non-Hispanic)	90.2%	96.2%
Black or African American	0.2%	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	1.0%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	8.7%	0.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mars	Prospect
No high school diploma	8.4%	2.4%
High school graduate	28.0%	47.0%
Some college or associate's	36.1%	30.8%
Bachelor's degree	15.3%	13.9%
Graduate or professional degree	12.3%	5.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mars	Prospect
Drove alone	86.3%	77.1%
Carpooled	8.2%	9.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.5%	9.8%
Other means	0.0%	3.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mars	Prospect
1-unit, detached	52.5%	73.9%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	2.9%
2 to 4 units	14.5%	2.4%
5 to 19 units	13.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	19.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	20.8%

Poverty & households

	Mars	Prospect
Poverty rate	12.3%	6.3%
Average household size	1.95	2.79
Mean commute (minutes)	25	29
Median year structure built	1962	1976