Nixon vs Prospect

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

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

Nixon has the higher population (1,214 vs 1,104 in Prospect). Nixon has the higher median household income ($129,909 vs $81,042 in Prospect). Nixon has the higher median home value ($300,000 vs $170,600 in Prospect).

Population, income & housing

	Nixon	Prospect
Population	1,214	1,104
Median age	37.0 yrs	45.5 yrs
Median household income	$129,909	$81,042
Median home value	$300,000	$170,600
Median gross rent	—	$885
Housing units	471	456
Homeownership rate	96.5%	90.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	43.7%	19.8%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	5.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Nixon	Prospect
Population	1,265 → 1,214 (-4.0%)	1,089 → 1,104 (+1.4%)
Median household income	$93,333 → $129,909 (+39.2%)	$56,797 → $81,042 (+42.7%)
Median home value	$249,100 → $300,000 (+20.4%)	$137,500 → $170,600 (+24.1%)
Median gross rent	—	$855 → $885 (+3.5%)

Nixon

Population

1,2651,214

Median household income

$93,333$129,909

Median home value

$249,100$300,000

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)

	Nixon	Prospect
Under 5	10.5%	3.0%
5 to 17	12.0%	14.3%
18 to 24	5.1%	10.4%
25 to 34	11.5%	9.0%
35 to 44	15.8%	12.0%
45 to 54	10.5%	17.2%
55 to 64	13.3%	15.9%
65 to 74	12.4%	13.7%
75 and over	8.9%	4.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Nixon	Prospect
White (non-Hispanic)	93.2%	96.2%
Black or African American	0.5%	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	4.3%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	2.1%	0.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Nixon	Prospect
No high school diploma	0.2%	2.4%
High school graduate	23.1%	47.0%
Some college or associate's	33.0%	30.8%
Bachelor's degree	29.8%	13.9%
Graduate or professional degree	13.9%	5.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Nixon	Prospect
Drove alone	62.6%	77.1%
Carpooled	5.1%	9.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	32.3%	9.8%
Other means	0.0%	3.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Nixon	Prospect
1-unit, detached	97.5%	73.9%
1-unit, attached	2.5%	2.9%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	20.8%

Poverty & households

	Nixon	Prospect
Poverty rate	2.1%	6.3%
Average household size	2.61	2.79
Mean commute (minutes)	21	29
Median year structure built	1959	1976