Prospect vs Saxonburg

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

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

Saxonburg has the higher population (1,293 vs 1,104 in Prospect). Prospect has the higher median household income ($81,042 vs $52,083 in Saxonburg). Saxonburg has the higher median home value ($195,600 vs $170,600 in Prospect).

Population, income & housing

	Prospect	Saxonburg
Population	1,104	1,293
Median age	45.5 yrs	54.9 yrs
Median household income	$81,042	$52,083
Median home value	$170,600	$195,600
Median gross rent	$885	$853
Housing units	456	708
Homeownership rate	90.7%	55.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.8%	23.3%
Unemployment rate	5.8%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Prospect	Saxonburg
Population	1,089 → 1,104 (+1.4%)	1,609 → 1,293 (-19.6%)
Median household income	$56,797 → $81,042 (+42.7%)	$50,125 → $52,083 (+3.9%)
Median home value	$137,500 → $170,600 (+24.1%)	$182,500 → $195,600 (+7.2%)
Median gross rent	$855 → $885 (+3.5%)	$693 → $853 (+23.1%)

Prospect

Population

1,0891,104

Median household income

$56,797$81,042

Median home value

$137,500$170,600

Median gross rent

$855$885

Saxonburg

Population

1,6091,293

Median household income

$50,125$52,083

Median home value

$182,500$195,600

Median gross rent

$693$853

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Prospect	Saxonburg
Under 5	3.0%	7.3%
5 to 17	14.3%	8.0%
18 to 24	10.4%	4.4%
25 to 34	9.0%	14.0%
35 to 44	12.0%	8.0%
45 to 54	17.2%	8.3%
55 to 64	15.9%	17.1%
65 to 74	13.7%	15.3%
75 and over	4.6%	17.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Prospect	Saxonburg
White (non-Hispanic)	96.2%	96.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.4%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.5%	0.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Prospect	Saxonburg
No high school diploma	2.4%	6.4%
High school graduate	47.0%	41.2%
Some college or associate's	30.8%	29.1%
Bachelor's degree	13.9%	15.5%
Graduate or professional degree	5.9%	7.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Prospect	Saxonburg
Drove alone	77.1%	80.1%
Carpooled	9.8%	5.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.8%	11.3%
Other means	3.4%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Prospect	Saxonburg
1-unit, detached	73.9%	42.7%
1-unit, attached	2.9%	17.4%
2 to 4 units	2.4%	11.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	11.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	7.5%
Mobile home & other	20.8%	8.8%

Poverty & households

	Prospect	Saxonburg
Poverty rate	6.3%	8.9%
Average household size	2.79	2.04
Mean commute (minutes)	29	23
Median year structure built	1976	1978