Driftwood vs Prospect Park

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

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

Prospect Park has the higher population (262 vs 43 in Driftwood). Prospect Park has the higher median household income ($38,750 vs $30,313 in Driftwood). Prospect Park has the higher median home value ($107,700 vs $98,800 in Driftwood).

Population, income & housing

	Driftwood	Prospect Park
Population	43	262
Median age	65.2 yrs	52.6 yrs
Median household income	$30,313	$38,750
Median home value	$98,800	$107,700
Median gross rent	—	$904
Housing units	91	142
Homeownership rate	100.0%	80.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	14.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Driftwood	Prospect Park
Population	32 → 43 (+34.4%)	440 → 262 (-40.5%)
Median household income	$18,438 → $30,313 (+64.4%)	$57,708 → $38,750 (-32.9%)
Median home value	$41,900 → $98,800 (+135.8%)	$76,500 → $107,700 (+40.8%)
Median gross rent	—	$850 → $904 (+6.4%)

Driftwood

Population

3243

Median household income

$18,438$30,313

Median home value

$41,900$98,800

Prospect Park

Population

440262

Median household income

$57,708$38,750

Median home value

$76,500$107,700

Median gross rent

$850$904

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Driftwood	Prospect Park
Under 5	0.0%	4.2%
5 to 17	7.0%	13.0%
18 to 24	0.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	0.0%	12.2%
35 to 44	0.0%	17.2%
45 to 54	7.0%	4.6%
55 to 64	30.2%	12.2%
65 to 74	32.6%	14.5%
75 and over	23.3%	22.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Driftwood	Prospect Park
White (non-Hispanic)	97.7%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.3%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Driftwood	Prospect Park
No high school diploma	5.0%	2.8%
High school graduate	60.0%	58.5%
Some college or associate's	35.0%	24.4%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	6.9%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	7.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Driftwood	Prospect Park
Drove alone	71.4%	92.5%
Carpooled	28.6%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	7.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Driftwood	Prospect Park
1-unit, detached	65.9%	95.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	34.1%	4.9%

Poverty & households

	Driftwood	Prospect Park
Poverty rate	4.7%	18.3%
Average household size	1.72	2.10
Mean commute (minutes)	—	16
Median year structure built	1956	1954