Emporium vs Prospect Park

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

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

Emporium has the higher population (2,005 vs 262 in Prospect Park). Prospect Park has the higher median household income ($38,750 vs $36,167 in Emporium). Prospect Park has the higher median home value ($107,700 vs $70,800 in Emporium).

Population, income & housing

	Emporium	Prospect Park
Population	2,005	262
Median age	47.8 yrs	52.6 yrs
Median household income	$36,167	$38,750
Median home value	$70,800	$107,700
Median gross rent	$687	$904
Housing units	1,193	142
Homeownership rate	50.6%	80.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.8%	14.3%
Unemployment rate	13.2%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Emporium	Prospect Park
Population	2,056 → 2,005 (-2.5%)	440 → 262 (-40.5%)
Median household income	$35,151 → $36,167 (+2.9%)	$57,708 → $38,750 (-32.9%)
Median home value	$64,700 → $70,800 (+9.4%)	$76,500 → $107,700 (+40.8%)
Median gross rent	$585 → $687 (+17.4%)	$850 → $904 (+6.4%)

Emporium

Population

2,0562,005

Median household income

$35,151$36,167

Median home value

$64,700$70,800

Median gross rent

$585$687

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)

	Emporium	Prospect Park
Under 5	6.6%	4.2%
5 to 17	12.1%	13.0%
18 to 24	5.8%	0.0%
25 to 34	13.0%	12.2%
35 to 44	10.0%	17.2%
45 to 54	15.8%	4.6%
55 to 64	11.5%	12.2%
65 to 74	14.6%	14.5%
75 and over	10.6%	22.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Emporium	Prospect Park
White (non-Hispanic)	88.0%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.2%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.8%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Emporium	Prospect Park
No high school diploma	10.6%	2.8%
High school graduate	44.9%	58.5%
Some college or associate's	34.7%	24.4%
Bachelor's degree	8.8%	6.9%
Graduate or professional degree	1.1%	7.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Emporium	Prospect Park
Drove alone	85.7%	92.5%
Carpooled	3.5%	0.0%
Public transit	1.2%	0.0%
Walked	7.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.0%	7.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Emporium	Prospect Park
1-unit, detached	65.0%	95.1%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	18.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	4.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	7.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.4%	4.9%

Poverty & households

	Emporium	Prospect Park
Poverty rate	18.1%	18.3%
Average household size	1.86	2.10
Mean commute (minutes)	14	16
Median year structure built	1954	1954