Clifton Heights vs Prospect Park

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

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

Clifton Heights has the higher population (6,821 vs 6,402 in Prospect Park). Clifton Heights has the higher median household income ($69,940 vs $65,774 in Prospect Park). Prospect Park has the higher median home value ($239,700 vs $189,100 in Clifton Heights).

Population, income & housing

	Clifton Heights	Prospect Park
Population	6,821	6,402
Median age	32.9 yrs	38.0 yrs
Median household income	$69,940	$65,774
Median home value	$189,100	$239,700
Median gross rent	$1,191	$1,154
Housing units	2,714	2,671
Homeownership rate	72.1%	57.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.5%	23.2%
Unemployment rate	16.2%	5.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clifton Heights	Prospect Park
Population	6,696 → 6,821 (+1.9%)	6,483 → 6,402 (-1.2%)
Median household income	$48,905 → $69,940 (+43.0%)	$60,569 → $65,774 (+8.6%)
Median home value	$126,300 → $189,100 (+49.7%)	$191,700 → $239,700 (+25.0%)
Median gross rent	$953 → $1,191 (+25.0%)	$1,043 → $1,154 (+10.6%)

Clifton Heights

Population

6,6966,821

Median household income

$48,905$69,940

Median home value

$126,300$189,100

Median gross rent

$953$1,191

Prospect Park

Population

6,4836,402

Median household income

$60,569$65,774

Median home value

$191,700$239,700

Median gross rent

$1,043$1,154

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clifton Heights	Prospect Park
Under 5	10.8%	7.3%
5 to 17	15.7%	12.0%
18 to 24	8.8%	7.3%
25 to 34	17.3%	19.8%
35 to 44	13.7%	11.6%
45 to 54	8.0%	12.3%
55 to 64	13.9%	14.9%
65 to 74	8.3%	10.3%
75 and over	3.5%	4.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clifton Heights	Prospect Park
White (non-Hispanic)	50.9%	78.5%
Black or African American	37.7%	10.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	5.1%	3.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.2%	7.1%
Hispanic or Latino	1.1%	0.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clifton Heights	Prospect Park
No high school diploma	12.4%	7.0%
High school graduate	29.0%	31.0%
Some college or associate's	42.1%	38.7%
Bachelor's degree	12.6%	16.8%
Graduate or professional degree	4.0%	6.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clifton Heights	Prospect Park
Drove alone	72.3%	70.9%
Carpooled	3.5%	11.5%
Public transit	7.9%	5.4%
Walked	5.7%	2.3%
Bicycle	1.3%	0.5%
Worked from home	9.3%	9.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clifton Heights	Prospect Park
1-unit, detached	16.1%	37.3%
1-unit, attached	67.2%	22.5%
2 to 4 units	8.2%	24.7%
5 to 19 units	3.4%	12.5%
20 or more units	5.1%	2.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Clifton Heights	Prospect Park
Poverty rate	16.8%	13.4%
Average household size	2.72	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	31	21
Median year structure built	1952	1948