Folcroft vs Prospect Park

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

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

Folcroft has the higher population (6,748 vs 6,402 in Prospect Park). Prospect Park has the higher median household income ($65,774 vs $58,899 in Folcroft). Prospect Park has the higher median home value ($239,700 vs $140,000 in Folcroft).

Population, income & housing

	Folcroft	Prospect Park
Population	6,748	6,402
Median age	32.3 yrs	38.0 yrs
Median household income	$58,899	$65,774
Median home value	$140,000	$239,700
Median gross rent	$1,363	$1,154
Housing units	2,866	2,671
Homeownership rate	72.6%	57.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.1%	23.2%
Unemployment rate	10.8%	5.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Folcroft	Prospect Park
Population	6,627 → 6,748 (+1.8%)	6,483 → 6,402 (-1.2%)
Median household income	$62,229 → $58,899 (-5.4%)	$60,569 → $65,774 (+8.6%)
Median home value	$114,100 → $140,000 (+22.7%)	$191,700 → $239,700 (+25.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,228 → $1,363 (+11.0%)	$1,043 → $1,154 (+10.6%)

Folcroft

Population

6,6276,748

Median household income

$62,229$58,899

Median home value

$114,100$140,000

Median gross rent

$1,228$1,363

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)

	Folcroft	Prospect Park
Under 5	8.3%	7.3%
5 to 17	19.7%	12.0%
18 to 24	7.7%	7.3%
25 to 34	19.0%	19.8%
35 to 44	11.9%	11.6%
45 to 54	11.0%	12.3%
55 to 64	12.8%	14.9%
65 to 74	5.0%	10.3%
75 and over	4.5%	4.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Folcroft	Prospect Park
White (non-Hispanic)	40.6%	78.5%
Black or African American	42.8%	10.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	3.4%	3.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.4%	0.0%
Some other race	1.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.4%	7.1%
Hispanic or Latino	7.0%	0.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Folcroft	Prospect Park
No high school diploma	10.8%	7.0%
High school graduate	36.7%	31.0%
Some college or associate's	30.4%	38.7%
Bachelor's degree	16.1%	16.8%
Graduate or professional degree	5.9%	6.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Folcroft	Prospect Park
Drove alone	73.3%	70.9%
Carpooled	8.1%	11.5%
Public transit	4.0%	5.4%
Walked	0.8%	2.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	12.6%	9.3%
Other means	1.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Folcroft	Prospect Park
1-unit, detached	12.4%	37.3%
1-unit, attached	73.7%	22.5%
2 to 4 units	3.9%	24.7%
5 to 19 units	9.1%	12.5%
20 or more units	0.9%	2.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Folcroft	Prospect Park
Poverty rate	17.1%	13.4%
Average household size	2.60	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	26	21
Median year structure built	1960	1948