Media vs Prospect Park

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

Media 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 (6,402 vs 5,868 in Media). Media has the higher median household income ($86,219 vs $65,774 in Prospect Park). Media has the higher median home value ($398,400 vs $239,700 in Prospect Park).

Population, income & housing

	Media	Prospect Park
Population	5,868	6,402
Median age	43.0 yrs	38.0 yrs
Median household income	$86,219	$65,774
Median home value	$398,400	$239,700
Median gross rent	$1,359	$1,154
Housing units	3,206	2,671
Homeownership rate	38.1%	57.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	63.0%	23.2%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	5.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Media	Prospect Park
Population	5,487 → 5,868 (+6.9%)	6,483 → 6,402 (-1.2%)
Median household income	$77,708 → $86,219 (+11.0%)	$60,569 → $65,774 (+8.6%)
Median home value	$331,400 → $398,400 (+20.2%)	$191,700 → $239,700 (+25.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,167 → $1,359 (+16.5%)	$1,043 → $1,154 (+10.6%)

Media

Population

5,4875,868

Median household income

$77,708$86,219

Median home value

$331,400$398,400

Median gross rent

$1,167$1,359

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)

	Media	Prospect Park
Under 5	1.0%	7.3%
5 to 17	11.8%	12.0%
18 to 24	3.7%	7.3%
25 to 34	23.8%	19.8%
35 to 44	13.9%	11.6%
45 to 54	12.7%	12.3%
55 to 64	11.2%	14.9%
65 to 74	14.6%	10.3%
75 and over	7.2%	4.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Media	Prospect Park
White (non-Hispanic)	81.5%	78.5%
Black or African American	3.1%	10.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.2%
Asian	4.5%	3.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	2.4%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.7%	7.1%
Hispanic or Latino	4.3%	0.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Media	Prospect Park
No high school diploma	2.4%	7.0%
High school graduate	15.1%	31.0%
Some college or associate's	19.6%	38.7%
Bachelor's degree	28.7%	16.8%
Graduate or professional degree	34.3%	6.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Media	Prospect Park
Drove alone	62.4%	70.9%
Carpooled	7.5%	11.5%
Public transit	6.6%	5.4%
Walked	3.7%	2.3%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.5%
Worked from home	19.6%	9.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Media	Prospect Park
1-unit, detached	15.4%	37.3%
1-unit, attached	24.8%	22.5%
2 to 4 units	19.9%	24.7%
5 to 19 units	17.7%	12.5%
20 or more units	22.2%	2.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Media	Prospect Park
Poverty rate	4.1%	13.4%
Average household size	1.85	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	27	21
Median year structure built	1960	1948