Prospect Park vs Sharon Hill

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

Prospect Park and Sharon Hill 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 5,978 in Sharon Hill). Sharon Hill has the higher median household income ($68,529 vs $65,774 in Prospect Park). Prospect Park has the higher median home value ($239,700 vs $163,200 in Sharon Hill).

Population, income & housing

	Prospect Park	Sharon Hill
Population	6,402	5,978
Median age	38.0 yrs	33.0 yrs
Median household income	$65,774	$68,529
Median home value	$239,700	$163,200
Median gross rent	$1,154	$1,302
Housing units	2,671	2,134
Homeownership rate	57.3%	63.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.2%	32.7%
Unemployment rate	5.6%	13.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Prospect Park	Sharon Hill
Population	6,483 → 6,402 (-1.2%)	5,684 → 5,978 (+5.2%)
Median household income	$60,569 → $65,774 (+8.6%)	$57,206 → $68,529 (+19.8%)
Median home value	$191,700 → $239,700 (+25.0%)	$119,400 → $163,200 (+36.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,043 → $1,154 (+10.6%)	$1,182 → $1,302 (+10.2%)

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

Sharon Hill

Population

5,6845,978

Median household income

$57,206$68,529

Median home value

$119,400$163,200

Median gross rent

$1,182$1,302

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Prospect Park	Sharon Hill
Under 5	7.3%	6.0%
5 to 17	12.0%	27.1%
18 to 24	7.3%	10.2%
25 to 34	19.8%	11.8%
35 to 44	11.6%	12.4%
45 to 54	12.3%	11.2%
55 to 64	14.9%	14.6%
65 to 74	10.3%	4.3%
75 and over	4.5%	2.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Prospect Park	Sharon Hill
White (non-Hispanic)	78.5%	18.3%
Black or African American	10.5%	71.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	3.1%	1.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.1%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.6%	4.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Prospect Park	Sharon Hill
No high school diploma	7.0%	6.3%
High school graduate	31.0%	29.2%
Some college or associate's	38.7%	31.8%
Bachelor's degree	16.8%	27.8%
Graduate or professional degree	6.4%	4.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Prospect Park	Sharon Hill
Drove alone	70.9%	63.4%
Carpooled	11.5%	5.2%
Public transit	5.4%	10.8%
Walked	2.3%	3.4%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.3%	13.1%
Other means	0.0%	4.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Prospect Park	Sharon Hill
1-unit, detached	37.3%	13.8%
1-unit, attached	22.5%	65.7%
2 to 4 units	24.7%	8.2%
5 to 19 units	12.5%	6.3%
20 or more units	2.9%	5.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Prospect Park	Sharon Hill
Poverty rate	13.4%	23.8%
Average household size	2.45	3.05
Mean commute (minutes)	21	37
Median year structure built	1948	1955