Helena vs Prosperity

A side-by-side comparison of Helena and Prosperity: population, income, housing, and more.

Helena and Prosperity are places in South Carolina. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Prosperity has the higher population (1,198 vs 571 in Helena). Prosperity has the higher median home value ($138,400 vs $132,100 in Helena). Since 2019, Prosperity's population has grown faster (-7.3% vs -14.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Helena	Prosperity
Population	571	1,198
Median age	49.2 yrs	38.8 yrs
Median household income	—	$58,276
Median home value	$132,100	$138,400
Median gross rent	$892	$780
Housing units	445	580
Homeownership rate	72.1%	62.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.5%	16.3%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	5.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Helena	Prosperity
Population	665 → 571 (-14.1%)	1,293 → 1,198 (-7.3%)
Median household income	—	$44,500 → $58,276 (+31.0%)
Median home value	$104,900 → $132,100 (+25.9%)	$138,700 → $138,400 (-0.2%)
Median gross rent	$879 → $892 (+1.5%)	$766 → $780 (+1.8%)

Helena

Population

665571

Median home value

$104,900$132,100

Median gross rent

$879$892

Prosperity

Population

1,2931,198

Median household income

$44,500$58,276

Median home value

$138,700$138,400

Median gross rent

$766$780

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Helena	Prosperity
Under 5	0.0%	9.2%
5 to 17	14.5%	17.7%
18 to 24	0.0%	4.0%
25 to 34	7.2%	16.4%
35 to 44	18.7%	11.3%
45 to 54	15.4%	11.5%
55 to 64	22.6%	8.6%
65 to 74	16.1%	13.7%
75 and over	5.4%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Helena	Prosperity
White (non-Hispanic)	0.2%	43.5%
Black or African American	99.1%	49.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	6.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Helena	Prosperity
No high school diploma	23.0%	21.9%
High school graduate	26.2%	38.9%
Some college or associate's	20.3%	22.9%
Bachelor's degree	23.2%	11.5%
Graduate or professional degree	7.4%	4.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Helena	Prosperity
Drove alone	91.1%	89.1%
Carpooled	6.8%	5.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	5.5%
Other means	2.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Helena	Prosperity
1-unit, detached	88.5%	62.8%
1-unit, attached	3.4%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	8.1%	29.7%

Poverty & households

	Helena	Prosperity
Poverty rate	20.5%	16.0%
Average household size	1.75	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	14	22
Median year structure built	1991	1978