Little Mountain vs Prosperity

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

Little Mountain 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 446 in Little Mountain). Little Mountain has the higher median household income ($90,893 vs $58,276 in Prosperity). Little Mountain has the higher median home value ($266,700 vs $138,400 in Prosperity).

Population, income & housing

	Little Mountain	Prosperity
Population	446	1,198
Median age	36.8 yrs	38.8 yrs
Median household income	$90,893	$58,276
Median home value	$266,700	$138,400
Median gross rent	—	$780
Housing units	215	580
Homeownership rate	82.0%	62.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.7%	16.3%
Unemployment rate	0.9%	5.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Little Mountain	Prosperity
Population	290 → 446 (+53.8%)	1,293 → 1,198 (-7.3%)
Median household income	$71,875 → $90,893 (+26.5%)	$44,500 → $58,276 (+31.0%)
Median home value	$203,300 → $266,700 (+31.2%)	$138,700 → $138,400 (-0.2%)
Median gross rent	$925 → $732 (-20.9%)	$766 → $780 (+1.8%)

Little Mountain

Population

290446

Median household income

$71,875$90,893

Median home value

$203,300$266,700

Median gross rent

$925$732

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)

	Little Mountain	Prosperity
Under 5	7.0%	9.2%
5 to 17	16.6%	17.7%
18 to 24	9.2%	4.0%
25 to 34	10.8%	16.4%
35 to 44	16.1%	11.3%
45 to 54	13.9%	11.5%
55 to 64	8.5%	8.6%
65 to 74	9.2%	13.7%
75 and over	8.7%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Little Mountain	Prosperity
White (non-Hispanic)	82.7%	43.5%
Black or African American	10.5%	49.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	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	4.7%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	2.0%	6.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Little Mountain	Prosperity
No high school diploma	1.3%	21.9%
High school graduate	26.3%	38.9%
Some college or associate's	37.7%	22.9%
Bachelor's degree	23.0%	11.5%
Graduate or professional degree	11.7%	4.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Little Mountain	Prosperity
Drove alone	78.5%	89.1%
Carpooled	2.0%	5.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.7%	5.5%
Other means	2.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Little Mountain	Prosperity
1-unit, detached	82.8%	62.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	6.0%	1.0%
5 to 19 units	5.1%	5.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.0%	29.7%

Poverty & households

	Little Mountain	Prosperity
Poverty rate	13.5%	16.0%
Average household size	2.77	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	25	22
Median year structure built	1981	1978