Newberry vs Prosperity

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

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

Newberry has the higher population (10,733 vs 1,198 in Prosperity). Prosperity has the higher median household income ($58,276 vs $47,885 in Newberry). Prosperity has the higher median home value ($138,400 vs $124,600 in Newberry).

Population, income & housing

	Newberry	Prosperity
Population	10,733	1,198
Median age	30.3 yrs	38.8 yrs
Median household income	$47,885	$58,276
Median home value	$124,600	$138,400
Median gross rent	$837	$780
Housing units	4,672	580
Homeownership rate	50.5%	62.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.7%	16.3%
Unemployment rate	7.5%	5.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Newberry	Prosperity
Population	10,245 → 10,733 (+4.8%)	1,293 → 1,198 (-7.3%)
Median household income	$31,831 → $47,885 (+50.4%)	$44,500 → $58,276 (+31.0%)
Median home value	$95,300 → $124,600 (+30.7%)	$138,700 → $138,400 (-0.2%)
Median gross rent	$787 → $837 (+6.4%)	$766 → $780 (+1.8%)

Newberry

Population

10,24510,733

Median household income

$31,831$47,885

Median home value

$95,300$124,600

Median gross rent

$787$837

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)

	Newberry	Prosperity
Under 5	6.5%	9.2%
5 to 17	17.8%	17.7%
18 to 24	16.2%	4.0%
25 to 34	14.5%	16.4%
35 to 44	10.2%	11.3%
45 to 54	10.2%	11.5%
55 to 64	9.4%	8.6%
65 to 74	8.0%	13.7%
75 and over	7.2%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Newberry	Prosperity
White (non-Hispanic)	40.2%	43.5%
Black or African American	41.4%	49.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.7%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	15.8%	6.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Newberry	Prosperity
No high school diploma	16.5%	21.9%
High school graduate	29.3%	38.9%
Some college or associate's	31.6%	22.9%
Bachelor's degree	14.4%	11.5%
Graduate or professional degree	8.2%	4.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Newberry	Prosperity
Drove alone	79.6%	89.1%
Carpooled	7.8%	5.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.1%	5.5%
Other means	6.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Newberry	Prosperity
1-unit, detached	67.3%	62.8%
1-unit, attached	0.2%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	12.4%	1.0%
5 to 19 units	10.2%	5.5%
20 or more units	2.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.7%	29.7%

Poverty & households

	Newberry	Prosperity
Poverty rate	27.0%	16.0%
Average household size	2.31	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	25	22
Median year structure built	1965	1978