Prosperity vs Whitmire

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

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

Whitmire has the higher population (1,241 vs 1,198 in Prosperity). Prosperity has the higher median household income ($58,276 vs $32,188 in Whitmire). Prosperity has the higher median home value ($138,400 vs $51,900 in Whitmire).

Population, income & housing

	Prosperity	Whitmire
Population	1,198	1,241
Median age	38.8 yrs	49.5 yrs
Median household income	$58,276	$32,188
Median home value	$138,400	$51,900
Median gross rent	$780	$783
Housing units	580	749
Homeownership rate	62.1%	77.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.3%	11.5%
Unemployment rate	5.2%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Prosperity	Whitmire
Population	1,293 → 1,198 (-7.3%)	1,509 → 1,241 (-17.8%)
Median household income	$44,500 → $58,276 (+31.0%)	$32,552 → $32,188 (-1.1%)
Median home value	$138,700 → $138,400 (-0.2%)	$37,900 → $51,900 (+36.9%)
Median gross rent	$766 → $780 (+1.8%)	$802 → $783 (-2.4%)

Prosperity

Population

1,2931,198

Median household income

$44,500$58,276

Median home value

$138,700$138,400

Median gross rent

$766$780

Whitmire

Population

1,5091,241

Median household income

$32,552$32,188

Median home value

$37,900$51,900

Median gross rent

$802$783

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Prosperity	Whitmire
Under 5	9.2%	6.2%
5 to 17	17.7%	9.7%
18 to 24	4.0%	9.0%
25 to 34	16.4%	9.8%
35 to 44	11.3%	11.0%
45 to 54	11.5%	11.0%
55 to 64	8.6%	22.2%
65 to 74	13.7%	11.7%
75 and over	7.7%	9.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Prosperity	Whitmire
White (non-Hispanic)	43.5%	70.2%
Black or African American	49.0%	19.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.5%	8.6%
Hispanic or Latino	6.0%	1.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Prosperity	Whitmire
No high school diploma	21.9%	19.8%
High school graduate	38.9%	48.1%
Some college or associate's	22.9%	20.6%
Bachelor's degree	11.5%	10.2%
Graduate or professional degree	4.8%	1.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Prosperity	Whitmire
Drove alone	89.1%	73.1%
Carpooled	5.3%	17.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	5.6%
Worked from home	5.5%	2.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Prosperity	Whitmire
1-unit, detached	62.8%	82.0%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.0%	5.9%
5 to 19 units	5.5%	1.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.3%
Mobile home & other	29.7%	10.7%

Poverty & households

	Prosperity	Whitmire
Poverty rate	16.0%	26.0%
Average household size	2.42	2.11
Mean commute (minutes)	22	32
Median year structure built	1978	1956