Ardmore vs Prospect

A side-by-side comparison of Ardmore and Prospect: population, income, housing, and more.

Ardmore and Prospect are places in Tennessee. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Ardmore has the higher population (1,280 vs 165 in Prospect). Prospect has the higher median household income ($74,583 vs $55,000 in Ardmore). Ardmore has the higher median home value ($160,200 vs $117,000 in Prospect).

Population, income & housing

	Ardmore	Prospect
Population	1,280	165
Median age	47.6 yrs	41.8 yrs
Median household income	$55,000	$74,583
Median home value	$160,200	$117,000
Median gross rent	$887	—
Housing units	561	36
Homeownership rate	69.2%	80.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.6%	40.0%
Unemployment rate	8.4%	6.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ardmore	Prospect
Population	1,386 → 1,280 (-7.6%)	83 → 165 (+98.8%)
Median household income	$36,583 → $55,000 (+50.3%)	$59,375 → $74,583 (+25.6%)
Median home value	$121,300 → $160,200 (+32.1%)	$86,000 → $117,000 (+36.0%)
Median gross rent	$788 → $887 (+12.6%)	—

Ardmore

Population

1,3861,280

Median household income

$36,583$55,000

Median home value

$121,300$160,200

Median gross rent

$788$887

Prospect

Population

83165

Median household income

$59,375$74,583

Median home value

$86,000$117,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ardmore	Prospect
Under 5	4.3%	0.0%
5 to 17	10.5%	11.5%
18 to 24	7.8%	3.6%
25 to 34	8.2%	0.0%
35 to 44	13.1%	41.2%
45 to 54	19.7%	31.5%
55 to 64	11.3%	4.2%
65 to 74	14.1%	3.0%
75 and over	11.1%	4.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ardmore	Prospect
White (non-Hispanic)	86.5%	93.3%
Black or African American	7.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.6%
Asian	1.9%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.7%	6.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.7%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ardmore	Prospect
No high school diploma	17.3%	3.6%
High school graduate	30.7%	55.7%
Some college or associate's	33.5%	0.7%
Bachelor's degree	9.0%	34.3%
Graduate or professional degree	9.6%	5.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ardmore	Prospect
Drove alone	79.3%	24.4%
Carpooled	8.4%	64.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.1%	11.6%
Other means	4.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ardmore	Prospect
1-unit, detached	85.2%	80.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	2.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	8.9%	19.4%

Poverty & households

	Ardmore	Prospect
Poverty rate	13.6%	0.0%
Average household size	2.38	4.58
Mean commute (minutes)	44	32
Median year structure built	1988	1938