Elkton vs Prospect

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

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

Elkton has the higher population (468 vs 165 in Prospect). Prospect has the higher median household income ($74,583 vs $70,625 in Elkton). Elkton has the higher median home value ($205,600 vs $117,000 in Prospect).

Population, income & housing

	Elkton	Prospect
Population	468	165
Median age	47.8 yrs	41.8 yrs
Median household income	$70,625	$74,583
Median home value	$205,600	$117,000
Median gross rent	$922	—
Housing units	186	36
Homeownership rate	84.0%	80.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.4%	40.0%
Unemployment rate	15.1%	6.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elkton	Prospect
Population	456 → 468 (+2.6%)	83 → 165 (+98.8%)
Median household income	$47,794 → $70,625 (+47.8%)	$59,375 → $74,583 (+25.6%)
Median home value	$120,800 → $205,600 (+70.2%)	$86,000 → $117,000 (+36.0%)
Median gross rent	$638 → $922 (+44.5%)	—

Elkton

Population

456468

Median household income

$47,794$70,625

Median home value

$120,800$205,600

Median gross rent

$638$922

Prospect

Population

83165

Median household income

$59,375$74,583

Median home value

$86,000$117,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Elkton	Prospect
Under 5	8.3%	0.0%
5 to 17	10.3%	11.5%
18 to 24	14.5%	3.6%
25 to 34	4.7%	0.0%
35 to 44	7.9%	41.2%
45 to 54	20.7%	31.5%
55 to 64	20.1%	4.2%
65 to 74	9.0%	3.0%
75 and over	4.5%	4.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elkton	Prospect
White (non-Hispanic)	74.4%	93.3%
Black or African American	16.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.6%
Asian	6.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.0%	6.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elkton	Prospect
No high school diploma	13.4%	3.6%
High school graduate	41.5%	55.7%
Some college or associate's	22.7%	0.7%
Bachelor's degree	15.0%	34.3%
Graduate or professional degree	7.3%	5.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elkton	Prospect
Drove alone	66.0%	24.4%
Carpooled	2.0%	64.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	32.0%	11.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elkton	Prospect
1-unit, detached	78.5%	80.6%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	19.9%	19.4%

Poverty & households

	Elkton	Prospect
Poverty rate	21.5%	0.0%
Average household size	3.12	4.58
Mean commute (minutes)	33	32
Median year structure built	1970	1938