Prospect vs Pulaski

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

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

Pulaski has the higher population (8,305 vs 165 in Prospect). Prospect has the higher median household income ($74,583 vs $45,420 in Pulaski). Pulaski has the higher median home value ($168,200 vs $117,000 in Prospect).

Population, income & housing

	Prospect	Pulaski
Population	165	8,305
Median age	41.8 yrs	37.8 yrs
Median household income	$74,583	$45,420
Median home value	$117,000	$168,200
Median gross rent	—	$802
Housing units	36	3,966
Homeownership rate	80.6%	47.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.0%	22.0%
Unemployment rate	6.5%	8.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Prospect	Pulaski
Population	83 → 165 (+98.8%)	7,643 → 8,305 (+8.7%)
Median household income	$59,375 → $74,583 (+25.6%)	$31,519 → $45,420 (+44.1%)
Median home value	$86,000 → $117,000 (+36.0%)	$101,800 → $168,200 (+65.2%)
Median gross rent	—	$628 → $802 (+27.7%)

Prospect

Population

83165

Median household income

$59,375$74,583

Median home value

$86,000$117,000

Pulaski

Population

7,6438,305

Median household income

$31,519$45,420

Median home value

$101,800$168,200

Median gross rent

$628$802

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Prospect	Pulaski
Under 5	0.0%	6.3%
5 to 17	11.5%	13.2%
18 to 24	3.6%	12.9%
25 to 34	0.0%	14.4%
35 to 44	41.2%	10.3%
45 to 54	31.5%	8.7%
55 to 64	4.2%	14.6%
65 to 74	3.0%	11.5%
75 and over	4.8%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Prospect	Pulaski
White (non-Hispanic)	93.3%	66.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	19.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	6.1%	10.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	3.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Prospect	Pulaski
No high school diploma	3.6%	8.6%
High school graduate	55.7%	41.5%
Some college or associate's	0.7%	27.9%
Bachelor's degree	34.3%	15.3%
Graduate or professional degree	5.7%	6.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Prospect	Pulaski
Drove alone	24.4%	86.7%
Carpooled	64.0%	5.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.0%
Worked from home	11.6%	4.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Prospect	Pulaski
1-unit, detached	80.6%	62.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.4%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	13.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	13.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.8%
Mobile home & other	19.4%	6.7%

Poverty & households

	Prospect	Pulaski
Poverty rate	0.0%	28.2%
Average household size	4.58	2.28
Mean commute (minutes)	32	22
Median year structure built	1938	1976