Melissa vs Prosper

A side-by-side comparison of Melissa and Prosper: population, income, housing, and more.

Melissa and Prosper are places in Texas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Prosper has the higher population (34,567 vs 17,497 in Melissa). Prosper has the higher median household income ($187,603 vs $137,875 in Melissa). Prosper has the higher median home value ($694,600 vs $430,300 in Melissa).

Population, income & housing

	Melissa	Prosper
Population	17,497	34,567
Median age	36.5 yrs	37.0 yrs
Median household income	$137,875	$187,603
Median home value	$430,300	$694,600
Median gross rent	$2,341	$2,152
Housing units	5,481	10,865
Homeownership rate	88.3%	88.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	52.2%	63.5%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Melissa	Prosper
Population	9,487 → 17,497 (+84.4%)	22,517 → 34,567 (+53.5%)
Median household income	$118,348 → $137,875 (+16.5%)	$146,733 → $187,603 (+27.9%)
Median home value	$307,700 → $430,300 (+39.8%)	$459,500 → $694,600 (+51.2%)
Median gross rent	$2,098 → $2,341 (+11.6%)	$1,497 → $2,152 (+43.8%)

Melissa

Population

9,48717,497

Median household income

$118,348$137,875

Median home value

$307,700$430,300

Median gross rent

$2,098$2,341

Prosper

Population

22,51734,567

Median household income

$146,733$187,603

Median home value

$459,500$694,600

Median gross rent

$1,497$2,152

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Melissa	Prosper
Under 5	7.2%	7.9%
5 to 17	24.5%	25.2%
18 to 24	7.0%	5.9%
25 to 34	9.1%	8.3%
35 to 44	20.0%	17.0%
45 to 54	17.4%	18.5%
55 to 64	7.6%	8.4%
65 to 74	3.6%	5.2%
75 and over	3.5%	3.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Melissa	Prosper
White (non-Hispanic)	60.0%	65.0%
Black or African American	17.3%	6.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	4.7%	11.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.1%	0.9%
Two or more races	4.3%	4.4%
Hispanic or Latino	13.6%	11.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Melissa	Prosper
No high school diploma	5.4%	3.1%
High school graduate	18.2%	11.6%
Some college or associate's	24.2%	21.8%
Bachelor's degree	36.8%	41.6%
Graduate or professional degree	15.5%	22.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Melissa	Prosper
Drove alone	56.1%	60.3%
Carpooled	13.6%	5.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.6%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	29.3%	33.4%
Other means	0.5%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Melissa	Prosper
1-unit, detached	93.4%	89.5%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.0%
5 to 19 units	0.8%	5.2%
20 or more units	2.6%	2.6%
Mobile home & other	2.3%	0.8%

Poverty & households

	Melissa	Prosper
Poverty rate	2.6%	3.0%
Average household size	3.28	3.43
Mean commute (minutes)	32	32
Median year structure built	2015	2013