Crab Orchard vs Prosperity

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

Crab Orchard and Prosperity are places in West Virginia. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Crab Orchard has the higher population (1,877 vs 1,575 in Prosperity). Prosperity has the higher median household income ($82,637 vs $59,122 in Crab Orchard). Crab Orchard has the higher median home value ($208,000 vs $115,700 in Prosperity).

Population, income & housing

	Crab Orchard	Prosperity
Population	1,877	1,575
Median age	48.3 yrs	37.6 yrs
Median household income	$59,122	$82,637
Median home value	$208,000	$115,700
Housing units	942	512
Homeownership rate	88.2%	86.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.9%	30.3%
Unemployment rate	21.8%	11.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Crab Orchard	Prosperity
Population	2,579 → 1,877 (-27.2%)	1,815 → 1,575 (-13.2%)
Median household income	$42,827 → $59,122 (+38.0%)	$52,382 → $82,637 (+57.8%)
Median home value	$102,500 → $208,000 (+102.9%)	$115,700 → $115,700 (+0.0%)
Median gross rent	$536 → $581 (+8.4%)	$878 → $1,087 (+23.8%)

Crab Orchard

Population

2,5791,877

Median household income

$42,827$59,122

Median home value

$102,500$208,000

Median gross rent

$536$581

Prosperity

Population

1,8151,575

Median household income

$52,382$82,637

Median home value

$115,700$115,700

Median gross rent

$878$1,087

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Crab Orchard	Prosperity
Under 5	1.1%	1.1%
5 to 17	17.7%	21.4%
18 to 24	9.7%	5.2%
25 to 34	6.1%	4.6%
35 to 44	14.5%	22.9%
45 to 54	6.0%	5.7%
55 to 64	16.5%	22.7%
65 to 74	13.9%	12.8%
75 and over	14.5%	3.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Crab Orchard	Prosperity
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	71.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	15.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	9.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	3.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Crab Orchard	Prosperity
No high school diploma	18.2%	2.6%
High school graduate	46.0%	57.7%
Some college or associate's	20.9%	9.4%
Bachelor's degree	4.8%	17.8%
Graduate or professional degree	10.1%	12.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Crab Orchard	Prosperity
Drove alone	70.8%	90.5%
Carpooled	12.5%	4.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.2%	4.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Crab Orchard	Prosperity
1-unit, detached	92.9%	98.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.5%	2.0%

Poverty & households

	Crab Orchard	Prosperity
Poverty rate	19.7%	11.2%
Average household size	2.66	3.12
Mean commute (minutes)	21	18
Median year structure built	1971	1961