Daniels vs Prosperity

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

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

Prosperity has the higher population (1,575 vs 1,542 in Daniels). Prosperity has the higher median household income ($82,637 vs $52,100 in Daniels). Daniels has the higher median home value ($182,100 vs $115,700 in Prosperity).

Population, income & housing

	Daniels	Prosperity
Population	1,542	1,575
Median age	46.2 yrs	37.6 yrs
Median household income	$52,100	$82,637
Median home value	$182,100	$115,700
Housing units	887	512
Homeownership rate	90.2%	86.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.0%	30.3%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	11.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Daniels	Prosperity
Population	1,869 → 1,542 (-17.5%)	1,815 → 1,575 (-13.2%)
Median household income	$36,315 → $52,100 (+43.5%)	$52,382 → $82,637 (+57.8%)
Median home value	$117,200 → $182,100 (+55.4%)	$115,700 → $115,700 (+0.0%)
Median gross rent	$595 → $596 (+0.2%)	$878 → $1,087 (+23.8%)

Daniels

Population

1,8691,542

Median household income

$36,315$52,100

Median home value

$117,200$182,100

Median gross rent

$595$596

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)

	Daniels	Prosperity
Under 5	3.2%	1.1%
5 to 17	9.0%	21.4%
18 to 24	14.3%	5.2%
25 to 34	11.3%	4.6%
35 to 44	11.3%	22.9%
45 to 54	9.6%	5.7%
55 to 64	19.5%	22.7%
65 to 74	12.5%	12.8%
75 and over	9.3%	3.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Daniels	Prosperity
White (non-Hispanic)	98.6%	71.4%
Black or African American	1.4%	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	0.1%	3.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Daniels	Prosperity
No high school diploma	18.6%	2.6%
High school graduate	29.0%	57.7%
Some college or associate's	32.3%	9.4%
Bachelor's degree	10.3%	17.8%
Graduate or professional degree	9.7%	12.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Daniels	Prosperity
Drove alone	94.6%	90.5%
Carpooled	0.2%	4.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.9%	4.5%
Other means	0.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Daniels	Prosperity
1-unit, detached	86.5%	98.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	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	13.5%	2.0%

Poverty & households

	Daniels	Prosperity
Poverty rate	24.1%	11.2%
Average household size	1.93	3.12
Mean commute (minutes)	19	18
Median year structure built	1976	1961