Mabscott vs Prosperity

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

Mabscott 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 1,488 in Mabscott). Prosperity has the higher median household income ($82,637 vs $58,125 in Mabscott). Mabscott has the higher median home value ($119,100 vs $115,700 in Prosperity).

Population, income & housing

	Mabscott	Prosperity
Population	1,488	1,575
Median age	37.4 yrs	37.6 yrs
Median household income	$58,125	$82,637
Median home value	$119,100	$115,700
Median gross rent	$988	—
Housing units	678	512
Homeownership rate	71.6%	86.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.4%	30.3%
Unemployment rate	0.7%	11.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mabscott	Prosperity
Population	1,477 → 1,488 (+0.7%)	1,815 → 1,575 (-13.2%)
Median household income	$39,000 → $58,125 (+49.0%)	$52,382 → $82,637 (+57.8%)
Median home value	$87,600 → $119,100 (+36.0%)	$115,700 → $115,700 (+0.0%)
Median gross rent	$688 → $988 (+43.6%)	$878 → $1,087 (+23.8%)

Mabscott

Population

1,4771,488

Median household income

$39,000$58,125

Median home value

$87,600$119,100

Median gross rent

$688$988

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)

	Mabscott	Prosperity
Under 5	12.0%	1.1%
5 to 17	17.5%	21.4%
18 to 24	4.6%	5.2%
25 to 34	14.0%	4.6%
35 to 44	10.4%	22.9%
45 to 54	10.2%	5.7%
55 to 64	8.4%	22.7%
65 to 74	16.3%	12.8%
75 and over	6.5%	3.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mabscott	Prosperity
White (non-Hispanic)	94.6%	71.4%
Black or African American	2.4%	15.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.1%	9.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.2%	3.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mabscott	Prosperity
No high school diploma	13.9%	2.6%
High school graduate	33.4%	57.7%
Some college or associate's	24.3%	9.4%
Bachelor's degree	19.3%	17.8%
Graduate or professional degree	9.1%	12.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mabscott	Prosperity
Drove alone	85.8%	90.5%
Carpooled	4.8%	4.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.8%	4.5%
Other means	1.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mabscott	Prosperity
1-unit, detached	88.1%	98.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	3.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.2%	2.0%

Poverty & households

	Mabscott	Prosperity
Poverty rate	13.0%	11.2%
Average household size	2.79	3.12
Mean commute (minutes)	20	18
Median year structure built	1966	1961