Prosperity vs Shady Spring

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

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

Shady Spring has the higher population (3,455 vs 1,575 in Prosperity). Prosperity has the higher median household income ($82,637 vs $70,792 in Shady Spring). Shady Spring has the higher median home value ($192,000 vs $115,700 in Prosperity).

Population, income & housing

	Prosperity	Shady Spring
Population	1,575	3,455
Median age	37.6 yrs	42.3 yrs
Median household income	$82,637	$70,792
Median home value	$115,700	$192,000
Median gross rent	—	$923
Housing units	512	1,432
Homeownership rate	86.4%	90.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.3%	25.5%
Unemployment rate	11.0%	6.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Prosperity	Shady Spring
Population	1,815 → 1,575 (-13.2%)	3,366 → 3,455 (+2.6%)
Median household income	$52,382 → $82,637 (+57.8%)	$56,316 → $70,792 (+25.7%)
Median home value	$115,700 → $115,700 (+0.0%)	$171,100 → $192,000 (+12.2%)
Median gross rent	$878 → $1,087 (+23.8%)	$749 → $923 (+23.2%)

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

Shady Spring

Population

3,3663,455

Median household income

$56,316$70,792

Median home value

$171,100$192,000

Median gross rent

$749$923

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Prosperity	Shady Spring
Under 5	1.1%	5.8%
5 to 17	21.4%	16.9%
18 to 24	5.2%	6.0%
25 to 34	4.6%	15.1%
35 to 44	22.9%	9.8%
45 to 54	5.7%	12.0%
55 to 64	22.7%	16.7%
65 to 74	12.8%	10.5%
75 and over	3.7%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Prosperity	Shady Spring
White (non-Hispanic)	71.4%	92.3%
Black or African American	15.9%	6.4%
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	9.7%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	3.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Prosperity	Shady Spring
No high school diploma	2.6%	6.6%
High school graduate	57.7%	40.2%
Some college or associate's	9.4%	27.6%
Bachelor's degree	17.8%	16.7%
Graduate or professional degree	12.5%	8.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Prosperity	Shady Spring
Drove alone	90.5%	81.3%
Carpooled	4.9%	8.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.5%	8.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Prosperity	Shady Spring
1-unit, detached	98.0%	70.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.6%
Mobile home & other	2.0%	27.2%

Poverty & households

	Prosperity	Shady Spring
Poverty rate	11.2%	16.5%
Average household size	3.12	2.81
Mean commute (minutes)	18	28
Median year structure built	1961	1998