Prosperity vs Sophia

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

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

Sophia has the higher population (1,654 vs 1,575 in Prosperity). Prosperity has the higher median household income ($82,637 vs $34,498 in Sophia). Prosperity has the higher median home value ($115,700 vs $112,900 in Sophia).

Population, income & housing

	Prosperity	Sophia
Population	1,575	1,654
Median age	37.6 yrs	45.6 yrs
Median household income	$82,637	$34,498
Median home value	$115,700	$112,900
Median gross rent	—	$782
Housing units	512	788
Homeownership rate	86.4%	63.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.3%	8.2%
Unemployment rate	11.0%	11.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Prosperity	Sophia
Population	1,815 → 1,575 (-13.2%)	1,109 → 1,654 (+49.1%)
Median household income	$52,382 → $82,637 (+57.8%)	$26,955 → $34,498 (+28.0%)
Median home value	$115,700 → $115,700 (+0.0%)	$76,000 → $112,900 (+48.6%)
Median gross rent	$878 → $1,087 (+23.8%)	$690 → $782 (+13.3%)

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

Sophia

Population

1,1091,654

Median household income

$26,955$34,498

Median home value

$76,000$112,900

Median gross rent

$690$782

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Prosperity	Sophia
Under 5	1.1%	5.4%
5 to 17	21.4%	10.9%
18 to 24	5.2%	13.6%
25 to 34	4.6%	9.7%
35 to 44	22.9%	8.6%
45 to 54	5.7%	12.7%
55 to 64	22.7%	17.0%
65 to 74	12.8%	10.2%
75 and over	3.7%	11.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Prosperity	Sophia
White (non-Hispanic)	71.4%	95.5%
Black or African American	15.9%	4.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	9.7%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Prosperity	Sophia
No high school diploma	2.6%	25.1%
High school graduate	57.7%	29.9%
Some college or associate's	9.4%	36.8%
Bachelor's degree	17.8%	6.2%
Graduate or professional degree	12.5%	2.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Prosperity	Sophia
Drove alone	90.5%	86.7%
Carpooled	4.9%	5.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.5%	6.4%
Other means	0.0%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Prosperity	Sophia
1-unit, detached	98.0%	88.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.3%
Mobile home & other	2.0%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Prosperity	Sophia
Poverty rate	11.2%	25.6%
Average household size	3.12	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	18	28
Median year structure built	1961	1969