Prosperity vs Stanaford

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

Prosperity and Stanaford 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 1,327 in Stanaford). Prosperity has the higher median household income ($82,637 vs $46,944 in Stanaford). Stanaford has the higher median home value ($154,700 vs $115,700 in Prosperity).

Population, income & housing

	Prosperity	Stanaford
Population	1,575	1,327
Median age	37.6 yrs	50.9 yrs
Median household income	$82,637	$46,944
Median home value	$115,700	$154,700
Median gross rent	—	$873
Housing units	512	575
Homeownership rate	86.4%	83.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.3%	13.7%
Unemployment rate	11.0%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Prosperity	Stanaford
Population	1,815 → 1,575 (-13.2%)	901 → 1,327 (+47.3%)
Median household income	$52,382 → $82,637 (+57.8%)	$44,074 → $46,944 (+6.5%)
Median home value	$115,700 → $115,700 (+0.0%)	$106,400 → $154,700 (+45.4%)
Median gross rent	$878 → $1,087 (+23.8%)	$724 → $873 (+20.6%)

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

Stanaford

Population

9011,327

Median household income

$44,074$46,944

Median home value

$106,400$154,700

Median gross rent

$724$873

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Prosperity	Stanaford
Under 5	1.1%	2.9%
5 to 17	21.4%	26.8%
18 to 24	5.2%	0.0%
25 to 34	4.6%	6.1%
35 to 44	22.9%	8.2%
45 to 54	5.7%	13.3%
55 to 64	22.7%	8.9%
65 to 74	12.8%	30.1%
75 and over	3.7%	3.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Prosperity	Stanaford
White (non-Hispanic)	71.4%	93.5%
Black or African American	15.9%	3.6%
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%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	3.0%	0.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Prosperity	Stanaford
No high school diploma	2.6%	6.0%
High school graduate	57.7%	55.8%
Some college or associate's	9.4%	24.4%
Bachelor's degree	17.8%	9.0%
Graduate or professional degree	12.5%	4.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Prosperity	Stanaford
Drove alone	90.5%	83.5%
Carpooled	4.9%	10.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.5%	5.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Prosperity	Stanaford
1-unit, detached	98.0%	88.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.0%	7.0%

Poverty & households

	Prosperity	Stanaford
Poverty rate	11.2%	32.0%
Average household size	3.12	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	18	17
Median year structure built	1961	1970