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Prosperity, SC

1,198 Population
2 square miles 607.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.8 ±10.1 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Newberry, SC Micro Area: 42 ±0.8
  • a little less than the figure in South Carolina: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$29,765 ±$6,575 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Newberry, SC Micro Area: $33,073 ±$2,406
  • about 80 percent of the amount in South Carolina: $37,993 ±$303
$58,276 ±$11,652 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in the Newberry, SC Micro Area: $59,670 ±$3,291
  • about 90 percent of the amount in South Carolina: $66,818 ±$504

16% ±10.1% (186  ±131) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in the Newberry, SC Micro Area: 16% † 5,893 (±2.3% / ±837)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in South Carolina: 14.2% 719,720 (±0.3% / ±14,294)

21.8 minutes ±0.8 (10,025  ±3,495) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Newberry, SC Micro Area: 26.8 427,910 (±1.7 / ±31,763)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in South Carolina: 25.6 54,950,328 (±0.1 / ±402,424)

Families

486 ±136 Number of households
  • the Newberry, SC Micro Area: 15,220 ±449
  • South Carolina: 2,070,390 ±5,976
2.4 ±0.3 (1,174  ±368) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Newberry, SC Micro Area: 2.4 36,760 (±0.1 / ±23)
  • about the same as the figure in South Carolina: 2.5 5,074,803

17.5% ±15.3% (39  ±38) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about double the rate in the Newberry, SC Micro Area: 8.7% † 710 (±2.7% / ±224)
  • more than double the rate in South Carolina: 5.4% 63,936 (±0.2% / ±2,298)

Housing

580 ±155 Number of housing units
  • the Newberry, SC Micro Area: 18,398 ±63
  • South Carolina: 2,401,638 ±448

$138,400 ±$18,946 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Newberry, SC Micro Area: $158,200 ±$12,590
  • about three-fifths of the amount in South Carolina: $236,700 ±$1,344

11.3% ±7.2% (133  ±94.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Newberry, SC Micro Area: 10.2% † 3,839 (±2.1% / ±771.9)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in South Carolina: 13.1% 675,719 (±0.2% / ±11,203.9)

Social

78.1% ±27.6% (647  ±138) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Newberry, SC Micro Area: 86.3% 22,464 (±4.2% / ±1,099.9)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in South Carolina: 89.6% 3,234,677 (±0.4% / ±15,380.7)
16.3% ±5.7% (135  ±60.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Newberry, SC Micro Area: 23.5% 6,114 (±2.3% / ±609.1)
  • about half the rate in South Carolina: 31.5% 1,136,208 (±0.3% / ±9,349.9)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

N/A Foreign-born population

5.3% ±2.7% (46  ±27) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Newberry, SC Micro Area: 6.8% † 2,019 (±1.2% / ±345)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in South Carolina: 8.5% 344,530 (±0.1% / ±4,290)
46 Total veterans ±27 43 Male ±25 3 Female ±5

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