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Prospect, KY

4,542 Population
3.8 square miles 1,185.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

54.5 ±2.7 Median age
  • about 1.4 times the figure in the Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN Metro Area: 39.4 ±0.2
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Kentucky: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$101,504 ±$12,017 Per capita income
  • more than double the amount in the Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN Metro Area: $41,207 ±$434
  • more than double the amount in Kentucky: $35,821 ±$245
$163,462 ±$27,438 Median household income
  • more than double the amount in the Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN Metro Area: $73,863 ±$772
  • more than double the amount in Kentucky: $63,726 ±$429

2.4% ±1.8% (110  ±82) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-fifth of the rate in the Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN Metro Area: 12.3% 166,306 (±0.4% / ±5,327)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Kentucky: 16.1% 708,321 (±0.3% / ±11,594)

22.4 minutes ±0.8 (36,685  ±5,105) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN Metro Area: 24.1 13,955,150 (±0.2 / ±185,249)
  • a little less than the figure in Kentucky: 24 43,402,560 (±0.2 / ±384,929)

Families

1,958 ±96 Number of households
  • the Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN Metro Area: 558,306 ±2,199
  • Kentucky: 1,814,469 ±5,224
2.3 ±0.1 (4,542  ±37) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN Metro Area: 2.4 1,347,686 (±0 / ±319)
  • a little less than the figure in Kentucky: 2.4 4,413,943

3.1% ±3.1% (22  ±22) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN Metro Area: 5.2% 16,628 (±0.3% / ±1,030)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Kentucky: 5.4% 55,780 (±0.2% / ±1,896)

Housing

2,088 ±116 Number of housing units
  • the Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN Metro Area: 602,727 ±288
  • Kentucky: 2,023,116 ±474

$538,400 ±$56,822 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than double the amount in the Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN Metro Area: $248,700 ±$1,784
  • more than double the amount in Kentucky: $205,600 ±$1,096

5.4% ±2.8% (241  ±127.8) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in the Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN Metro Area: 11.8% 160,344 (±0.3% / ±4,222.4)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Kentucky: 12.5% 560,545 (±0.2% / ±9,289)

Social

98.9% ±9.2% (3,371  ±355.4) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN Metro Area: 91.3% 871,912 (±0.7% / ±6,563.1)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Kentucky: 88.9% 2,753,821 (±0.4% / ±12,191.4)
74.4% ±7.2% (2,536  ±275.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • more than double the rate in the Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN Metro Area: 32.9% 314,441 (±0.4% / ±4,171.9)
  • more than double the rate in Kentucky: 27.6% 853,791 (±0.2% / ±7,457.5)

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

6% ±2.9% (274  ±133) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN Metro Area: 7% 96,638
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Kentucky: 4.7% 211,210

4.4% ±1.7% (161  ±64) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN Metro Area: 6.7% 71,611 (±0.2% / ±2,195)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Kentucky: 6.5% 228,692 (±0.1% / ±3,138)
161 Total veterans ±64 161 Male ±64 N/A Female ±13

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