Pennsylvania · Census place 62792
Prospect Park borough, PA
Quick answer
Prospect Park borough has 6,402 residents, ranking #192 of 2002 places in Pennsylvania. Median household income is $65,774, the median home is worth $239,700 and median gross rent runs $1,154 a month.
- Population
- 6,402Prospect Park borough residents
- Median household income
- $65,774Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
- Median home value
- $239,700Owner-occupied units
- Median gross rent
- $1,154Rent plus utilities, monthly
- Median age
- 38 yrsAll residents
- Homeownership rate
- 57.3%Owner-occupied households
What the numbers mean in Prospect Park borough
Housing cost measured against local earnings.
A household earning the Prospect Park borough median would spend about 21.1% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 3.6× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 13.4% of residents and 57.3% of households own their home.
Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year
Compare with nearby places
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- Red Lion borough 6,494
- Catasauqua borough 6,491
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- Steelton borough 6,267
- Taylor borough 6,261
- Penn Wynne CDP 6,220
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