Prosperity is a city of 1,318 people in South Carolina. Four-year degrees are less common here than nationally, at 17% of adults. 1% of locals were born outside the United States. The typical home is worth $152,200, having more than doubled since 2000. Growth has run 26% since 2000, or 271 more people. Owners hold 74% of the housing stock.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $62,958, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Older
median age 41.6
US median: 38.9
Less educated
17% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Stable housing
home values roughly flat, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Prosperity
What changed most since 1990
Black share50.5% → 39.0%(−11.5 pts)US over the same years: +0.2 pts
Median home value (2024 dollars)$130,804 → $152,200(+16%)US over the same years: +67%
Poverty rate17.9% → 10.1%(−7.9 pts)US over the same years: −0.8 pts
Prosperity's population equals 3.4% of Newberry County's. Its number of foreign-born residents equals 0.6% of the county's. Its number of residents living in poverty equals 2.0% of the county's.
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)1.9%(1)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)54.7%(29)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era35.8%(19)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War0%(0)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II0%(0)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 53 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
Prosperity, decade by decade
Prosperity population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
1990
1,114
$54,002
$130,804
14.0%
63.3
2000
1,047
$56,244
$129,155
16.8%
66.5
2010
1,180
$58,707
$152,920
18.3%
66.3
2020
1,178
$57,740
$140,839
13.9%
71.9
2024
1,318
$62,958
$152,200
16.6%
74.3
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
