Prospect Park, New Jersey Demographics

Prospect Park is 44th out of 6,405 other cities in Units inside multi-unit buildings

Prospect Park is 1st in New Jersey out of 256 other cities in Race - American Indian or Alaska Native

Prospect Park is 2nd in New Jersey out of 256 other cities in People per household

Prospect Park is 2nd in New Jersey out of 256 other cities in Race - Two or More

Prospect Park is 10th in New Jersey out of 256 other cities in Race - Hispanic or Latino

Prospect Park is 13th in New Jersey out of 256 other cities in Units inside multi-unit buildings

Prospect Park is 14th in New Jersey out of 256 other cities in Population density (people per sqmi)

Size Demographics
	Prospect Park	Rank	New Jersey	US
Current population (2012)	5,888	174th	8,864,590	313,914,040
Size in square miles	0.5	255th	7,354.2	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	12,347.4	14th	1,195.5	87.4

Age Demographics
	Prospect Park	Rank	New Jersey	US
Residents younger than 5	7.3%	31st	6.0%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	28.4%	23rd	22.9%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	8.2%	244th	14.1%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Prospect Park	Rank	New Jersey	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	81.9%	216th	87.6%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	12.3%	242nd	35.0%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Prospect Park	Rank	New Jersey	US
Race - White	51.1%	226th	73.8%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	19.9%	30th	14.7%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	1.5%	1st	0.6%	1.2%
Race - Asian	3.2%	170th	9.0%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.1%	60th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	6.1%	2nd	1.9%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	52.1%	10th	18.5%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	25.2%	235th	58.2%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Prospect Park	Rank	New Jersey	US
Female residents	52.5%	44th	51.2%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	31.1%	53rd	20.6%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Prospect Park	Rank	New Jersey	US
Housing units	1,931	252nd	3,562,553	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	78.3%	13th	35.9%	25.9%
Households	1,636	254th	3,180,854	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	52.1%	203rd	66.6%	66.1%
Home median value	$308,100	172nd	$349,100	$186,200
People per household	3.6	2nd	2.7	2.6

Income Demographics
	Prospect Park	Rank	New Jersey	US
Income per capita	$23,444	227th	$35,678	$27,915
Income per household	$60,429	184th	$71,180	$52,762
Income below poverty line	7.8%	94th	9.4%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Prospect Park	Rank	New Jersey	US
Total businesses (including small businesses)	175	185th	781,622	27,092,908
Retail sales	$2,381	185th	$124,813,580	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$427	185th	$14,453	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$145	179th	$19,993,613	$613,795,732