Prosperity is a very small town located in the state of South Carolina. With a population of 1,194 people and two associated neighborhoods, Prosperity is the 180th largest community in South Carolina. Prosperity has seen a significant amount of newer housing growth in recent years. Quite often, new home construction is the result of new residents moving in who are middle class or wealthier, attracted by jobs, a healthy local economy, or other amenities as they leave nearby or far away areas for greener pastures. This seems to be the case in Prosperity, where the median household income is $56,622.00.
The town is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Prosperity has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Prosperity a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
Prosperity is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
The percentage of adults in Prosperity who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 21.84%: 18.53% of the adults in Prosperity have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Prosperity in 2022 was $31,151, which is upper middle income relative to South Carolina, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $124,604 for a family of four. However, Prosperity contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Prosperity is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Prosperity home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Prosperity residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Prosperity include English, German, Irish, Scots-Irish, and Welsh.
The most common language spoken in Prosperity is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and German/Yiddish.