Prospect ParkPA
A town of 288.
Is Prospect Park a good place to live?
Prospect Park’s trail density is 1.5 miles per square mile, above both Pennsylvania’s towns (0.4) and U.S. towns (0.4). The biggest park or preserve is Elk State Forest, at 34 acres. Prospect Park has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
288 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
Moving to Prospect Park: who provides what
Prospect Park is unincorporated, so Cameron County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Prospect Park.
In Prospect Park, the FEMA risk score runs higher than in the typical Pennsylvania or U.S. town
Of the losses FEMA expects in Prospect Park, 93% come from inland flooding. Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 92% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Most of Prospect Park’s workers head elsewhere: there are 0.4 jobs for each of them
Among residents in Prospect Park, 15% live below the poverty line, above both the Pennsylvania town median (7.6%) and the median of U.S. towns (9.6%). For most workers, Prospect Park is a place to come home to: only 4% work in town. The typical journey to work in the town is 21 minutes. Since 2013, Prospect Park has added 29 jobs, to 39 in 2023.
| Prospect Park | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 15% | 7.6% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 21 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 3.7% | 6.3% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Prospect Park: snowy winters and pleasant summers
The range runs from 17° on a January night to 83° on a July afternoon, with about 47 inches of snow a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
A larger share of adults report frequent physical distress in Prospect Park than in most of Pennsylvania or the rest of the country
The share of adults in Prospect Park who had a checkup this year: 83%. The town beats the Pennsylvania average on 4 of 26 CDC measures and trails it on 12. Just over two in five adults in the town have high blood pressure; 15% have diabetes. Only 5 of the 1,036 Pennsylvania towns we compare have a lower share of adults who binge drink than Prospect Park.
| Prospect Park | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 14% | 14% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 42% | 34% | 35% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 11% | 12% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 17% | 14% |
| What stands out | Prospect Park | PA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer binge drinkers | 14.3% | 18.3% |
| More adults treating high blood pressure | 85.2% | 79.2% |
| More adults with COPD | 12.9% | 7.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Prospect Park keeps 8.7% of its land conserved
In 1 park or preserve, walkers have 0.9 miles of trail.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Elk State Forest | — | 34 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about Prospect Park
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Prospect Park; the nearest are
About 1 of every 100 Prospect Park residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Pennsylvania.
96% of working residents leave Prospect Park for work
Where Prospect Park’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Prospect Park
Unincorporated community in Pennsylvania, US
Prospect Park is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Shippen Township, Cameron County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is located along Pennsylvania Route 155 just east of the borough of Emporium. As of the 2010 census, the population in Prospect Park was 327 residents.
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- Area
- 0.6 sq mi
- Elevation
- 1,076 ft
Questions about Prospect Park
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Prospect Park, PA a good place to live?
Prospect Park has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.