French Lick vs Orleans

A side-by-side comparison of French Lick and Orleans: population, income, housing, and more.

French Lick and Orleans are places in Indiana. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Orleans has the higher population (2,191 vs 1,790 in French Lick). Orleans has the higher median household income ($64,504 vs $54,412 in French Lick). Orleans has the higher median home value ($109,900 vs $79,600 in French Lick).

Population, income & housing

	French Lick	Orleans
Population	1,790	2,191
Median age	41.5 yrs	47.3 yrs
Median household income	$54,412	$64,504
Median home value	$79,600	$109,900
Median gross rent	$770	$817
Housing units	1,012	1,013
Homeownership rate	66.7%	58.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.8%	10.0%
Unemployment rate	0.4%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	French Lick	Orleans
Population	1,841 → 1,790 (-2.8%)	2,028 → 2,191 (+8.0%)
Median household income	$37,337 → $54,412 (+45.7%)	$41,771 → $64,504 (+54.4%)
Median home value	$75,000 → $79,600 (+6.1%)	$91,000 → $109,900 (+20.8%)
Median gross rent	$674 → $770 (+14.2%)	$608 → $817 (+34.4%)

French Lick

Population

1,8411,790

Median household income

$37,337$54,412

Median home value

$75,000$79,600

Median gross rent

$674$770

Orleans

Population

2,0282,191

Median household income

$41,771$64,504

Median home value

$91,000$109,900

Median gross rent

$608$817

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	French Lick	Orleans
Under 5	7.3%	5.7%
5 to 17	14.6%	11.0%
18 to 24	3.8%	9.3%
25 to 34	11.8%	12.3%
35 to 44	21.2%	7.3%
45 to 54	9.3%	16.7%
55 to 64	7.7%	16.8%
65 to 74	14.4%	11.8%
75 and over	9.9%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	French Lick	Orleans
White (non-Hispanic)	73.6%	98.4%
Black or African American	13.9%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	1.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.9%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	5.4%	1.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	French Lick	Orleans
No high school diploma	15.9%	17.7%
High school graduate	39.5%	48.0%
Some college or associate's	33.8%	24.3%
Bachelor's degree	7.5%	6.6%
Graduate or professional degree	3.3%	3.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	French Lick	Orleans
Drove alone	84.2%	82.2%
Carpooled	6.8%	6.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.9%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.1%	6.5%
Other means	0.0%	3.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	French Lick	Orleans
1-unit, detached	71.8%	74.0%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	8.3%	9.7%
5 to 19 units	3.6%	6.5%
20 or more units	7.4%	1.3%
Mobile home & other	8.4%	7.9%

Poverty & households

	French Lick	Orleans
Poverty rate	11.0%	16.1%
Average household size	1.96	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	17	22
Median year structure built	1955	1971