French Lick vs Paoli

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

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

Paoli has the higher population (3,274 vs 1,790 in French Lick). French Lick has the higher median household income ($54,412 vs $45,926 in Paoli). Paoli has the higher median home value ($134,300 vs $79,600 in French Lick).

Population, income & housing

	French Lick	Paoli
Population	1,790	3,274
Median age	41.5 yrs	36.3 yrs
Median household income	$54,412	$45,926
Median home value	$79,600	$134,300
Median gross rent	$770	$827
Housing units	1,012	1,571
Homeownership rate	66.7%	62.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.8%	13.2%
Unemployment rate	0.4%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	French Lick	Paoli
Population	1,841 → 1,790 (-2.8%)	3,665 → 3,274 (-10.7%)
Median household income	$37,337 → $54,412 (+45.7%)	$37,449 → $45,926 (+22.6%)
Median home value	$75,000 → $79,600 (+6.1%)	$82,700 → $134,300 (+62.4%)
Median gross rent	$674 → $770 (+14.2%)	$703 → $827 (+17.6%)

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

Paoli

Population

3,6653,274

Median household income

$37,449$45,926

Median home value

$82,700$134,300

Median gross rent

$703$827

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	French Lick	Paoli
Under 5	7.3%	5.8%
5 to 17	14.6%	19.2%
18 to 24	3.8%	8.8%
25 to 34	11.8%	14.4%
35 to 44	21.2%	11.5%
45 to 54	9.3%	6.6%
55 to 64	7.7%	8.6%
65 to 74	14.4%	15.7%
75 and over	9.9%	9.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	French Lick	Paoli
White (non-Hispanic)	73.6%	86.3%
Black or African American	13.9%	0.3%
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%	9.6%
Hispanic or Latino	5.4%	3.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	French Lick	Paoli
No high school diploma	15.9%	12.8%
High school graduate	39.5%	48.2%
Some college or associate's	33.8%	25.8%
Bachelor's degree	7.5%	7.7%
Graduate or professional degree	3.3%	5.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	French Lick	Paoli
Drove alone	84.2%	79.4%
Carpooled	6.8%	12.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.9%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.1%	7.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	French Lick	Paoli
1-unit, detached	71.8%	67.9%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	8.3%	7.0%
5 to 19 units	3.6%	7.7%
20 or more units	7.4%	1.2%
Mobile home & other	8.4%	15.0%

Poverty & households

	French Lick	Paoli
Poverty rate	11.0%	21.5%
Average household size	1.96	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	17	23
Median year structure built	1955	1968