French Lick vs Prospect

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

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

French Lick has the higher population (1,790 vs 102 in Prospect). Prospect has the higher median home value ($215,000 vs $79,600 in French Lick). Since 2019, French Lick's population has grown faster (-2.8% vs -76.0%).

Population, income & housing

	French Lick	Prospect
Population	1,790	102
Median age	41.5 yrs	63.9 yrs
Median household income	$54,412	—
Median home value	$79,600	$215,000
Median gross rent	$770	—
Housing units	1,012	115
Homeownership rate	66.7%	43.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.8%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	0.4%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	French Lick	Prospect
Population	1,841 → 1,790 (-2.8%)	425 → 102 (-76.0%)
Median household income	$37,337 → $54,412 (+45.7%)	—
Median home value	$75,000 → $79,600 (+6.1%)	$195,100 → $215,000 (+10.2%)
Median gross rent	$674 → $770 (+14.2%)	—

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

Prospect

Population

425102

Median home value

$195,100$215,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	French Lick	Prospect
Under 5	7.3%	0.0%
5 to 17	14.6%	0.0%
18 to 24	3.8%	24.5%
25 to 34	11.8%	0.0%
35 to 44	21.2%	0.0%
45 to 54	9.3%	0.0%
55 to 64	7.7%	52.9%
65 to 74	14.4%	14.7%
75 and over	9.9%	7.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	French Lick	Prospect
White (non-Hispanic)	73.6%	100.0%
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%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	5.4%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	French Lick	Prospect
No high school diploma	15.9%	0.0%
High school graduate	39.5%	89.6%
Some college or associate's	33.8%	10.4%
Bachelor's degree	7.5%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	3.3%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	French Lick	Prospect
Drove alone	84.2%	100.0%
Carpooled	6.8%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.1%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	French Lick	Prospect
1-unit, detached	71.8%	90.4%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	3.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	7.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	8.4%	9.6%

Poverty & households

	French Lick	Prospect
Poverty rate	11.0%	10.8%
Average household size	1.96	1.57
Mean commute (minutes)	17	—
Median year structure built	1955	1938