Orleans vs Prospect

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

Orleans and Prospect 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 102 in Prospect). Prospect has the higher median home value ($215,000 vs $109,900 in Orleans). Since 2019, Orleans's population has grown faster (+8.0% vs -76.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Orleans	Prospect
Population	2,191	102
Median age	47.3 yrs	63.9 yrs
Median household income	$64,504	—
Median home value	$109,900	$215,000
Median gross rent	$817	—
Housing units	1,013	115
Homeownership rate	58.6%	43.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.0%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Orleans	Prospect
Population	2,028 → 2,191 (+8.0%)	425 → 102 (-76.0%)
Median household income	$41,771 → $64,504 (+54.4%)	—
Median home value	$91,000 → $109,900 (+20.8%)	$195,100 → $215,000 (+10.2%)
Median gross rent	$608 → $817 (+34.4%)	—

Orleans

Population

2,0282,191

Median household income

$41,771$64,504

Median home value

$91,000$109,900

Median gross rent

$608$817

Prospect

Population

425102

Median home value

$195,100$215,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Orleans	Prospect
Under 5	5.7%	0.0%
5 to 17	11.0%	0.0%
18 to 24	9.3%	24.5%
25 to 34	12.3%	0.0%
35 to 44	7.3%	0.0%
45 to 54	16.7%	0.0%
55 to 64	16.8%	52.9%
65 to 74	11.8%	14.7%
75 and over	9.1%	7.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Orleans	Prospect
White (non-Hispanic)	98.4%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.4%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Orleans	Prospect
No high school diploma	17.7%	0.0%
High school graduate	48.0%	89.6%
Some college or associate's	24.3%	10.4%
Bachelor's degree	6.6%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	3.4%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Orleans	Prospect
Drove alone	82.2%	100.0%
Carpooled	6.1%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.5%	0.0%
Other means	3.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Orleans	Prospect
1-unit, detached	74.0%	90.4%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	9.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	6.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.9%	9.6%

Poverty & households

	Orleans	Prospect
Poverty rate	16.1%	10.8%
Average household size	2.48	1.57
Mean commute (minutes)	22	—
Median year structure built	1971	1938