Prospect vs West Baden Springs

A side-by-side comparison of Prospect and West Baden Springs: population, income, housing, and more.

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

West Baden Springs has the higher population (608 vs 102 in Prospect). Prospect has the higher median home value ($215,000 vs $120,500 in West Baden Springs). Since 2019, West Baden Springs's population has grown faster (+19.0% vs -76.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Prospect	West Baden Springs
Population	102	608
Median age	63.9 yrs	33.9 yrs
Median household income	—	$38,750
Median home value	$215,000	$120,500
Median gross rent	—	$818
Housing units	115	292
Homeownership rate	43.1%	61.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	9.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Prospect	West Baden Springs
Population	425 → 102 (-76.0%)	511 → 608 (+19.0%)
Median household income	—	$39,444 → $38,750 (-1.8%)
Median home value	$195,100 → $215,000 (+10.2%)	$99,400 → $120,500 (+21.2%)
Median gross rent	—	$496 → $818 (+64.9%)

Prospect

Population

425102

Median home value

$195,100$215,000

West Baden Springs

Population

511608

Median household income

$39,444$38,750

Median home value

$99,400$120,500

Median gross rent

$496$818

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Prospect	West Baden Springs
Under 5	0.0%	7.1%
5 to 17	0.0%	17.4%
18 to 24	24.5%	9.7%
25 to 34	0.0%	16.9%
35 to 44	0.0%	9.7%
45 to 54	0.0%	8.9%
55 to 64	52.9%	6.7%
65 to 74	14.7%	15.0%
75 and over	7.8%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Prospect	West Baden Springs
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	95.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Prospect	West Baden Springs
No high school diploma	0.0%	25.5%
High school graduate	89.6%	34.0%
Some college or associate's	10.4%	31.5%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	5.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	4.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Prospect	West Baden Springs
Drove alone	100.0%	74.3%
Carpooled	0.0%	10.7%
Public transit	0.0%	3.2%
Walked	0.0%	3.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.8%
Worked from home	0.0%	2.9%
Other means	0.0%	3.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Prospect	West Baden Springs
1-unit, detached	90.4%	58.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	6.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	7.9%
Mobile home & other	9.6%	20.2%

Poverty & households

	Prospect	West Baden Springs
Poverty rate	10.8%	17.7%
Average household size	1.57	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	—	21
Median year structure built	1938	1977