Burnett vs Prairie Creek

A side-by-side comparison of Burnett and Prairie Creek: population, income, housing, and more.

Burnett and Prairie Creek are places in Indiana. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Prairie Creek has the higher population (297 vs 124 in Burnett). Burnett has the higher median household income ($50,433 vs $38,720 in Prairie Creek). Since 2019, Prairie Creek's population has grown faster (+15.1% vs -38.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Burnett	Prairie Creek
Population	124	297
Median age	60.8 yrs	39.9 yrs
Median household income	$50,433	$38,720
Median home value	—	$98,000
Housing units	61	116
Homeownership rate	80.3%	67.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	71.4%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Burnett	Prairie Creek
Population	200 → 124 (-38.0%)	258 → 297 (+15.1%)
Median household income	$45,313 → $50,433 (+11.3%)	$36,694 → $38,720 (+5.5%)
Median home value	—	$97,100 → $98,000 (+0.9%)

Burnett

Population

200124

Median household income

$45,313$50,433

Prairie Creek

Population

258297

Median household income

$36,694$38,720

Median home value

$97,100$98,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Burnett	Prairie Creek
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	8.9%	23.9%
18 to 24	14.5%	8.4%
25 to 34	0.0%	4.0%
35 to 44	9.7%	14.8%
45 to 54	11.3%	2.0%
55 to 64	40.3%	26.6%
65 to 74	15.3%	20.2%
75 and over	0.0%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Burnett	Prairie Creek
White (non-Hispanic)	90.3%	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	9.7%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Burnett	Prairie Creek
No high school diploma	30.5%	46.8%
High school graduate	54.7%	40.3%
Some college or associate's	14.7%	12.9%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Burnett	Prairie Creek
Drove alone	100.0%	83.9%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	16.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Burnett	Prairie Creek
1-unit, detached	100.0%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Burnett	Prairie Creek
Poverty rate	0.0%	59.9%
Average household size	2.03	2.56
Median year structure built	1938	1942