Fontanet vs Prairie Creek

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

Fontanet 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 187 in Fontanet). Fontanet has the higher median home value ($289,400 vs $98,000 in Prairie Creek). Since 2019, Prairie Creek's population has grown faster (+15.1% vs -58.9%).

Population, income & housing

	Fontanet	Prairie Creek
Population	187	297
Median age	58.4 yrs	39.9 yrs
Median household income	—	$38,720
Median home value	$289,400	$98,000
Housing units	120	116
Homeownership rate	87.2%	67.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.0%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fontanet	Prairie Creek
Population	455 → 187 (-58.9%)	258 → 297 (+15.1%)
Median household income	$68,478 → $68,750 (+0.4%)	$36,694 → $38,720 (+5.5%)
Median home value	$189,600 → $289,400 (+52.6%)	$97,100 → $98,000 (+0.9%)

Fontanet

Population

455187

Median household income

$68,478$68,750

Median home value

$189,600$289,400

Prairie Creek

Population

258297

Median household income

$36,694$38,720

Median home value

$97,100$98,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fontanet	Prairie Creek
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	17.1%	23.9%
18 to 24	0.0%	8.4%
25 to 34	16.0%	4.0%
35 to 44	0.0%	14.8%
45 to 54	11.2%	2.0%
55 to 64	13.9%	26.6%
65 to 74	21.9%	20.2%
75 and over	19.8%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fontanet	Prairie Creek
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	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	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fontanet	Prairie Creek
No high school diploma	5.8%	46.8%
High school graduate	37.4%	40.3%
Some college or associate's	16.8%	12.9%
Bachelor's degree	40.0%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fontanet	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)

	Fontanet	Prairie Creek
1-unit, detached	71.7%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	9.2%	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	19.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Fontanet	Prairie Creek
Poverty rate	18.7%	59.9%
Average household size	2.17	2.56
Median year structure built	1958	1942