Lakewood vs Prairie Creek

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

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

Lakewood has the higher population (530 vs 297 in Prairie Creek). Lakewood has the higher median household income ($107,574 vs $38,720 in Prairie Creek). Lakewood has the higher median home value ($269,400 vs $98,000 in Prairie Creek).

Population, income & housing

	Lakewood	Prairie Creek
Population	530	297
Median age	48.5 yrs	39.9 yrs
Median household income	$107,574	$38,720
Median home value	$269,400	$98,000
Housing units	221	116
Homeownership rate	100.0%	67.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	47.7%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	9.3%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lakewood	Prairie Creek
Population	748 → 530 (-29.1%)	258 → 297 (+15.1%)
Median household income	$99,351 → $107,574 (+8.3%)	$36,694 → $38,720 (+5.5%)
Median home value	$237,900 → $269,400 (+13.2%)	$97,100 → $98,000 (+0.9%)

Lakewood

Population

748530

Median household income

$99,351$107,574

Median home value

$237,900$269,400

Prairie Creek

Population

258297

Median household income

$36,694$38,720

Median home value

$97,100$98,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lakewood	Prairie Creek
Under 5	5.3%	0.0%
5 to 17	17.9%	23.9%
18 to 24	0.0%	8.4%
25 to 34	9.1%	4.0%
35 to 44	14.9%	14.8%
45 to 54	9.6%	2.0%
55 to 64	18.5%	26.6%
65 to 74	17.2%	20.2%
75 and over	7.5%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lakewood	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+

	Lakewood	Prairie Creek
No high school diploma	0.0%	46.8%
High school graduate	26.0%	40.3%
Some college or associate's	26.3%	12.9%
Bachelor's degree	23.3%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	24.3%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lakewood	Prairie Creek
Drove alone	67.0%	83.9%
Carpooled	15.2%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.9%	16.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lakewood	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

	Lakewood	Prairie Creek
Poverty rate	0.0%	59.9%
Average household size	2.38	2.56
Mean commute (minutes)	20	—
Median year structure built	1992	1942