Lakewood vs Prairieton

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

Lakewood and Prairieton 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 449 in Prairieton). Prairieton has the higher median home value ($374,100 vs $269,400 in Lakewood). Since 2019, Prairieton's population has grown faster (-13.7% vs -29.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Lakewood	Prairieton
Population	530	449
Median age	48.5 yrs	35.1 yrs
Median household income	$107,574	—
Median home value	$269,400	$374,100
Housing units	221	169
Homeownership rate	100.0%	37.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	47.7%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	9.3%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lakewood	Prairieton
Population	748 → 530 (-29.1%)	520 → 449 (-13.7%)
Median household income	$99,351 → $107,574 (+8.3%)	—
Median home value	$237,900 → $269,400 (+13.2%)	$323,600 → $374,100 (+15.6%)

Lakewood

Population

748530

Median household income

$99,351$107,574

Median home value

$237,900$269,400

Prairieton

Population

520449

Median home value

$323,600$374,100

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lakewood	Prairieton
Under 5	5.3%	0.0%
5 to 17	17.9%	25.2%
18 to 24	0.0%	20.0%
25 to 34	9.1%	3.3%
35 to 44	14.9%	12.2%
45 to 54	9.6%	22.5%
55 to 64	18.5%	2.7%
65 to 74	17.2%	12.0%
75 and over	7.5%	2.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lakewood	Prairieton
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	Prairieton
No high school diploma	0.0%	16.7%
High school graduate	26.0%	25.6%
Some college or associate's	26.3%	57.7%
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	Prairieton
Drove alone	67.0%	94.7%
Carpooled	15.2%	5.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.9%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lakewood	Prairieton
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	Prairieton
Poverty rate	0.0%	26.7%
Average household size	2.38	2.66
Mean commute (minutes)	20	17
Median year structure built	1992	2001