Lyford vs Prairie Creek

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

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

Lyford has the higher population (557 vs 297 in Prairie Creek). Lyford has the higher median household income ($49,883 vs $38,720 in Prairie Creek). Lyford has the higher median home value ($105,100 vs $98,000 in Prairie Creek).

Population, income & housing

	Lyford	Prairie Creek
Population	557	297
Median age	41.2 yrs	39.9 yrs
Median household income	$49,883	$38,720
Median home value	$105,100	$98,000
Housing units	194	116
Homeownership rate	62.6%	67.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	3.0%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	12.1%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lyford	Prairie Creek
Population	346 → 557 (+61.0%)	258 → 297 (+15.1%)
Median household income	$81,000 → $49,883 (-38.4%)	$36,694 → $38,720 (+5.5%)
Median home value	$120,800 → $105,100 (-13.0%)	$97,100 → $98,000 (+0.9%)

Lyford

Population

346557

Median household income

$81,000$49,883

Median home value

$120,800$105,100

Prairie Creek

Population

258297

Median household income

$36,694$38,720

Median home value

$97,100$98,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lyford	Prairie Creek
Under 5	5.2%	0.0%
5 to 17	29.8%	23.9%
18 to 24	0.0%	8.4%
25 to 34	14.2%	4.0%
35 to 44	13.1%	14.8%
45 to 54	13.5%	2.0%
55 to 64	11.1%	26.6%
65 to 74	9.3%	20.2%
75 and over	3.8%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lyford	Prairie Creek
White (non-Hispanic)	99.1%	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	0.9%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lyford	Prairie Creek
No high school diploma	13.8%	46.8%
High school graduate	45.0%	40.3%
Some college or associate's	38.1%	12.9%
Bachelor's degree	0.8%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	2.2%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lyford	Prairie Creek
Drove alone	85.3%	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	14.7%	16.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lyford	Prairie Creek
1-unit, detached	76.3%	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	23.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Lyford	Prairie Creek
Poverty rate	20.5%	59.9%
Average household size	3.59	2.56
Mean commute (minutes)	39	—
Median year structure built	1974	1942