Prairie Creek vs Prairieton

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

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

Prairieton has the higher population (449 vs 297 in Prairie Creek). Prairieton has the higher median home value ($374,100 vs $98,000 in Prairie Creek). Since 2019, Prairie Creek's population has grown faster (+15.1% vs -13.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Prairie Creek	Prairieton
Population	297	449
Median age	39.9 yrs	35.1 yrs
Median household income	$38,720	—
Median home value	$98,000	$374,100
Housing units	116	169
Homeownership rate	67.2%	37.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Prairie Creek	Prairieton
Population	258 → 297 (+15.1%)	520 → 449 (-13.7%)
Median household income	$36,694 → $38,720 (+5.5%)	—
Median home value	$97,100 → $98,000 (+0.9%)	$323,600 → $374,100 (+15.6%)

Prairie Creek

Population

258297

Median household income

$36,694$38,720

Median home value

$97,100$98,000

Prairieton

Population

520449

Median home value

$323,600$374,100

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Prairie Creek	Prairieton
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	23.9%	25.2%
18 to 24	8.4%	20.0%
25 to 34	4.0%	3.3%
35 to 44	14.8%	12.2%
45 to 54	2.0%	22.5%
55 to 64	26.6%	2.7%
65 to 74	20.2%	12.0%
75 and over	0.0%	2.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Prairie Creek	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+

	Prairie Creek	Prairieton
No high school diploma	46.8%	16.7%
High school graduate	40.3%	25.6%
Some college or associate's	12.9%	57.7%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Prairie Creek	Prairieton
Drove alone	83.9%	94.7%
Carpooled	0.0%	5.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.1%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Prairie Creek	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

	Prairie Creek	Prairieton
Poverty rate	59.9%	26.7%
Average household size	2.56	2.66
Mean commute (minutes)	—	17
Median year structure built	1942	2001