Prairie Creek vs Riley

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

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

Riley has the higher population (479 vs 297 in Prairie Creek). Riley has the higher median household income ($72,813 vs $38,720 in Prairie Creek). Prairie Creek has the higher median home value ($98,000 vs $92,700 in Riley).

Population, income & housing

	Prairie Creek	Riley
Population	297	479
Median age	39.9 yrs	34.3 yrs
Median household income	$38,720	$72,813
Median home value	$98,000	$92,700
Median gross rent	—	$921
Housing units	116	191
Homeownership rate	67.2%	70.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	15.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	21.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Prairie Creek	Riley
Population	258 → 297 (+15.1%)	321 → 479 (+49.2%)
Median household income	$36,694 → $38,720 (+5.5%)	$46,250 → $72,813 (+57.4%)
Median home value	$97,100 → $98,000 (+0.9%)	$83,500 → $92,700 (+11.0%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,063 → $921 (-13.4%)

Prairie Creek

Population

258297

Median household income

$36,694$38,720

Median home value

$97,100$98,000

Riley

Population

321479

Median household income

$46,250$72,813

Median home value

$83,500$92,700

Median gross rent

$1,063$921

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Prairie Creek	Riley
Under 5	0.0%	12.3%
5 to 17	23.9%	18.6%
18 to 24	8.4%	9.8%
25 to 34	4.0%	10.4%
35 to 44	14.8%	21.7%
45 to 54	2.0%	10.6%
55 to 64	26.6%	5.0%
65 to 74	20.2%	3.1%
75 and over	0.0%	8.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Prairie Creek	Riley
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	97.3%
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%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Prairie Creek	Riley
No high school diploma	46.8%	4.6%
High school graduate	40.3%	35.6%
Some college or associate's	12.9%	44.4%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	13.4%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	2.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Prairie Creek	Riley
Drove alone	83.9%	51.6%
Carpooled	0.0%	39.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.1%	1.6%
Other means	0.0%	7.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Prairie Creek	Riley
1-unit, detached	100.0%	91.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	4.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	4.7%

Poverty & households

	Prairie Creek	Riley
Poverty rate	59.9%	27.2%
Average household size	2.56	2.78
Mean commute (minutes)	—	22
Median year structure built	1942	1948