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Prairie township, Franklin County, OH

17,140 Population
18.3 square miles 935.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.9 ±1.8 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Franklin County: 34.8 ±0.1
  • a little less than the figure in Ohio: 39.7 ±0.2
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$37,147 ±$3,480 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Franklin County: $43,731 ±$464
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Ohio: $40,552 ±$167
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$73,793 ±$11,328 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Franklin County: $75,176 ±$980
  • a little higher than the amount in Ohio: $71,389 ±$321
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

8.3% ±2.8% (1,429  ±478) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Franklin County: 14.7% 191,593 (±0.5% / ±6,171)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Ohio: 13.3% 1,529,692 (±0.2% / ±18,999)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

21.4 minutes ±1.4 (161,580  ±19,056) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Franklin County: 21.5 11,896,110 (±0.2 / ±149,380)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Ohio: 23.4 114,422,230 (±0.1 / ±513,925)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

6,506 ±454 Number of households
  • Franklin County: 553,099 ±1,958
  • Ohio: 4,863,191 ±8,557
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.6 ±0.2 (17,138  ±44) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Franklin County: 2.4 1,304,382 (±0 / ±634)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Ohio: 2.4 11,519,651
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

4.3% ±1.9% (173  ±78) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Franklin County: 5.3% 18,189 (±0.4% / ±1,205)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Ohio: 5.4% 144,308 (±0.1% / ±3,283)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

7,024 ±479 Number of housing units
  • Franklin County: 595,469 ±328
  • Ohio: 5,292,391 ±464
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$214,700 ±$9,717 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Franklin County: $288,400 ±$2,726
  • about the same as the amount in Ohio: $214,800 ±$742
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

8% ±2.6% (1,364  ±436.4) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in Franklin County: 16.9% 222,151 (±0.5% / ±6,373.7)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Ohio: 12% 1,396,093 (±0.1% / ±15,825.1)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

88.4% ±6.9% (10,085  ±904.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Franklin County: 91.2% 817,496 (±0.8% / ±7,454.3)
  • a little less than the rate in Ohio: 91.8% 7,495,699 (±0.3% / ±21,141.4)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
23.2% ±3.8% (2,646  ±443.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in Franklin County: 42.1% 377,415 (±0.6% / ±5,080.3)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Ohio: 31.5% 2,570,052 (±0.2% / ±13,133.4)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

10.2% ±2.4% (1,749  ±410) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Franklin County: 13% 173,661
  • about double the rate in Ohio: 5.2% 616,102
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

6.1% ±1.7% (774  ±214) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Franklin County: 5.1% 52,088 (±0.2% / ±2,348)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Ohio: 6.6% 605,840 (±0.1% / ±5,765)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
774 Total veterans ±214 699 Male ±201 75 Female ±50

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