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Prairie township, Henry County, IN

5,991 Population
39.7 square miles 150.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

48.6 ±2.7 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Henry County: 42.2 ±0.6
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Indiana: 38.1 ±0.2
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$28,802 ±$5,382 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Henry County: $32,182 ±$1,500
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Indiana: $38,351 ±$197
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$68,088 ±$22,473 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Henry County: $63,150 ±$2,842
  • a little less than the amount in Indiana: $71,957 ±$352
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

5.4% ±3% (191  ±105) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Henry County: 13.6% † 6,248 (±1.6% / ±741)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Indiana: 12.3% 821,528 (±0.2% / ±13,330)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

29 minutes ±8.2 (34,995  ±6,716) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Henry County: 25.8 480,495 (±1.3 / ±30,506)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Indiana: 24.1 70,277,840 (±0.1 / ±387,394)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,730 ±154 Number of households
  • Henry County: 18,642 ±329
  • Indiana: 2,716,009 ±6,039
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2 ±0.2 (3,537  ±37) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Henry County: 2.5 45,793 (±0 / ±44)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Indiana: 2.5 6,671,685
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

9.1% ±8.7% (59  ±58) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Henry County: 5.1% † 483 (±1.5% / ±140)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Indiana: 5.4% 85,809 (±0.2% / ±2,404)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,839 ±161 Number of housing units
  • Henry County: 20,996 ±54
  • Indiana: 2,976,568 ±617
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$195,000 ±$29,125 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Henry County: $154,400 ±$7,343
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Indiana: $218,200 ±$739
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

17.3% ±4.5% (1,033  ±268.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Henry County: 11.6% † 5,636 (±1.5% / ±710)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Indiana: 12.7% 860,071 (±0.2% / ±12,028.6)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

87.3% ±7.2% (4,401  ±392.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Henry County: 90.5% 31,880 (±3% / ±1,052.7)
  • a little less than the rate in Indiana: 90.4% 4,153,503 (±0.4% / ±16,066.5)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
16.4% ±3.8% (825  ±195) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Henry County: 17.5% 6,147 (±1.4% / ±506.8)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Indiana: 29.5% 1,354,639 (±0.2% / ±9,464)
  • about half 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

1.8% ±1.2% (109  ±72) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Henry County: 1.3% 638
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Indiana: 6.3% 431,255
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

9.9% ±2.3% (541  ±126) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Henry County: 7.6% † 2,952 (±0.8% / ±300)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Indiana: 6.3% 328,414 (±0.1% / ±4,168)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
541 Total veterans ±126 522 Male ±116 19 Female ±27

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