Census Reporter Logo Census Reporter

Prairie township, LaPorte County, IN

390 Population
24 square miles 16.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

Find data for this place

Hover for margins of error and contextual data.

Demographics

61 ±2.3 Median age
  • about 1.5 times the figure in LaPorte County: 41.1 ±0.4
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Indiana: 38.1 ±0.2
  • about 1.5 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$33,887 ±$14,934 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in LaPorte County: $35,395 ±$936
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Indiana: $38,351 ±$197
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$58,614 ±$856 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in LaPorte County: $71,055 ±$2,241
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Indiana: $71,957 ±$352
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

32.3% ±37.1% (126  ±193) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in LaPorte County: 13.6% † 14,248 (±1.5% / ±1,546)
  • more than double the rate in Indiana: 12.3% 821,528 (±0.2% / ±13,330)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

42.1 minutes ±17.2 (8,465  ±9,473) Mean travel time to work
  • more than 1.5 times the figure in LaPorte County: 25 1,105,345 (±1.3 / ±61,389)
  • more than 1.5 times the figure in Indiana: 24.1 70,277,840 (±0.1 / ±387,394)
  • about 1.5 times the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

193 ±207 Number of households
  • LaPorte County: 43,633 ±564
  • Indiana: 2,716,009 ±6,039
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2 ±3 (390  ±396) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in LaPorte County: 2.4 105,039 (±0 / ±61)
  • 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

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

193 ±207 Number of housing units
  • LaPorte County: 50,038 ±54
  • Indiana: 2,976,568 ±617
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$141,600 ±$16,305 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in LaPorte County: $195,500 ±$5,794
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Indiana: $218,200 ±$739
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

1.5% ±6.1% (6  ±24.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent of the rate in LaPorte County: 12.9% † 14,275 (±1.3% / ±1,478.1)
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Indiana: 12.7% 860,071 (±0.2% / ±12,028.6)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

62.4% ±88.1% (234  ±220.1) High school grad or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in LaPorte County: 90.8% 72,030 (±2.3% / ±1,858.5)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Indiana: 90.4% 4,153,503 (±0.4% / ±16,066.5)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
14.1% ±3.6% (53  ±57.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in LaPorte County: 22.7% 17,990 (±1.2% / ±971.4)
  • about half the rate in Indiana: 29.5% 1,354,639 (±0.2% / ±9,464)
  • about two-fifths 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

N/A Foreign-born population

35.4% ±39.8% (138  ±209) Population with veteran status
  • more than double the rate in LaPorte County: 7.8% 6,863 (±0.7% / ±595)
  • more than double the rate in Indiana: 6.3% 328,414 (±0.1% / ±4,168)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
138 Total veterans ±209 138 Male ±209 N/A Female ±13

Hover for margins of error and contextual data.