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Prairieton township, Vigo County, IN

1,151 Population
17.4 square miles 66.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.1 ±17.4 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Vigo County: 36.4 ±0.3
  • a little higher than the figure in Indiana: 38 ±0.1

Economics

$28,616 ±$6,108 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Vigo County: $30,829 ±$1,082
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Indiana: $37,178 ±$184
$44,848 ±$24,393 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Vigo County: $52,525 ±$1,904
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Indiana: $70,051 ±$293

21% ±16.1% (236  ±196) Persons below poverty line
  • a little higher than the rate in Vigo County: 20% 19,750 (±1.7% / ±1,658)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Indiana: 12.2% 807,582 (±0.2% / ±11,348)

27.7 minutes ±6.8 (19,355  ±9,661) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Vigo County: 19.9 887,260 (±0.6 / ±34,873)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Indiana: 24 70,444,496 (±0.1 / ±412,801)

Families

460 ±128 Number of households
  • Vigo County: 42,595 ±515
  • Indiana: 2,681,537 ±6,532
2.5 ±0.4 (1,151  ±380) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Vigo County: 2.3 98,825 (±0 / ±121)
  • about the same as the figure in Indiana: 2.5 6,633,174

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

Housing

460 ±128 Number of housing units
  • Vigo County: 46,937 ±77
  • Indiana: 2,953,344 ±390

$196,400 ±$58,835 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Vigo County: $140,400 ±$4,105
  • a little less than the amount in Indiana: $201,600 ±$922

0.4% ±2.2% (5  ±25.1) Moved since previous year
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Vigo County: 17% 17,885 (±1.2% / ±1,279.8)
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Indiana: 13.1% 880,515 (±0.2% / ±12,438.1)

Social

88.5% ±34.9% (699  ±185.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Vigo County: 90.4% 61,859 (±2.5% / ±1,690.9)
  • about the same as the rate in Indiana: 90.2% 4,113,653 (±0.3% / ±15,656.6)
15.3% ±7.6% (121  ±69.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Vigo County: 25.9% 17,701 (±1.4% / ±938.9)
  • about half the rate in Indiana: 28.8% 1,313,086 (±0.2% / ±9,554.8)

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

0.7% ±1.3% (8  ±15) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Vigo County: 3% 3,165
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Indiana: 5.9% 404,588

7.3% ±4.2% (67  ±44) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in Vigo County: 7.6% 6,423 (±0.6% / ±485)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Indiana: 6.5% 338,153 (±0.1% / ±3,149)
67 Total veterans ±44 47 Male ±49 20 Female ±23

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