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Prairieton township, Vigo County, IN

1,132 Population
17.4 square miles 65.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.5 ±10.2 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Vigo County: 36.3 ±0.3
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Indiana: 38.1 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$28,239 ±$6,059 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Vigo County: $30,731 ±$1,145
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Indiana: $38,351 ±$197
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$46,528 ±$18,744 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Vigo County: $52,976 ±$2,432
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Indiana: $71,957 ±$352
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

23.5% ±15.8% (260  ±192) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Vigo County: 19.2% 18,874 (±1.5% / ±1,489)
  • nearly double the rate in Indiana: 12.3% 821,528 (±0.2% / ±13,330)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

25.9 minutes ±5.5 (17,845  ±8,077) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Vigo County: 19.9 870,110 (±0.6 / ±35,201)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Indiana: 24.1 70,277,840 (±0.1 / ±387,394)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

454 ±115 Number of households
  • Vigo County: 42,399 ±516
  • Indiana: 2,716,009 ±6,039
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.5 ±0.5 (1,132  ±351) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Vigo County: 2.3 98,650 (±0 / ±137)
  • about the same as the figure in Indiana: 2.5 6,671,685
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

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

Housing

454 ±115 Number of housing units
  • Vigo County: 46,891 ±109
  • Indiana: 2,976,568 ±617
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$179,600 ±$37,708 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Vigo County: $148,500 ±$5,683
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Indiana: $218,200 ±$739
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

5% ±4.3% (57  ±51.8) Moved since previous year
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Vigo County: 17.3% 18,123 (±1.3% / ±1,396.5)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Indiana: 12.7% 860,071 (±0.2% / ±12,028.6)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

89.8% ±3.3% (668  ±168.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Vigo County: 90.7% 62,047 (±2.5% / ±1,725.1)
  • about the same as the rate in Indiana: 90.4% 4,153,503 (±0.4% / ±16,066.5)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
9.8% ±7.3% (73  ±57) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Vigo County: 26.3% 17,965 (±1.4% / ±939.3)
  • about one-third of the rate in Indiana: 29.5% 1,354,639 (±0.2% / ±9,464)
  • about one-quarter 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

0.7% ±1.4% (8  ±16) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Vigo County: 3.1% 3,281
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Indiana: 6.3% 431,255
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

7.9% ±4.9% (71  ±49) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Vigo County: 7.1% 5,992 (±0.7% / ±547)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Indiana: 6.3% 328,414 (±0.1% / ±4,168)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
71 Total veterans ±49 51 Male ±46 20 Female ±22

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