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New Prairie United School Corporation, IN

15,169 Population
156.7 square miles 96.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.4 ±3.1 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in LaPorte County: 41.1 ±0.4
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Indiana: 38.1 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$41,282 ±$3,125 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in LaPorte County: $35,395 ±$936
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Indiana: $38,351 ±$197
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$96,610 ±$11,015 Median household income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in LaPorte County: $71,055 ±$2,241
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Indiana: $71,957 ±$352
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

6% ±2.8% (901  ±422) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-fifths of the rate in LaPorte County: 13.6% † 14,248 (±1.5% / ±1,546)
  • about half the rate in Indiana: 12.3% 821,528 (±0.2% / ±13,330)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

31.1 minutes ±3.2 (205,950  ±26,876) Mean travel time to work
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in LaPorte County: 25 1,105,345 (±1.3 / ±61,389)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Indiana: 24.1 70,277,840 (±0.1 / ±387,394)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

5,648 ±374 Number of households
  • LaPorte County: 43,633 ±564
  • Indiana: 2,716,009 ±6,039
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.7 ±0.2 (15,069  ±624) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in LaPorte County: 2.4 105,039 (±0 / ±61)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Indiana: 2.5 6,671,685
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

3.6% ±2.1% (117  ±71) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in LaPorte County: 4.9% † 1,099 (±1.3% / ±292)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Indiana: 5.4% 85,809 (±0.2% / ±2,404)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

6,394 ±327 Number of housing units
  • LaPorte County: 50,038 ±54
  • Indiana: 2,976,568 ±617
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$246,400 ±$13,283 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in LaPorte County: $195,500 ±$5,794
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Indiana: $218,200 ±$739
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

7.2% ±2.7% (1,076  ±413.8) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in LaPorte County: 12.9% † 14,275 (±1.3% / ±1,478.1)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Indiana: 12.7% 860,071 (±0.2% / ±12,028.6)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

94.7% ±5.1% (9,794  ±727.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in LaPorte County: 90.8% 72,030 (±2.3% / ±1,858.5)
  • a little higher than the rate in Indiana: 90.4% 4,153,503 (±0.4% / ±16,066.5)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
27% ±3.7% (2,790  ±411.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in LaPorte County: 22.7% 17,990 (±1.2% / ±971.4)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Indiana: 29.5% 1,354,639 (±0.2% / ±9,464)
  • about three-quarters 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

1.6% ±0.6% (237  ±87) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in LaPorte County: 3.4% 3,823
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Indiana: 6.3% 431,255
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

6.5% ±1.4% (744  ±161) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in LaPorte County: 7.8% 6,863 (±0.7% / ±595)
  • a little higher than the rate in Indiana: 6.3% 328,414 (±0.1% / ±4,168)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
744 Total veterans ±161 626 Male ±147 118 Female ±76

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