Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
The best of Prairie Creek Township’s subject grades are a B+ for history and a B for civic life; the weakest is a D− for walkability. 26% of residents live below the poverty line in Prairie Creek Township, above both the Indiana town median (10%) and the median of U.S. towns (9.6%). On cost of living, just 4 of Indiana’s 1,096 towns do worse. The median household income is $27K, and 26% of residents live below the poverty line. The biggest park or preserve is Prairie Creek Park, at 181 acres. Prairie Creek Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Where Prairie Creek Township beats most towns.
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Indiana), ordered by how far Prairie Creek Township is from typical.
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The archive holds 1 old photo or paper going back to 2016 and 6 maps from 1932 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Prairie Creek Township, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Ordered by what stands out in Prairie Creek Township.
17% of adults worry about having enough food in Prairie Creek Township. Among adults in the town, 42% have obesity and 14% have diabetes.
| Prairie Creek Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 17% | 14% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 42% | 39% | 35% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 13% | 12% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 24% | 21% | 19% |
| What stands out | Prairie Creek Township | IN |
|---|---|---|
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 19.5% | 15.4% |
| More adults with COPD | 9.8% | 8.1% |
| More smokers | 18.8% | 15.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Prairie Creek Township’s mean commuting time comes in at 27 minutes. Since 2013, Prairie Creek Township has added 40 jobs, to 63 in 2023. Among working residents here, 0.7% work locally. Half commute less than 14 miles.
| Prairie Creek Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $27,000 | $71,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 0.7% | 11% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 27 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
The midsummer high in Prairie Creek Township is 87°F.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Since 2002, 17 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Prairie Creek Township. Expected damage from storms and floods is lower here than in 65% of U.S. communities. FEMA puts just over half of the town’s expected hazard losses down to inland flooding, and 16% to earthquakes. Also worth knowing: households here have drawn federal disaster aid once, in 2008.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Walkers can cover 12 miles of trail in 1 park or preserve. For Prairie Creek Township, the density of trails is 0.3 miles per square mile.
| Prairie Creek Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 8.4% | 1.9% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.3 miles per square mile | 0.2 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Prairie Creek Park | — | 181 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Prairie Creek Township. Close and well known come first.
13 mi MuseumPaul Dresser Birthplace
14 mi MuseumSwope Art Museum
35 mi MuseumMansfield Roller MillPaul Dresser Birthplace: Nyttend, Public domain · Swope Art Museum: Colin Pizarek, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Mansfield Roller Mill: Nyttend, Public domain
1 within 15 miles of the center of Prairie Creek Township
About 2 of every 100 Prairie Creek Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Indiana.
1,195 counted in 2010 and 1,067 in 2020; an estimated 1,059 in 2025.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts · Census Bureau estimate, July 1, 2025
Unincorporated community in Indiana, United States
Prairie Creek (also Middletown) is an unincorporated community in southeastern Prairie Creek Township, Vigo County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. Although Prairie Creek is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 47869. The community is part of the Terre Haute Metropolitan Statistical Area.
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Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Yes. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades D.
