Montpelier vs Shamrock Lakes

A side-by-side comparison of Montpelier and Shamrock Lakes: population, income, housing, and more.

Montpelier and Shamrock Lakes are places in Indiana. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Montpelier has the higher population (1,444 vs 237 in Shamrock Lakes). Shamrock Lakes has the higher median household income ($86,964 vs $42,833 in Montpelier). Shamrock Lakes has the higher median home value ($157,400 vs $77,100 in Montpelier).

Population, income & housing

	Montpelier	Shamrock Lakes
Population	1,444	237
Median age	48.5 yrs	49.3 yrs
Median household income	$42,833	$86,964
Median home value	$77,100	$157,400
Median gross rent	$649	—
Housing units	858	97
Homeownership rate	64.2%	93.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.9%	20.0%
Unemployment rate	1.9%	12.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Montpelier	Shamrock Lakes
Population	1,738 → 1,444 (-16.9%)	252 → 237 (-6.0%)
Median household income	$39,313 → $42,833 (+9.0%)	$54,583 → $86,964 (+59.3%)
Median home value	$54,600 → $77,100 (+41.2%)	$136,400 → $157,400 (+15.4%)
Median gross rent	$660 → $649 (-1.7%)	$1,088 → $1,000 (-8.1%)

Montpelier

Population

1,7381,444

Median household income

$39,313$42,833

Median home value

$54,600$77,100

Median gross rent

$660$649

Shamrock Lakes

Population

252237

Median household income

$54,583$86,964

Median home value

$136,400$157,400

Median gross rent

$1,088$1,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Montpelier	Shamrock Lakes
Under 5	5.5%	2.5%
5 to 17	11.6%	16.9%
18 to 24	7.2%	4.6%
25 to 34	12.9%	5.9%
35 to 44	7.6%	12.2%
45 to 54	15.9%	11.8%
55 to 64	16.4%	13.1%
65 to 74	12.9%	23.6%
75 and over	9.9%	9.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Montpelier	Shamrock Lakes
White (non-Hispanic)	94.4%	97.9%
Black or African American	0.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.7%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.9%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Montpelier	Shamrock Lakes
No high school diploma	9.1%	1.7%
High school graduate	52.8%	40.6%
Some college or associate's	30.2%	37.8%
Bachelor's degree	5.0%	12.2%
Graduate or professional degree	2.8%	7.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Montpelier	Shamrock Lakes
Drove alone	77.5%	92.4%
Carpooled	14.6%	1.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.4%	5.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Montpelier	Shamrock Lakes
1-unit, detached	64.5%	92.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.1%
2 to 4 units	12.0%	5.2%
5 to 19 units	9.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	3.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Montpelier	Shamrock Lakes
Poverty rate	24.5%	3.0%
Average household size	2.05	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	30	30
Median year structure built	1965	1973