Cordry Sweetwater Lakes vs Helmsburg

A side-by-side comparison of Cordry Sweetwater Lakes and Helmsburg: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Cordry Sweetwater Lakes has the higher population (1,200 vs 322 in Helmsburg). Cordry Sweetwater Lakes has the higher median home value ($284,200 vs $86,000 in Helmsburg). Since 2019, Helmsburg's population has grown faster (+8.8% vs +6.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Cordry Sweetwater Lakes	Helmsburg
Population	1,200	322
Median age	53.3 yrs	40.6 yrs
Median household income	$100,167	—
Median home value	$284,200	$86,000
Housing units	1,152	132
Homeownership rate	94.5%	88.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.7%	1.3%
Unemployment rate	1.4%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cordry Sweetwater Lakes	Helmsburg
Population	1,131 → 1,200 (+6.1%)	296 → 322 (+8.8%)
Median household income	$80,096 → $100,167 (+25.1%)	—
Median home value	$291,300 → $284,200 (-2.4%)	$76,600 → $86,000 (+12.3%)

Cordry Sweetwater Lakes

Population

1,1311,200

Median household income

$80,096$100,167

Median home value

$291,300$284,200

Helmsburg

Population

296322

Median home value

$76,600$86,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cordry Sweetwater Lakes	Helmsburg
Under 5	3.8%	0.0%
5 to 17	4.8%	22.7%
18 to 24	13.8%	7.5%
25 to 34	1.2%	17.4%
35 to 44	9.5%	8.7%
45 to 54	19.3%	4.7%
55 to 64	19.0%	0.0%
65 to 74	24.0%	39.1%
75 and over	4.7%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cordry Sweetwater Lakes	Helmsburg
White (non-Hispanic)	93.1%	89.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	4.1%	0.0%
Some other race	1.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	10.9%
Hispanic or Latino	1.8%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cordry Sweetwater Lakes	Helmsburg
No high school diploma	1.7%	0.0%
High school graduate	30.5%	93.3%
Some college or associate's	30.2%	5.3%
Bachelor's degree	24.9%	1.3%
Graduate or professional degree	12.8%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cordry Sweetwater Lakes	Helmsburg
Drove alone	78.6%	100.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	20.4%	0.0%
Other means	1.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cordry Sweetwater Lakes	Helmsburg
1-unit, detached	97.8%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Cordry Sweetwater Lakes	Helmsburg
Poverty rate	3.2%	7.5%
Average household size	2.37	3.10
Mean commute (minutes)	33	24
Median year structure built	1977	1977