Lake Santee vs Millhousen

A side-by-side comparison of Lake Santee and Millhousen: population, income, housing, and more.

Lake Santee and Millhousen are places in Indiana. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Lake Santee has the higher population (1,051 vs 251 in Millhousen). Lake Santee has the higher median home value ($226,500 vs $168,800 in Millhousen). Since 2019, Millhousen's population has grown faster (+53.0% vs +22.2%).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Santee	Millhousen
Population	1,051	251
Median age	41.9 yrs	48.0 yrs
Median household income	$135,804	—
Median home value	$226,500	$168,800
Housing units	545	139
Homeownership rate	89.1%	90.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.5%	7.9%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	11.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Santee	Millhousen
Population	860 → 1,051 (+22.2%)	164 → 251 (+53.0%)
Median household income	$72,500 → $135,804 (+87.3%)	$74,583 → $70,000 (-6.1%)
Median home value	$148,800 → $226,500 (+52.2%)	$122,500 → $168,800 (+37.8%)

Lake Santee

Population

8601,051

Median household income

$72,500$135,804

Median home value

$148,800$226,500

Millhousen

Population

164251

Median household income

$74,583$70,000

Median home value

$122,500$168,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lake Santee	Millhousen
Under 5	4.4%	2.8%
5 to 17	21.9%	6.8%
18 to 24	0.9%	0.0%
25 to 34	11.8%	10.0%
35 to 44	11.5%	18.3%
45 to 54	12.7%	23.1%
55 to 64	24.5%	7.6%
65 to 74	8.1%	28.3%
75 and over	4.3%	3.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Santee	Millhousen
White (non-Hispanic)	88.5%	91.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.6%	7.2%
Hispanic or Latino	5.9%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake Santee	Millhousen
No high school diploma	1.6%	2.2%
High school graduate	26.9%	64.8%
Some college or associate's	37.1%	25.1%
Bachelor's degree	27.2%	6.6%
Graduate or professional degree	7.3%	1.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Santee	Millhousen
Drove alone	73.1%	90.9%
Carpooled	8.3%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.1%	9.1%
Other means	9.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake Santee	Millhousen
1-unit, detached	100.0%	94.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	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	0.0%	5.8%

Poverty & households

	Lake Santee	Millhousen
Poverty rate	6.3%	5.6%
Average household size	2.72	1.96
Mean commute (minutes)	32	42
Median year structure built	1975	1951