Lake Santee vs Westport

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

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

Westport has the higher population (1,666 vs 1,051 in Lake Santee). Lake Santee has the higher median household income ($135,804 vs $52,083 in Westport). Lake Santee has the higher median home value ($226,500 vs $136,500 in Westport).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Santee	Westport
Population	1,051	1,666
Median age	41.9 yrs	39.2 yrs
Median household income	$135,804	$52,083
Median home value	$226,500	$136,500
Median gross rent	—	$724
Housing units	545	742
Homeownership rate	89.1%	73.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.5%	9.8%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	7.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Santee	Westport
Population	860 → 1,051 (+22.2%)	1,230 → 1,666 (+35.4%)
Median household income	$72,500 → $135,804 (+87.3%)	$43,182 → $52,083 (+20.6%)
Median home value	$148,800 → $226,500 (+52.2%)	$96,000 → $136,500 (+42.2%)
Median gross rent	—	$804 → $724 (-10.0%)

Lake Santee

Population

8601,051

Median household income

$72,500$135,804

Median home value

$148,800$226,500

Westport

Population

1,2301,666

Median household income

$43,182$52,083

Median home value

$96,000$136,500

Median gross rent

$804$724

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lake Santee	Westport
Under 5	4.4%	7.8%
5 to 17	21.9%	15.4%
18 to 24	0.9%	8.5%
25 to 34	11.8%	11.3%
35 to 44	11.5%	13.4%
45 to 54	12.7%	9.7%
55 to 64	24.5%	20.8%
65 to 74	8.1%	10.1%
75 and over	4.3%	2.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Santee	Westport
White (non-Hispanic)	88.5%	98.3%
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	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.6%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	5.9%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake Santee	Westport
No high school diploma	1.6%	8.2%
High school graduate	26.9%	51.3%
Some college or associate's	37.1%	30.7%
Bachelor's degree	27.2%	6.0%
Graduate or professional degree	7.3%	3.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Santee	Westport
Drove alone	73.1%	82.9%
Carpooled	8.3%	9.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	6.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.1%	0.4%
Other means	9.5%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake Santee	Westport
1-unit, detached	100.0%	78.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	6.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	6.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	5.9%

Poverty & households

	Lake Santee	Westport
Poverty rate	6.3%	17.4%
Average household size	2.72	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	32	28
Median year structure built	1975	1966