Bristol vs Simonton Lake

A side-by-side comparison of Bristol and Simonton Lake: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Simonton Lake has the higher population (4,113 vs 1,903 in Bristol). Bristol has the higher median household income ($81,656 vs $74,233 in Simonton Lake). Simonton Lake has the higher median home value ($230,600 vs $202,900 in Bristol).

Population, income & housing

	Bristol	Simonton Lake
Population	1,903	4,113
Median age	30.7 yrs	49.5 yrs
Median household income	$81,656	$74,233
Median home value	$202,900	$230,600
Median gross rent	$1,073	$1,101
Housing units	849	1,891
Homeownership rate	81.2%	79.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.2%	24.3%
Unemployment rate	0.8%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bristol	Simonton Lake
Population	1,518 → 1,903 (+25.4%)	5,362 → 4,113 (-23.3%)
Median household income	$56,964 → $81,656 (+43.3%)	$53,818 → $74,233 (+37.9%)
Median home value	$141,600 → $202,900 (+43.3%)	$149,700 → $230,600 (+54.0%)
Median gross rent	$819 → $1,073 (+31.0%)	$1,038 → $1,101 (+6.1%)

Bristol

Population

1,5181,903

Median household income

$56,964$81,656

Median home value

$141,600$202,900

Median gross rent

$819$1,073

Simonton Lake

Population

5,3624,113

Median household income

$53,818$74,233

Median home value

$149,700$230,600

Median gross rent

$1,038$1,101

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bristol	Simonton Lake
Under 5	11.7%	4.6%
5 to 17	16.1%	13.9%
18 to 24	13.1%	6.9%
25 to 34	13.7%	10.3%
35 to 44	8.1%	8.5%
45 to 54	12.0%	14.8%
55 to 64	8.0%	17.6%
65 to 74	9.3%	12.0%
75 and over	8.0%	11.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bristol	Simonton Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	66.1%	72.7%
Black or African American	1.3%	5.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.2%	2.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.7%	8.9%
Hispanic or Latino	20.8%	10.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bristol	Simonton Lake
No high school diploma	14.5%	10.2%
High school graduate	31.6%	31.9%
Some college or associate's	32.7%	33.6%
Bachelor's degree	10.4%	15.7%
Graduate or professional degree	10.8%	8.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bristol	Simonton Lake
Drove alone	55.6%	80.8%
Carpooled	31.4%	9.7%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	3.6%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.4%	7.4%
Other means	0.7%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bristol	Simonton Lake
1-unit, detached	73.5%	84.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	6.5%
2 to 4 units	10.5%	2.5%
5 to 19 units	9.3%	3.4%
20 or more units	4.6%	3.5%
Mobile home & other	2.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bristol	Simonton Lake
Poverty rate	3.8%	10.6%
Average household size	2.99	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	20	21
Median year structure built	1978	1988