Elkhart vs Simonton Lake

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

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

Elkhart has the higher population (53,726 vs 4,113 in Simonton Lake). Simonton Lake has the higher median household income ($74,233 vs $47,885 in Elkhart). Simonton Lake has the higher median home value ($230,600 vs $126,900 in Elkhart).

Population, income & housing

	Elkhart	Simonton Lake
Population	53,726	4,113
Median age	35.2 yrs	49.5 yrs
Median household income	$47,885	$74,233
Median home value	$126,900	$230,600
Median gross rent	$981	$1,101
Housing units	25,263	1,891
Homeownership rate	52.7%	79.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.5%	24.3%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elkhart	Simonton Lake
Population	52,257 → 53,726 (+2.8%)	5,362 → 4,113 (-23.3%)
Median household income	$40,750 → $47,885 (+17.5%)	$53,818 → $74,233 (+37.9%)
Median home value	$95,900 → $126,900 (+32.3%)	$149,700 → $230,600 (+54.0%)
Median gross rent	$790 → $981 (+24.2%)	$1,038 → $1,101 (+6.1%)

Elkhart

Population

52,25753,726

Median household income

$40,750$47,885

Median home value

$95,900$126,900

Median gross rent

$790$981

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)

	Elkhart	Simonton Lake
Under 5	8.1%	4.6%
5 to 17	18.5%	13.9%
18 to 24	9.3%	6.9%
25 to 34	13.9%	10.3%
35 to 44	11.4%	8.5%
45 to 54	12.1%	14.8%
55 to 64	11.3%	17.6%
65 to 74	8.9%	12.0%
75 and over	6.7%	11.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elkhart	Simonton Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	55.6%	72.7%
Black or African American	12.1%	5.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	2.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.8%	8.9%
Hispanic or Latino	27.4%	10.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elkhart	Simonton Lake
No high school diploma	18.2%	10.2%
High school graduate	38.6%	31.9%
Some college or associate's	25.8%	33.6%
Bachelor's degree	11.9%	15.7%
Graduate or professional degree	5.5%	8.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elkhart	Simonton Lake
Drove alone	75.9%	80.8%
Carpooled	16.8%	9.7%
Public transit	0.8%	0.0%
Walked	2.8%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.6%	7.4%
Other means	0.9%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elkhart	Simonton Lake
1-unit, detached	53.0%	84.2%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	6.5%
2 to 4 units	10.4%	2.5%
5 to 19 units	15.9%	3.4%
20 or more units	9.1%	3.5%
Mobile home & other	9.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Elkhart	Simonton Lake
Poverty rate	18.8%	10.6%
Average household size	2.44	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	18	21
Median year structure built	1967	1988