Simonton Lake vs Wakarusa

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

Simonton Lake and Wakarusa 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 2,519 in Wakarusa). Wakarusa has the higher median household income ($76,008 vs $74,233 in Simonton Lake). Simonton Lake has the higher median home value ($230,600 vs $202,400 in Wakarusa).

Population, income & housing

	Simonton Lake	Wakarusa
Population	4,113	2,519
Median age	49.5 yrs	37.2 yrs
Median household income	$74,233	$76,008
Median home value	$230,600	$202,400
Median gross rent	$1,101	$1,214
Housing units	1,891	866
Homeownership rate	79.2%	87.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.3%	26.2%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	9.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Simonton Lake	Wakarusa
Population	5,362 → 4,113 (-23.3%)	1,957 → 2,519 (+28.7%)
Median household income	$53,818 → $74,233 (+37.9%)	$65,673 → $76,008 (+15.7%)
Median home value	$149,700 → $230,600 (+54.0%)	$150,300 → $202,400 (+34.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,038 → $1,101 (+6.1%)	$740 → $1,214 (+64.1%)

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

Wakarusa

Population

1,9572,519

Median household income

$65,673$76,008

Median home value

$150,300$202,400

Median gross rent

$740$1,214

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Simonton Lake	Wakarusa
Under 5	4.6%	7.1%
5 to 17	13.9%	21.3%
18 to 24	6.9%	9.1%
25 to 34	10.3%	10.2%
35 to 44	8.5%	17.0%
45 to 54	14.8%	8.2%
55 to 64	17.6%	11.6%
65 to 74	12.0%	7.7%
75 and over	11.4%	7.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Simonton Lake	Wakarusa
White (non-Hispanic)	72.7%	80.3%
Black or African American	5.3%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	2.8%	3.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.7%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.9%	5.7%
Hispanic or Latino	10.3%	8.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Simonton Lake	Wakarusa
No high school diploma	10.2%	14.1%
High school graduate	31.9%	41.6%
Some college or associate's	33.6%	18.1%
Bachelor's degree	15.7%	21.0%
Graduate or professional degree	8.6%	5.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Simonton Lake	Wakarusa
Drove alone	80.8%	72.4%
Carpooled	9.7%	17.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	3.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.4%	7.1%
Other means	1.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Simonton Lake	Wakarusa
1-unit, detached	84.2%	76.8%
1-unit, attached	6.5%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	2.5%	1.5%
5 to 19 units	3.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	3.5%	10.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	9.9%

Poverty & households

	Simonton Lake	Wakarusa
Poverty rate	10.6%	9.5%
Average household size	2.41	3.17
Mean commute (minutes)	21	29
Median year structure built	1988	1960