Akron vs Lake Bruce

A side-by-side comparison of Akron and Lake Bruce: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Akron has the higher population (1,061 vs 196 in Lake Bruce). Akron has the higher median household income ($59,479 vs $29,643 in Lake Bruce). Lake Bruce has the higher median home value ($179,600 vs $136,900 in Akron).

Population, income & housing

	Akron	Lake Bruce
Population	1,061	196
Median age	37.5 yrs	58.1 yrs
Median household income	$59,479	$29,643
Median home value	$136,900	$179,600
Median gross rent	$885	—
Housing units	408	245
Homeownership rate	77.0%	89.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.7%	8.0%
Unemployment rate	8.4%	54.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Akron	Lake Bruce
Population	1,206 → 1,061 (-12.0%)	251 → 196 (-21.9%)
Median household income	$55,221 → $59,479 (+7.7%)	$30,781 → $29,643 (-3.7%)
Median home value	$82,800 → $136,900 (+65.3%)	$130,800 → $179,600 (+37.3%)
Median gross rent	$685 → $885 (+29.2%)	—

Akron

Population

1,2061,061

Median household income

$55,221$59,479

Median home value

$82,800$136,900

Median gross rent

$685$885

Lake Bruce

Population

251196

Median household income

$30,781$29,643

Median home value

$130,800$179,600

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Akron	Lake Bruce
Under 5	6.0%	3.6%
5 to 17	21.2%	0.0%
18 to 24	12.1%	13.8%
25 to 34	8.9%	0.5%
35 to 44	12.2%	13.8%
45 to 54	10.5%	16.8%
55 to 64	15.0%	29.1%
65 to 74	10.9%	4.1%
75 and over	3.3%	18.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Akron	Lake Bruce
White (non-Hispanic)	61.1%	81.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	13.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.3%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	37.6%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Akron	Lake Bruce
No high school diploma	25.5%	0.0%
High school graduate	37.1%	58.0%
Some college or associate's	24.7%	34.0%
Bachelor's degree	5.7%	8.0%
Graduate or professional degree	7.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Akron	Lake Bruce
Drove alone	72.4%	72.7%
Carpooled	22.9%	27.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.2%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Akron	Lake Bruce
1-unit, detached	82.4%	92.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	11.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	3.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.7%	7.8%

Poverty & households

	Akron	Lake Bruce
Poverty rate	7.2%	25.5%
Average household size	3.22	1.66
Mean commute (minutes)	24	—
Median year structure built	1945	1960