Lake Bruce vs Rochester

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

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

Rochester has the higher population (6,244 vs 196 in Lake Bruce). Rochester has the higher median household income ($60,304 vs $29,643 in Lake Bruce). Lake Bruce has the higher median home value ($179,600 vs $135,900 in Rochester).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Bruce	Rochester
Population	196	6,244
Median age	58.1 yrs	45.5 yrs
Median household income	$29,643	$60,304
Median home value	$179,600	$135,900
Median gross rent	—	$883
Housing units	245	3,371
Homeownership rate	89.0%	61.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.0%	18.4%
Unemployment rate	54.6%	8.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Bruce	Rochester
Population	251 → 196 (-21.9%)	6,045 → 6,244 (+3.3%)
Median household income	$30,781 → $29,643 (-3.7%)	$51,389 → $60,304 (+17.3%)
Median home value	$130,800 → $179,600 (+37.3%)	$103,100 → $135,900 (+31.8%)
Median gross rent	—	$680 → $883 (+29.9%)

Lake Bruce

Population

251196

Median household income

$30,781$29,643

Median home value

$130,800$179,600

Rochester

Population

6,0456,244

Median household income

$51,389$60,304

Median home value

$103,100$135,900

Median gross rent

$680$883

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lake Bruce	Rochester
Under 5	3.6%	3.3%
5 to 17	0.0%	18.6%
18 to 24	13.8%	8.1%
25 to 34	0.5%	9.0%
35 to 44	13.8%	9.2%
45 to 54	16.8%	16.0%
55 to 64	29.1%	13.9%
65 to 74	4.1%	11.0%
75 and over	18.4%	10.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Bruce	Rochester
White (non-Hispanic)	81.1%	82.5%
Black or African American	13.8%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	1.5%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	4.8%
Two or more races	3.6%	4.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	6.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake Bruce	Rochester
No high school diploma	0.0%	9.0%
High school graduate	58.0%	41.6%
Some college or associate's	34.0%	31.1%
Bachelor's degree	8.0%	11.1%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	7.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Bruce	Rochester
Drove alone	72.7%	77.0%
Carpooled	27.3%	13.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	0.0%	6.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	0.0%	2.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake Bruce	Rochester
1-unit, detached	92.2%	71.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	13.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	7.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.8%
Mobile home & other	7.8%	5.2%

Poverty & households

	Lake Bruce	Rochester
Poverty rate	25.5%	11.8%
Average household size	1.66	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	—	20
Median year structure built	1960	1964