Spring Lake vs Wilkinson

A side-by-side comparison of Spring Lake and Wilkinson: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Wilkinson has the higher population (427 vs 215 in Spring Lake). Wilkinson has the higher median household income ($63,500 vs $59,583 in Spring Lake). Spring Lake has the higher median home value ($155,500 vs $132,500 in Wilkinson).

Population, income & housing

	Spring Lake	Wilkinson
Population	215	427
Median age	64.1 yrs	39.5 yrs
Median household income	$59,583	$63,500
Median home value	$155,500	$132,500
Median gross rent	—	$850
Housing units	121	208
Homeownership rate	95.0%	81.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.1%	9.3%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	0.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Spring Lake	Wilkinson
Population	214 → 215 (+0.5%)	413 → 427 (+3.4%)
Median household income	$64,375 → $59,583 (-7.4%)	$54,375 → $63,500 (+16.8%)
Median home value	$131,700 → $155,500 (+18.1%)	$96,000 → $132,500 (+38.0%)
Median gross rent	$933 → $1,000 (+7.2%)	$956 → $850 (-11.1%)

Spring Lake

Population

214215

Median household income

$64,375$59,583

Median home value

$131,700$155,500

Median gross rent

$933$1,000

Wilkinson

Population

413427

Median household income

$54,375$63,500

Median home value

$96,000$132,500

Median gross rent

$956$850

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Spring Lake	Wilkinson
Under 5	1.4%	6.3%
5 to 17	1.4%	16.6%
18 to 24	11.6%	6.8%
25 to 34	7.9%	14.5%
35 to 44	2.8%	13.1%
45 to 54	8.4%	13.3%
55 to 64	20.9%	8.4%
65 to 74	32.1%	11.2%
75 and over	13.5%	9.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Spring Lake	Wilkinson
White (non-Hispanic)	97.7%	89.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.9%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	4.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	6.6%
Hispanic or Latino	1.4%	0.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Spring Lake	Wilkinson
No high school diploma	7.6%	4.0%
High school graduate	49.5%	61.0%
Some college or associate's	28.8%	25.7%
Bachelor's degree	8.7%	7.3%
Graduate or professional degree	5.4%	2.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Spring Lake	Wilkinson
Drove alone	78.0%	88.9%
Carpooled	8.8%	6.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.2%	4.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Spring Lake	Wilkinson
1-unit, detached	100.0%	85.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	11.5%

Poverty & households

	Spring Lake	Wilkinson
Poverty rate	0.9%	5.4%
Average household size	1.78	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	28	27
Median year structure built	1956	1956