Pierceton vs Winona Lake

A side-by-side comparison of Pierceton and Winona Lake: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Winona Lake has the higher population (5,073 vs 1,349 in Pierceton). Winona Lake has the higher median household income ($97,813 vs $66,597 in Pierceton). Winona Lake has the higher median home value ($242,400 vs $110,700 in Pierceton).

Population, income & housing

	Pierceton	Winona Lake
Population	1,349	5,073
Median age	34.6 yrs	28.0 yrs
Median household income	$66,597	$97,813
Median home value	$110,700	$242,400
Median gross rent	$786	$1,074
Housing units	653	1,969
Homeownership rate	70.5%	65.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.9%	50.8%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	1.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pierceton	Winona Lake
Population	880 → 1,349 (+53.3%)	4,910 → 5,073 (+3.3%)
Median household income	$41,667 → $66,597 (+59.8%)	$62,813 → $97,813 (+55.7%)
Median home value	$85,900 → $110,700 (+28.9%)	$170,700 → $242,400 (+42.0%)
Median gross rent	$780 → $786 (+0.8%)	$900 → $1,074 (+19.3%)

Pierceton

Population

8801,349

Median household income

$41,667$66,597

Median home value

$85,900$110,700

Median gross rent

$780$786

Winona Lake

Population

4,9105,073

Median household income

$62,813$97,813

Median home value

$170,700$242,400

Median gross rent

$900$1,074

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Pierceton	Winona Lake
Under 5	3.6%	3.4%
5 to 17	22.5%	12.2%
18 to 24	11.5%	25.8%
25 to 34	13.3%	18.4%
35 to 44	10.5%	8.4%
45 to 54	8.9%	12.0%
55 to 64	13.3%	9.6%
65 to 74	8.8%	4.4%
75 and over	7.6%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pierceton	Winona Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	84.2%	78.8%
Black or African American	0.8%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.2%	5.8%
Hispanic or Latino	10.8%	13.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pierceton	Winona Lake
No high school diploma	11.0%	6.8%
High school graduate	44.9%	18.5%
Some college or associate's	28.1%	23.9%
Bachelor's degree	13.1%	35.5%
Graduate or professional degree	2.9%	15.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pierceton	Winona Lake
Drove alone	89.7%	80.7%
Carpooled	6.3%	4.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	7.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	4.1%	6.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pierceton	Winona Lake
1-unit, detached	83.9%	77.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	10.9%	11.2%
5 to 19 units	0.9%	5.6%
20 or more units	0.8%	3.7%
Mobile home & other	3.5%	1.1%

Poverty & households

	Pierceton	Winona Lake
Poverty rate	14.2%	6.9%
Average household size	2.24	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	24	14
Median year structure built	1943	1982