Syracuse vs Winona Lake

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

Syracuse 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 3,232 in Syracuse). Winona Lake has the higher median household income ($97,813 vs $63,894 in Syracuse). Winona Lake has the higher median home value ($242,400 vs $173,800 in Syracuse).

Population, income & housing

	Syracuse	Winona Lake
Population	3,232	5,073
Median age	45.2 yrs	28.0 yrs
Median household income	$63,894	$97,813
Median home value	$173,800	$242,400
Median gross rent	$1,046	$1,074
Housing units	1,903	1,969
Homeownership rate	69.5%	65.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.5%	50.8%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	1.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Syracuse	Winona Lake
Population	2,881 → 3,232 (+12.2%)	4,910 → 5,073 (+3.3%)
Median household income	$50,335 → $63,894 (+26.9%)	$62,813 → $97,813 (+55.7%)
Median home value	$127,400 → $173,800 (+36.4%)	$170,700 → $242,400 (+42.0%)
Median gross rent	$824 → $1,046 (+26.9%)	$900 → $1,074 (+19.3%)

Syracuse

Population

2,8813,232

Median household income

$50,335$63,894

Median home value

$127,400$173,800

Median gross rent

$824$1,046

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)

	Syracuse	Winona Lake
Under 5	3.5%	3.4%
5 to 17	12.7%	12.2%
18 to 24	9.6%	25.8%
25 to 34	11.0%	18.4%
35 to 44	12.7%	8.4%
45 to 54	13.3%	12.0%
55 to 64	20.8%	9.6%
65 to 74	9.7%	4.4%
75 and over	6.7%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Syracuse	Winona Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	93.1%	78.8%
Black or African American	0.5%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.6%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.3%	5.8%
Hispanic or Latino	3.3%	13.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Syracuse	Winona Lake
No high school diploma	12.7%	6.8%
High school graduate	39.8%	18.5%
Some college or associate's	27.0%	23.9%
Bachelor's degree	11.4%	35.5%
Graduate or professional degree	9.1%	15.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Syracuse	Winona Lake
Drove alone	70.9%	80.7%
Carpooled	20.1%	4.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.3%	7.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	5.7%	6.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Syracuse	Winona Lake
1-unit, detached	70.2%	77.1%
1-unit, attached	2.6%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	14.5%	11.2%
5 to 19 units	8.1%	5.6%
20 or more units	0.9%	3.7%
Mobile home & other	3.7%	1.1%

Poverty & households

	Syracuse	Winona Lake
Poverty rate	5.4%	6.9%
Average household size	2.04	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	20	14
Median year structure built	1964	1982