Adams Lake vs Otter Lake

A side-by-side comparison of Adams Lake and Otter Lake: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Otter Lake has the higher population (297 vs 284 in Adams Lake). Otter Lake has the higher median household income ($153,162 vs $91,591 in Adams Lake). Since 2019, Adams Lake's population has grown faster (+5.2% vs -24.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Adams Lake	Otter Lake
Population	284	297
Median age	64.5 yrs	48.1 yrs
Median household income	$91,591	$153,162
Median home value	—	$242,200
Housing units	251	240
Homeownership rate	100.0%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.7%	19.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Adams Lake	Otter Lake
Population	270 → 284 (+5.2%)	391 → 297 (-24.0%)
Median household income	$89,923 → $91,591 (+1.9%)	$101,875 → $153,162 (+50.3%)
Median home value	—	$291,700 → $242,200 (-17.0%)

Adams Lake

Population

270284

Median household income

$89,923$91,591

Otter Lake

Population

391297

Median household income

$101,875$153,162

Median home value

$291,700$242,200

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Adams Lake	Otter Lake
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	0.0%	19.5%
18 to 24	10.6%	3.7%
25 to 34	0.0%	7.4%
35 to 44	0.0%	12.1%
45 to 54	8.5%	27.6%
55 to 64	35.6%	6.4%
65 to 74	45.4%	20.5%
75 and over	0.0%	2.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Adams Lake	Otter Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	93.7%	98.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	6.3%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Adams Lake	Otter Lake
No high school diploma	0.0%	4.8%
High school graduate	27.2%	56.1%
Some college or associate's	64.2%	19.7%
Bachelor's degree	4.3%	15.4%
Graduate or professional degree	4.3%	3.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Adams Lake	Otter Lake
Drove alone	81.1%	88.9%
Carpooled	0.0%	11.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	18.9%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Adams Lake	Otter Lake
1-unit, detached	95.2%	55.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.8%	44.6%

Poverty & households

	Adams Lake	Otter Lake
Poverty rate	0.0%	2.4%
Average household size	2.15	3.06
Mean commute (minutes)	25	28
Median year structure built	1959	1982