Adams Lake vs South Milford

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

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

Adams Lake has the higher population (284 vs 243 in South Milford). South Milford has the higher median household income ($114,968 vs $91,591 in Adams Lake). Since 2019, South Milford's population has grown faster (+22.7% vs +5.2%).

Population, income & housing

	Adams Lake	South Milford
Population	284	243
Median age	64.5 yrs	47.0 yrs
Median household income	$91,591	$114,968
Median home value	—	$183,100
Housing units	251	101
Homeownership rate	100.0%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.7%	18.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Adams Lake	South Milford
Population	270 → 284 (+5.2%)	198 → 243 (+22.7%)
Median household income	$89,923 → $91,591 (+1.9%)	—
Median home value	—	$107,300 → $183,100 (+70.6%)

Adams Lake

Population

270284

Median household income

$89,923$91,591

South Milford

Population

198243

Median home value

$107,300$183,100

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Adams Lake	South Milford
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	0.0%	7.4%
18 to 24	10.6%	3.7%
25 to 34	0.0%	7.8%
35 to 44	0.0%	6.2%
45 to 54	8.5%	43.2%
55 to 64	35.6%	7.4%
65 to 74	45.4%	15.6%
75 and over	0.0%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Adams Lake	South Milford
White (non-Hispanic)	93.7%	84.4%
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%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	6.3%	15.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Adams Lake	South Milford
No high school diploma	0.0%	4.2%
High school graduate	27.2%	65.7%
Some college or associate's	64.2%	12.0%
Bachelor's degree	4.3%	5.6%
Graduate or professional degree	4.3%	12.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Adams Lake	South Milford
Drove alone	81.1%	47.3%
Carpooled	0.0%	14.0%
Public transit	0.0%	38.8%
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	South Milford
1-unit, detached	95.2%	73.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	26.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Adams Lake	South Milford
Poverty rate	0.0%	0.0%
Average household size	2.15	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	25	27
Median year structure built	1959	1950