Cree Lake vs Wildwood

A side-by-side comparison of Cree Lake and Wildwood: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Cree Lake has the higher population (241 vs 191 in Wildwood). Cree Lake has the higher median home value ($232,700 vs $208,300 in Wildwood). Since 2019, Wildwood's population has grown faster (+34.5% vs -4.4%).

Population, income & housing

	Cree Lake	Wildwood
Population	241	191
Median age	60.1 yrs	24.1 yrs
Median household income	—	$64,643
Median home value	$232,700	$208,300
Housing units	151	168
Homeownership rate	76.5%	52.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	30.4%
Unemployment rate	11.2%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cree Lake	Wildwood
Population	252 → 241 (-4.4%)	142 → 191 (+34.5%)
Median household income	—	$60,357 → $64,643 (+7.1%)
Median home value	—	$223,300 → $208,300 (-6.7%)

Cree Lake

Population

252241

Wildwood

Population

142191

Median household income

$60,357$64,643

Median home value

$223,300$208,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cree Lake	Wildwood
Under 5	7.1%	25.1%
5 to 17	5.0%	12.6%
18 to 24	14.1%	20.9%
25 to 34	6.2%	0.0%
35 to 44	0.0%	12.6%
45 to 54	0.0%	3.7%
55 to 64	52.7%	7.3%
65 to 74	14.9%	9.9%
75 and over	0.0%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cree Lake	Wildwood
White (non-Hispanic)	88.4%	95.8%
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	11.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	4.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cree Lake	Wildwood
No high school diploma	21.9%	24.1%
High school graduate	36.0%	26.6%
Some college or associate's	42.1%	19.0%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	21.5%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	8.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cree Lake	Wildwood
Drove alone	100.0%	87.5%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	12.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cree Lake	Wildwood
1-unit, detached	84.8%	86.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	11.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	13.7%

Poverty & households

	Cree Lake	Wildwood
Poverty rate	28.2%	7.9%
Average household size	2.46	2.73
Mean commute (minutes)	20	35
Median year structure built	1978	1957