Mongo vs Otter Lake

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

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

Mongo has the higher population (308 vs 297 in Otter Lake). Since 2019, Mongo's population has grown faster (-8.1% vs -24.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Mongo	Otter Lake
Population	308	297
Median age	21.9 yrs	48.1 yrs
Median household income	—	$153,162
Median home value	—	$242,200
Housing units	81	240
Homeownership rate	46.9%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	19.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mongo	Otter Lake
Population	335 → 308 (-8.1%)	391 → 297 (-24.0%)
Median household income	—	$101,875 → $153,162 (+50.3%)
Median home value	—	$291,700 → $242,200 (-17.0%)

Mongo

Population

335308

Otter Lake

Population

391297

Median household income

$101,875$153,162

Median home value

$291,700$242,200

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mongo	Otter Lake
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	38.0%	19.5%
18 to 24	12.7%	3.7%
25 to 34	29.5%	7.4%
35 to 44	13.0%	12.1%
45 to 54	0.0%	27.6%
55 to 64	6.8%	6.4%
65 to 74	0.0%	20.5%
75 and over	0.0%	2.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mongo	Otter Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	59.7%	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	40.3%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mongo	Otter Lake
No high school diploma	26.3%	4.8%
High school graduate	57.9%	56.1%
Some college or associate's	15.8%	19.7%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	15.4%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	3.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mongo	Otter Lake
Drove alone	100.0%	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	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mongo	Otter Lake
1-unit, detached	100.0%	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	0.0%	44.6%

Poverty & households

	Mongo	Otter Lake
Poverty rate	0.0%	2.4%
Average household size	3.80	3.06
Mean commute (minutes)	—	28
Median year structure built	1938	1982