Otter Lake vs Shipshewana Lake

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

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

Shipshewana Lake has the higher population (325 vs 297 in Otter Lake). Otter Lake has the higher median household income ($153,162 vs $68,984 in Shipshewana Lake). Shipshewana Lake has the higher median home value ($325,700 vs $242,200 in Otter Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Otter Lake	Shipshewana Lake
Population	297	325
Median age	48.1 yrs	51.5 yrs
Median household income	$153,162	$68,984
Median home value	$242,200	$325,700
Median gross rent	—	$804
Housing units	240	201
Homeownership rate	100.0%	33.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.3%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Otter Lake	Shipshewana Lake
Population	391 → 297 (-24.0%)	259 → 325 (+25.5%)
Median household income	$101,875 → $153,162 (+50.3%)	$65,885 → $68,984 (+4.7%)
Median home value	$291,700 → $242,200 (-17.0%)	—
Median gross rent	—	$845 → $804 (-4.9%)

Otter Lake

Population

391297

Median household income

$101,875$153,162

Median home value

$291,700$242,200

Shipshewana Lake

Population

259325

Median household income

$65,885$68,984

Median gross rent

$845$804

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Otter Lake	Shipshewana Lake
Under 5	0.0%	2.8%
5 to 17	19.5%	6.2%
18 to 24	3.7%	0.0%
25 to 34	7.4%	12.3%
35 to 44	12.1%	0.0%
45 to 54	27.6%	38.8%
55 to 64	6.4%	12.3%
65 to 74	20.5%	27.7%
75 and over	2.7%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Otter Lake	Shipshewana Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	98.0%	100.0%
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	2.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Otter Lake	Shipshewana Lake
No high school diploma	4.8%	67.2%
High school graduate	56.1%	29.1%
Some college or associate's	19.7%	3.7%
Bachelor's degree	15.4%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	3.9%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Otter Lake	Shipshewana Lake
Drove alone	88.9%	100.0%
Carpooled	11.1%	0.0%
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)

	Otter Lake	Shipshewana Lake
1-unit, detached	55.4%	80.1%
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	44.6%	19.9%

Poverty & households

	Otter Lake	Shipshewana Lake
Poverty rate	2.4%	0.0%
Average household size	3.06	1.97
Mean commute (minutes)	28	—
Median year structure built	1982	1987