Cedar Lake vs Dyer

A side-by-side comparison of Cedar Lake and Dyer: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Dyer has the higher population (16,400 vs 14,686 in Cedar Lake). Dyer has the higher median household income ($101,183 vs $79,177 in Cedar Lake). Dyer has the higher median home value ($288,700 vs $259,900 in Cedar Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Cedar Lake	Dyer
Population	14,686	16,400
Median age	40.3 yrs	46.8 yrs
Median household income	$79,177	$101,183
Median home value	$259,900	$288,700
Median gross rent	$1,209	$1,182
Housing units	5,993	6,591
Homeownership rate	80.1%	90.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.8%	36.5%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cedar Lake	Dyer
Population	12,491 → 14,686 (+17.6%)	15,953 → 16,400 (+2.8%)
Median household income	$65,322 → $79,177 (+21.2%)	$84,202 → $101,183 (+20.2%)
Median home value	$182,600 → $259,900 (+42.3%)	$212,400 → $288,700 (+35.9%)
Median gross rent	$927 → $1,209 (+30.4%)	$1,311 → $1,182 (-9.8%)

Cedar Lake

Population

12,49114,686

Median household income

$65,322$79,177

Median home value

$182,600$259,900

Median gross rent

$927$1,209

Dyer

Population

15,95316,400

Median household income

$84,202$101,183

Median home value

$212,400$288,700

Median gross rent

$1,311$1,182

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cedar Lake	Dyer
Under 5	5.3%	7.2%
5 to 17	18.8%	11.8%
18 to 24	8.3%	6.3%
25 to 34	11.8%	10.5%
35 to 44	13.6%	13.0%
45 to 54	13.9%	12.3%
55 to 64	11.8%	14.4%
65 to 74	8.9%	14.8%
75 and over	7.5%	9.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cedar Lake	Dyer
White (non-Hispanic)	88.0%	80.7%
Black or African American	0.2%	3.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.8%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.8%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	8.2%	12.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cedar Lake	Dyer
No high school diploma	6.1%	4.4%
High school graduate	36.0%	25.9%
Some college or associate's	33.2%	33.2%
Bachelor's degree	15.1%	21.8%
Graduate or professional degree	9.8%	14.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cedar Lake	Dyer
Drove alone	85.2%	85.0%
Carpooled	5.6%	3.5%
Public transit	0.5%	1.3%
Walked	0.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.4%	10.0%
Other means	3.6%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cedar Lake	Dyer
1-unit, detached	78.3%	79.0%
1-unit, attached	15.8%	14.1%
2 to 4 units	4.4%	0.2%
5 to 19 units	0.8%	4.3%
20 or more units	0.1%	2.3%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Cedar Lake	Dyer
Poverty rate	3.6%	6.7%
Average household size	2.78	2.51
Mean commute (minutes)	34	29
Median year structure built	1991	1991