Cedar Lake vs Griffith

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

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

Griffith has the higher population (16,228 vs 14,686 in Cedar Lake). Cedar Lake has the higher median household income ($79,177 vs $76,009 in Griffith). Cedar Lake has the higher median home value ($259,900 vs $200,400 in Griffith).

Population, income & housing

	Cedar Lake	Griffith
Population	14,686	16,228
Median age	40.3 yrs	38.4 yrs
Median household income	$79,177	$76,009
Median home value	$259,900	$200,400
Median gross rent	$1,209	$1,154
Housing units	5,993	7,318
Homeownership rate	80.1%	72.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.8%	26.6%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cedar Lake	Griffith
Population	12,491 → 14,686 (+17.6%)	16,228 → 16,228 (+0.0%)
Median household income	$65,322 → $79,177 (+21.2%)	$65,534 → $76,009 (+16.0%)
Median home value	$182,600 → $259,900 (+42.3%)	$141,700 → $200,400 (+41.4%)
Median gross rent	$927 → $1,209 (+30.4%)	$919 → $1,154 (+25.6%)

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

Griffith

Population

16,22816,228

Median household income

$65,534$76,009

Median home value

$141,700$200,400

Median gross rent

$919$1,154

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cedar Lake	Griffith
Under 5	5.3%	7.4%
5 to 17	18.8%	11.7%
18 to 24	8.3%	8.3%
25 to 34	11.8%	15.6%
35 to 44	13.6%	14.6%
45 to 54	13.9%	11.2%
55 to 64	11.8%	14.3%
65 to 74	8.9%	11.3%
75 and over	7.5%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cedar Lake	Griffith
White (non-Hispanic)	88.0%	62.7%
Black or African American	0.2%	13.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.8%	2.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	2.8%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	8.2%	18.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cedar Lake	Griffith
No high school diploma	6.1%	3.6%
High school graduate	36.0%	36.1%
Some college or associate's	33.2%	33.8%
Bachelor's degree	15.1%	20.1%
Graduate or professional degree	9.8%	6.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cedar Lake	Griffith
Drove alone	85.2%	81.1%
Carpooled	5.6%	10.3%
Public transit	0.5%	1.8%
Walked	0.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	4.4%	4.8%
Other means	3.6%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cedar Lake	Griffith
1-unit, detached	78.3%	69.7%
1-unit, attached	15.8%	4.9%
2 to 4 units	4.4%	3.2%
5 to 19 units	0.8%	16.0%
20 or more units	0.1%	6.0%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Cedar Lake	Griffith
Poverty rate	3.6%	7.1%
Average household size	2.78	2.37
Mean commute (minutes)	34	31
Median year structure built	1991	1966