Cedar Lake vs Lake Station

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

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

Cedar Lake has the higher population (14,686 vs 13,109 in Lake Station). Cedar Lake has the higher median household income ($79,177 vs $56,306 in Lake Station). Cedar Lake has the higher median home value ($259,900 vs $124,800 in Lake Station).

Population, income & housing

	Cedar Lake	Lake Station
Population	14,686	13,109
Median age	40.3 yrs	34.2 yrs
Median household income	$79,177	$56,306
Median home value	$259,900	$124,800
Median gross rent	$1,209	$1,115
Housing units	5,993	5,120
Homeownership rate	80.1%	69.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.8%	8.7%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	14.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cedar Lake	Lake Station
Population	12,491 → 14,686 (+17.6%)	12,002 → 13,109 (+9.2%)
Median household income	$65,322 → $79,177 (+21.2%)	$47,857 → $56,306 (+17.7%)
Median home value	$182,600 → $259,900 (+42.3%)	$84,400 → $124,800 (+47.9%)
Median gross rent	$927 → $1,209 (+30.4%)	$953 → $1,115 (+17.0%)

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

Lake Station

Population

12,00213,109

Median household income

$47,857$56,306

Median home value

$84,400$124,800

Median gross rent

$953$1,115

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cedar Lake	Lake Station
Under 5	5.3%	6.8%
5 to 17	18.8%	17.9%
18 to 24	8.3%	12.4%
25 to 34	11.8%	13.9%
35 to 44	13.6%	12.4%
45 to 54	13.9%	9.9%
55 to 64	11.8%	14.2%
65 to 74	8.9%	9.0%
75 and over	7.5%	3.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cedar Lake	Lake Station
White (non-Hispanic)	88.0%	61.1%
Black or African American	0.2%	2.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.8%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.8%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	8.2%	31.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cedar Lake	Lake Station
No high school diploma	6.1%	20.4%
High school graduate	36.0%	47.8%
Some college or associate's	33.2%	23.1%
Bachelor's degree	15.1%	5.6%
Graduate or professional degree	9.8%	3.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cedar Lake	Lake Station
Drove alone	85.2%	85.6%
Carpooled	5.6%	6.7%
Public transit	0.5%	0.3%
Walked	0.7%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.4%	4.2%
Other means	3.6%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cedar Lake	Lake Station
1-unit, detached	78.3%	81.0%
1-unit, attached	15.8%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	4.4%	3.9%
5 to 19 units	0.8%	2.9%
20 or more units	0.1%	0.8%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	10.5%

Poverty & households

	Cedar Lake	Lake Station
Poverty rate	3.6%	16.7%
Average household size	2.78	2.73
Mean commute (minutes)	34	28
Median year structure built	1991	1962