Cedar Lake vs St. John

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

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

St. John has the higher population (21,639 vs 14,686 in Cedar Lake). St. John has the higher median household income ($127,449 vs $79,177 in Cedar Lake). St. John has the higher median home value ($370,800 vs $259,900 in Cedar Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Cedar Lake	St. John
Population	14,686	21,639
Median age	40.3 yrs	41.4 yrs
Median household income	$79,177	$127,449
Median home value	$259,900	$370,800
Median gross rent	$1,209	$971
Housing units	5,993	7,614
Homeownership rate	80.1%	98.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.8%	42.9%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cedar Lake	St. John
Population	12,491 → 14,686 (+17.6%)	17,426 → 21,639 (+24.2%)
Median household income	$65,322 → $79,177 (+21.2%)	$105,852 → $127,449 (+20.4%)
Median home value	$182,600 → $259,900 (+42.3%)	$290,200 → $370,800 (+27.8%)
Median gross rent	$927 → $1,209 (+30.4%)	$908 → $971 (+6.9%)

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

St. John

Population

17,42621,639

Median household income

$105,852$127,449

Median home value

$290,200$370,800

Median gross rent

$908$971

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cedar Lake	St. John
Under 5	5.3%	5.2%
5 to 17	18.8%	19.7%
18 to 24	8.3%	8.1%
25 to 34	11.8%	8.0%
35 to 44	13.6%	13.0%
45 to 54	13.9%	15.2%
55 to 64	11.8%	12.3%
65 to 74	8.9%	11.9%
75 and over	7.5%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cedar Lake	St. John
White (non-Hispanic)	88.0%	80.5%
Black or African American	0.2%	2.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.8%	2.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	2.1%
Two or more races	2.8%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	8.2%	10.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cedar Lake	St. John
No high school diploma	6.1%	5.3%
High school graduate	36.0%	22.6%
Some college or associate's	33.2%	29.2%
Bachelor's degree	15.1%	28.9%
Graduate or professional degree	9.8%	14.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cedar Lake	St. John
Drove alone	85.2%	80.5%
Carpooled	5.6%	4.4%
Public transit	0.5%	1.8%
Walked	0.7%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.4%	11.4%
Other means	3.6%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cedar Lake	St. John
1-unit, detached	78.3%	84.7%
1-unit, attached	15.8%	12.7%
2 to 4 units	4.4%	1.7%
5 to 19 units	0.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.1%	0.6%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Cedar Lake	St. John
Poverty rate	3.6%	2.3%
Average household size	2.78	2.87
Mean commute (minutes)	34	32
Median year structure built	1991	2002