Dyer vs Lake Station

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

Dyer and Lake Station 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 13,109 in Lake Station). Dyer has the higher median household income ($101,183 vs $56,306 in Lake Station). Dyer has the higher median home value ($288,700 vs $124,800 in Lake Station).

Population, income & housing

	Dyer	Lake Station
Population	16,400	13,109
Median age	46.8 yrs	34.2 yrs
Median household income	$101,183	$56,306
Median home value	$288,700	$124,800
Median gross rent	$1,182	$1,115
Housing units	6,591	5,120
Homeownership rate	90.0%	69.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.5%	8.7%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	14.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dyer	Lake Station
Population	15,953 → 16,400 (+2.8%)	12,002 → 13,109 (+9.2%)
Median household income	$84,202 → $101,183 (+20.2%)	$47,857 → $56,306 (+17.7%)
Median home value	$212,400 → $288,700 (+35.9%)	$84,400 → $124,800 (+47.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,311 → $1,182 (-9.8%)	$953 → $1,115 (+17.0%)

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

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)

	Dyer	Lake Station
Under 5	7.2%	6.8%
5 to 17	11.8%	17.9%
18 to 24	6.3%	12.4%
25 to 34	10.5%	13.9%
35 to 44	13.0%	12.4%
45 to 54	12.3%	9.9%
55 to 64	14.4%	14.2%
65 to 74	14.8%	9.0%
75 and over	9.7%	3.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dyer	Lake Station
White (non-Hispanic)	80.7%	61.1%
Black or African American	3.3%	2.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	1.9%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.0%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	12.1%	31.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dyer	Lake Station
No high school diploma	4.4%	20.4%
High school graduate	25.9%	47.8%
Some college or associate's	33.2%	23.1%
Bachelor's degree	21.8%	5.6%
Graduate or professional degree	14.7%	3.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dyer	Lake Station
Drove alone	85.0%	85.6%
Carpooled	3.5%	6.7%
Public transit	1.3%	0.3%
Walked	0.0%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.0%	4.2%
Other means	0.2%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dyer	Lake Station
1-unit, detached	79.0%	81.0%
1-unit, attached	14.1%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	0.2%	3.9%
5 to 19 units	4.3%	2.9%
20 or more units	2.3%	0.8%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	10.5%

Poverty & households

	Dyer	Lake Station
Poverty rate	6.7%	16.7%
Average household size	2.51	2.73
Mean commute (minutes)	29	28
Median year structure built	1991	1962