Griffith vs Lake Station

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

Griffith and Lake Station 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 13,109 in Lake Station). Griffith has the higher median household income ($76,009 vs $56,306 in Lake Station). Griffith has the higher median home value ($200,400 vs $124,800 in Lake Station).

Population, income & housing

	Griffith	Lake Station
Population	16,228	13,109
Median age	38.4 yrs	34.2 yrs
Median household income	$76,009	$56,306
Median home value	$200,400	$124,800
Median gross rent	$1,154	$1,115
Housing units	7,318	5,120
Homeownership rate	72.4%	69.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.6%	8.7%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	14.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Griffith	Lake Station
Population	16,228 → 16,228 (+0.0%)	12,002 → 13,109 (+9.2%)
Median household income	$65,534 → $76,009 (+16.0%)	$47,857 → $56,306 (+17.7%)
Median home value	$141,700 → $200,400 (+41.4%)	$84,400 → $124,800 (+47.9%)
Median gross rent	$919 → $1,154 (+25.6%)	$953 → $1,115 (+17.0%)

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

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)

	Griffith	Lake Station
Under 5	7.4%	6.8%
5 to 17	11.7%	17.9%
18 to 24	8.3%	12.4%
25 to 34	15.6%	13.9%
35 to 44	14.6%	12.4%
45 to 54	11.2%	9.9%
55 to 64	14.3%	14.2%
65 to 74	11.3%	9.0%
75 and over	5.7%	3.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Griffith	Lake Station
White (non-Hispanic)	62.7%	61.1%
Black or African American	13.8%	2.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	2.0%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.8%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	18.2%	31.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Griffith	Lake Station
No high school diploma	3.6%	20.4%
High school graduate	36.1%	47.8%
Some college or associate's	33.8%	23.1%
Bachelor's degree	20.1%	5.6%
Graduate or professional degree	6.5%	3.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Griffith	Lake Station
Drove alone	81.1%	85.6%
Carpooled	10.3%	6.7%
Public transit	1.8%	0.3%
Walked	0.0%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.8%	4.2%
Other means	1.8%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Griffith	Lake Station
1-unit, detached	69.7%	81.0%
1-unit, attached	4.9%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	3.2%	3.9%
5 to 19 units	16.0%	2.9%
20 or more units	6.0%	0.8%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	10.5%

Poverty & households

	Griffith	Lake Station
Poverty rate	7.1%	16.7%
Average household size	2.37	2.73
Mean commute (minutes)	31	28
Median year structure built	1966	1962