Lake Dalecarlia vs Ross

A side-by-side comparison of Lake Dalecarlia and Ross: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Ross has the higher population (6,740 vs 1,421 in Lake Dalecarlia). Lake Dalecarlia has the higher median household income ($115,588 vs $53,824 in Ross). Lake Dalecarlia has the higher median home value ($313,200 vs $114,600 in Ross).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Dalecarlia	Ross
Population	1,421	6,740
Median age	45.5 yrs	40.8 yrs
Median household income	$115,588	$53,824
Median home value	$313,200	$114,600
Median gross rent	—	$1,085
Housing units	584	3,182
Homeownership rate	95.3%	68.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.1%	15.9%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	5.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Dalecarlia	Ross
Population	1,811 → 1,421 (-21.5%)	—
Median household income	$98,917 → $115,588 (+16.9%)	—
Median home value	$194,900 → $313,200 (+60.7%)	—

Lake Dalecarlia

Population

1,8111,421

Median household income

$98,917$115,588

Median home value

$194,900$313,200

Ross

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lake Dalecarlia	Ross
Under 5	9.6%	4.6%
5 to 17	11.8%	18.5%
18 to 24	10.3%	8.0%
25 to 34	7.7%	13.0%
35 to 44	8.9%	10.0%
45 to 54	12.3%	15.0%
55 to 64	18.5%	17.7%
65 to 74	8.9%	8.0%
75 and over	11.8%	5.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Dalecarlia	Ross
White (non-Hispanic)	84.2%	57.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	14.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	0.0%	5.5%
Hispanic or Latino	15.3%	21.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake Dalecarlia	Ross
No high school diploma	6.0%	15.0%
High school graduate	42.5%	46.3%
Some college or associate's	20.4%	22.8%
Bachelor's degree	26.4%	12.6%
Graduate or professional degree	4.7%	3.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Dalecarlia	Ross
Drove alone	86.0%	84.1%
Carpooled	6.6%	10.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.7%
Walked	0.0%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.3%	2.6%
Other means	0.0%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake Dalecarlia	Ross
1-unit, detached	100.0%	79.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	7.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	5.1%

Poverty & households

	Lake Dalecarlia	Ross
Poverty rate	4.3%	16.5%
Average household size	2.80	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	45	27
Median year structure built	1964	1958