Lake Dalecarlia vs Whiting

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

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

Whiting has the higher population (4,554 vs 1,421 in Lake Dalecarlia). Lake Dalecarlia has the higher median household income ($115,588 vs $65,433 in Whiting). Lake Dalecarlia has the higher median home value ($313,200 vs $204,800 in Whiting).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Dalecarlia	Whiting
Population	1,421	4,554
Median age	45.5 yrs	34.3 yrs
Median household income	$115,588	$65,433
Median home value	$313,200	$204,800
Median gross rent	—	$1,033
Housing units	584	1,896
Homeownership rate	95.3%	51.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.1%	16.6%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	12.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Dalecarlia	Whiting
Population	1,811 → 1,421 (-21.5%)	4,814 → 4,554 (-5.4%)
Median household income	$98,917 → $115,588 (+16.9%)	$46,653 → $65,433 (+40.3%)
Median home value	$194,900 → $313,200 (+60.7%)	$129,300 → $204,800 (+58.4%)
Median gross rent	—	$855 → $1,033 (+20.8%)

Lake Dalecarlia

Population

1,8111,421

Median household income

$98,917$115,588

Median home value

$194,900$313,200

Whiting

Population

4,8144,554

Median household income

$46,653$65,433

Median home value

$129,300$204,800

Median gross rent

$855$1,033

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lake Dalecarlia	Whiting
Under 5	9.6%	5.9%
5 to 17	11.8%	22.4%
18 to 24	10.3%	13.5%
25 to 34	7.7%	9.1%
35 to 44	8.9%	12.9%
45 to 54	12.3%	14.5%
55 to 64	18.5%	12.0%
65 to 74	8.9%	6.3%
75 and over	11.8%	3.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Dalecarlia	Whiting
White (non-Hispanic)	84.2%	36.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	5.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.8%
Asian	0.0%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	15.3%	55.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake Dalecarlia	Whiting
No high school diploma	6.0%	16.3%
High school graduate	42.5%	37.5%
Some college or associate's	20.4%	29.5%
Bachelor's degree	26.4%	10.7%
Graduate or professional degree	4.7%	5.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Dalecarlia	Whiting
Drove alone	86.0%	76.9%
Carpooled	6.6%	5.7%
Public transit	0.0%	4.3%
Walked	0.0%	2.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.3%	9.1%
Other means	0.0%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake Dalecarlia	Whiting
1-unit, detached	100.0%	65.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	28.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.4%

Poverty & households

	Lake Dalecarlia	Whiting
Poverty rate	4.3%	21.0%
Average household size	2.80	2.83
Mean commute (minutes)	45	31
Median year structure built	1964	1938