Lake Station vs Winfield

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

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

Lake Station has the higher population (13,109 vs 7,501 in Winfield). Winfield has the higher median household income ($128,980 vs $56,306 in Lake Station). Winfield has the higher median home value ($401,200 vs $124,800 in Lake Station).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Station	Winfield
Population	13,109	7,501
Median age	34.2 yrs	38.7 yrs
Median household income	$56,306	$128,980
Median home value	$124,800	$401,200
Median gross rent	$1,115	$1,981
Housing units	5,120	2,665
Homeownership rate	69.5%	94.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.7%	38.7%
Unemployment rate	14.9%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Station	Winfield
Population	12,002 → 13,109 (+9.2%)	5,705 → 7,501 (+31.5%)
Median household income	$47,857 → $56,306 (+17.7%)	$105,214 → $128,980 (+22.6%)
Median home value	$84,400 → $124,800 (+47.9%)	$282,000 → $401,200 (+42.3%)
Median gross rent	$953 → $1,115 (+17.0%)	$1,523 → $1,981 (+30.1%)

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

Winfield

Population

5,7057,501

Median household income

$105,214$128,980

Median home value

$282,000$401,200

Median gross rent

$1,523$1,981

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lake Station	Winfield
Under 5	6.8%	4.4%
5 to 17	17.9%	22.7%
18 to 24	12.4%	8.6%
25 to 34	13.9%	11.2%
35 to 44	12.4%	10.4%
45 to 54	9.9%	19.1%
55 to 64	14.2%	9.9%
65 to 74	9.0%	6.2%
75 and over	3.4%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Station	Winfield
White (non-Hispanic)	61.1%	79.3%
Black or African American	2.8%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	1.5%	5.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	3.4%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	31.1%	9.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake Station	Winfield
No high school diploma	20.4%	6.4%
High school graduate	47.8%	25.9%
Some college or associate's	23.1%	28.9%
Bachelor's degree	5.6%	24.3%
Graduate or professional degree	3.1%	14.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Station	Winfield
Drove alone	85.6%	73.9%
Carpooled	6.7%	9.0%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	1.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.2%	17.1%
Other means	1.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake Station	Winfield
1-unit, detached	81.0%	79.5%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	12.7%
2 to 4 units	3.9%	4.1%
5 to 19 units	2.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.8%	3.8%
Mobile home & other	10.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Lake Station	Winfield
Poverty rate	16.7%	3.8%
Average household size	2.73	3.19
Mean commute (minutes)	28	33
Median year structure built	1962	2002