Fish Lake vs Trail Creek

A side-by-side comparison of Fish Lake and Trail Creek: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Trail Creek has the higher population (1,983 vs 954 in Fish Lake). Fish Lake has the higher median household income ($69,417 vs $65,929 in Trail Creek). Fish Lake has the higher median home value ($181,300 vs $177,600 in Trail Creek).

Population, income & housing

	Fish Lake	Trail Creek
Population	954	1,983
Median age	42.6 yrs	42.4 yrs
Median household income	$69,417	$65,929
Median home value	$181,300	$177,600
Median gross rent	$892	$1,005
Housing units	600	958
Homeownership rate	67.5%	88.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.5%	21.0%
Unemployment rate	9.2%	9.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fish Lake	Trail Creek
Population	1,605 → 954 (-40.6%)	1,917 → 1,983 (+3.4%)
Median household income	$59,455 → $69,417 (+16.8%)	$54,408 → $65,929 (+21.2%)
Median home value	$98,200 → $181,300 (+84.6%)	$135,500 → $177,600 (+31.1%)
Median gross rent	$759 → $892 (+17.5%)	$1,036 → $1,005 (-3.0%)

Fish Lake

Population

1,605954

Median household income

$59,455$69,417

Median home value

$98,200$181,300

Median gross rent

$759$892

Trail Creek

Population

1,9171,983

Median household income

$54,408$65,929

Median home value

$135,500$177,600

Median gross rent

$1,036$1,005

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fish Lake	Trail Creek
Under 5	0.0%	7.2%
5 to 17	13.8%	12.6%
18 to 24	14.3%	7.5%
25 to 34	12.8%	12.2%
35 to 44	11.8%	14.8%
45 to 54	6.6%	8.9%
55 to 64	16.5%	12.8%
65 to 74	17.8%	14.3%
75 and over	6.4%	9.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fish Lake	Trail Creek
White (non-Hispanic)	62.9%	80.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	7.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.3%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	3.4%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	32.5%	9.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fish Lake	Trail Creek
No high school diploma	21.1%	5.8%
High school graduate	41.0%	41.5%
Some college or associate's	25.4%	31.7%
Bachelor's degree	6.3%	15.0%
Graduate or professional degree	6.3%	6.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fish Lake	Trail Creek
Drove alone	69.9%	83.1%
Carpooled	11.6%	8.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.4%
Walked	0.0%	0.4%
Bicycle	7.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.0%	6.1%
Other means	1.2%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fish Lake	Trail Creek
1-unit, detached	88.7%	93.5%
1-unit, attached	11.3%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.9%

Poverty & households

	Fish Lake	Trail Creek
Poverty rate	6.9%	9.2%
Average household size	2.67	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	32	19
Median year structure built	1973	1964