Fish Lake vs Wanatah

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

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

Wanatah has the higher population (1,248 vs 954 in Fish Lake). Fish Lake has the higher median household income ($69,417 vs $60,938 in Wanatah). Wanatah has the higher median home value ($191,200 vs $181,300 in Fish Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Fish Lake	Wanatah
Population	954	1,248
Median age	42.6 yrs	34.8 yrs
Median household income	$69,417	$60,938
Median home value	$181,300	$191,200
Median gross rent	$892	$1,288
Housing units	600	535
Homeownership rate	67.5%	85.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.5%	16.4%
Unemployment rate	9.2%	1.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fish Lake	Wanatah
Population	1,605 → 954 (-40.6%)	1,235 → 1,248 (+1.1%)
Median household income	$59,455 → $69,417 (+16.8%)	$70,000 → $60,938 (-12.9%)
Median home value	$98,200 → $181,300 (+84.6%)	$135,900 → $191,200 (+40.7%)
Median gross rent	$759 → $892 (+17.5%)	$1,063 → $1,288 (+21.2%)

Fish Lake

Population

1,605954

Median household income

$59,455$69,417

Median home value

$98,200$181,300

Median gross rent

$759$892

Wanatah

Population

1,2351,248

Median household income

$70,000$60,938

Median home value

$135,900$191,200

Median gross rent

$1,063$1,288

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fish Lake	Wanatah
Under 5	0.0%	8.4%
5 to 17	13.8%	17.0%
18 to 24	14.3%	8.2%
25 to 34	12.8%	16.8%
35 to 44	11.8%	16.5%
45 to 54	6.6%	7.5%
55 to 64	16.5%	8.3%
65 to 74	17.8%	12.4%
75 and over	6.4%	4.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fish Lake	Wanatah
White (non-Hispanic)	62.9%	94.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.3%	0.3%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.4%	0.5%
Hispanic or Latino	32.5%	4.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fish Lake	Wanatah
No high school diploma	21.1%	2.2%
High school graduate	41.0%	42.8%
Some college or associate's	25.4%	38.6%
Bachelor's degree	6.3%	12.5%
Graduate or professional degree	6.3%	3.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fish Lake	Wanatah
Drove alone	69.9%	81.7%
Carpooled	11.6%	14.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	7.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.0%	3.6%
Other means	1.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fish Lake	Wanatah
1-unit, detached	88.7%	95.1%
1-unit, attached	11.3%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Fish Lake	Wanatah
Poverty rate	6.9%	17.1%
Average household size	2.67	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	32	26
Median year structure built	1973	1965