Elwood vs Lapel

A side-by-side comparison of Elwood and Lapel: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Elwood has the higher population (8,320 vs 2,568 in Lapel). Lapel has the higher median household income ($77,563 vs $54,084 in Elwood). Lapel has the higher median home value ($201,900 vs $92,800 in Elwood).

Population, income & housing

	Elwood	Lapel
Population	8,320	2,568
Median age	43.7 yrs	36.4 yrs
Median household income	$54,084	$77,563
Median home value	$92,800	$201,900
Median gross rent	$838	$1,229
Housing units	4,028	1,037
Homeownership rate	63.9%	70.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.1%	28.8%
Unemployment rate	6.9%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elwood	Lapel
Population	8,441 → 8,320 (-1.4%)	2,358 → 2,568 (+8.9%)
Median household income	$41,777 → $54,084 (+29.5%)	$57,845 → $77,563 (+34.1%)
Median home value	$68,800 → $92,800 (+34.9%)	$116,200 → $201,900 (+73.8%)
Median gross rent	$697 → $838 (+20.2%)	$800 → $1,229 (+53.6%)

Elwood

Population

8,4418,320

Median household income

$41,777$54,084

Median home value

$68,800$92,800

Median gross rent

$697$838

Lapel

Population

2,3582,568

Median household income

$57,845$77,563

Median home value

$116,200$201,900

Median gross rent

$800$1,229

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Elwood	Lapel
Under 5	6.5%	11.1%
5 to 17	14.0%	16.7%
18 to 24	9.2%	6.6%
25 to 34	12.3%	13.8%
35 to 44	13.3%	11.0%
45 to 54	12.7%	11.4%
55 to 64	15.8%	17.4%
65 to 74	9.7%	7.1%
75 and over	6.6%	4.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elwood	Lapel
White (non-Hispanic)	93.5%	90.4%
Black or African American	0.6%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.6%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	3.7%	4.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elwood	Lapel
No high school diploma	9.1%	5.6%
High school graduate	52.9%	34.8%
Some college or associate's	30.9%	30.8%
Bachelor's degree	5.6%	20.9%
Graduate or professional degree	1.5%	7.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elwood	Lapel
Drove alone	75.1%	79.0%
Carpooled	19.1%	3.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.2%	3.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.6%	14.0%
Other means	1.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elwood	Lapel
1-unit, detached	76.1%	82.6%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	14.3%	7.9%
5 to 19 units	2.7%	6.0%
20 or more units	1.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.6%	1.5%

Poverty & households

	Elwood	Lapel
Poverty rate	14.6%	7.0%
Average household size	2.38	2.54
Mean commute (minutes)	27	26
Median year structure built	1952	1972