Bourbon vs Lake of the Woods

A side-by-side comparison of Bourbon and Lake of the Woods: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Bourbon has the higher population (1,816 vs 658 in Lake of the Woods). Bourbon has the higher median household income ($71,375 vs $64,375 in Lake of the Woods). Lake of the Woods has the higher median home value ($189,600 vs $156,800 in Bourbon).

Population, income & housing

	Bourbon	Lake of the Woods
Population	1,816	658
Median age	32.5 yrs	54.4 yrs
Median household income	$71,375	$64,375
Median home value	$156,800	$189,600
Median gross rent	$848	$1,020
Housing units	765	432
Homeownership rate	74.6%	63.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.1%	14.8%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	11.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bourbon	Lake of the Woods
Population	2,023 → 1,816 (-10.2%)	590 → 658 (+11.5%)
Median household income	$54,333 → $71,375 (+31.4%)	$63,472 → $64,375 (+1.4%)
Median home value	$106,600 → $156,800 (+47.1%)	$211,500 → $189,600 (-10.4%)
Median gross rent	$611 → $848 (+38.8%)	$1,040 → $1,020 (-1.9%)

Bourbon

Population

2,0231,816

Median household income

$54,333$71,375

Median home value

$106,600$156,800

Median gross rent

$611$848

Lake of the Woods

Population

590658

Median household income

$63,472$64,375

Median home value

$211,500$189,600

Median gross rent

$1,040$1,020

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bourbon	Lake of the Woods
Under 5	7.6%	0.9%
5 to 17	23.5%	13.5%
18 to 24	9.8%	1.2%
25 to 34	12.5%	5.3%
35 to 44	11.2%	11.2%
45 to 54	13.2%	21.1%
55 to 64	11.3%	13.2%
65 to 74	6.6%	30.4%
75 and over	4.5%	3.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bourbon	Lake of the Woods
White (non-Hispanic)	90.9%	97.9%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.9%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.9%	2.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bourbon	Lake of the Woods
No high school diploma	6.8%	6.8%
High school graduate	36.5%	48.1%
Some college or associate's	33.6%	30.3%
Bachelor's degree	20.0%	13.3%
Graduate or professional degree	3.1%	1.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bourbon	Lake of the Woods
Drove alone	72.4%	93.3%
Carpooled	8.3%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	6.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	6.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.2%	6.7%
Other means	1.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bourbon	Lake of the Woods
1-unit, detached	82.2%	75.7%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	5.3%
2 to 4 units	10.1%	11.3%
5 to 19 units	2.9%	1.9%
20 or more units	3.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.3%	5.8%

Poverty & households

	Bourbon	Lake of the Woods
Poverty rate	11.0%	6.4%
Average household size	2.70	2.06
Mean commute (minutes)	20	26
Median year structure built	1958	1967