Brook vs Lake Village

A side-by-side comparison of Brook and Lake Village: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Brook has the higher population (979 vs 533 in Lake Village). Lake Village has the higher median home value ($152,700 vs $101,200 in Brook). Since 2019, Brook's population has grown faster (-3.3% vs -31.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Brook	Lake Village
Population	979	533
Median age	34.9 yrs	61.8 yrs
Median household income	$57,422	—
Median home value	$101,200	$152,700
Median gross rent	$1,008	—
Housing units	407	299
Homeownership rate	79.9%	71.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.1%	22.1%
Unemployment rate	12.2%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brook	Lake Village
Population	1,012 → 979 (-3.3%)	773 → 533 (-31.0%)
Median household income	$42,188 → $57,422 (+36.1%)	$64,653 → $76,845 (+18.9%)
Median home value	$75,800 → $101,200 (+33.5%)	$103,600 → $152,700 (+47.4%)
Median gross rent	$738 → $1,008 (+36.6%)	—

Brook

Population

1,012979

Median household income

$42,188$57,422

Median home value

$75,800$101,200

Median gross rent

$738$1,008

Lake Village

Population

773533

Median household income

$64,653$76,845

Median home value

$103,600$152,700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brook	Lake Village
Under 5	8.6%	0.0%
5 to 17	11.2%	8.3%
18 to 24	9.5%	1.9%
25 to 34	20.9%	22.9%
35 to 44	10.7%	3.8%
45 to 54	13.1%	0.0%
55 to 64	9.5%	28.1%
65 to 74	8.9%	28.7%
75 and over	7.6%	6.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brook	Lake Village
White (non-Hispanic)	77.3%	96.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.6%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	21.0%	3.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brook	Lake Village
No high school diploma	18.6%	8.6%
High school graduate	49.3%	65.6%
Some college or associate's	22.0%	3.8%
Bachelor's degree	8.2%	14.0%
Graduate or professional degree	1.9%	8.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brook	Lake Village
Drove alone	63.8%	81.4%
Carpooled	32.9%	12.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.2%	6.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brook	Lake Village
1-unit, detached	96.8%	75.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.2%	24.7%
5 to 19 units	2.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Brook	Lake Village
Poverty rate	15.7%	27.0%
Average household size	2.70	1.78
Mean commute (minutes)	30	40
Median year structure built	1951	1958