Kentland vs Lake Village

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

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

Kentland has the higher population (1,759 vs 533 in Lake Village). Lake Village has the higher median home value ($152,700 vs $103,200 in Kentland). Since 2019, Kentland's population has grown faster (+2.1% vs -31.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Kentland	Lake Village
Population	1,759	533
Median age	39.7 yrs	61.8 yrs
Median household income	$56,442	—
Median home value	$103,200	$152,700
Median gross rent	$832	—
Housing units	872	299
Homeownership rate	74.7%	71.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.2%	22.1%
Unemployment rate	21.5%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kentland	Lake Village
Population	1,722 → 1,759 (+2.1%)	773 → 533 (-31.0%)
Median household income	$45,125 → $56,442 (+25.1%)	$64,653 → $76,845 (+18.9%)
Median home value	$88,100 → $103,200 (+17.1%)	$103,600 → $152,700 (+47.4%)
Median gross rent	$690 → $832 (+20.6%)	—

Kentland

Population

1,7221,759

Median household income

$45,125$56,442

Median home value

$88,100$103,200

Median gross rent

$690$832

Lake Village

Population

773533

Median household income

$64,653$76,845

Median home value

$103,600$152,700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kentland	Lake Village
Under 5	8.4%	0.0%
5 to 17	17.4%	8.3%
18 to 24	5.6%	1.9%
25 to 34	11.3%	22.9%
35 to 44	11.8%	3.8%
45 to 54	10.7%	0.0%
55 to 64	20.6%	28.1%
65 to 74	10.2%	28.7%
75 and over	4.0%	6.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kentland	Lake Village
White (non-Hispanic)	78.8%	96.8%
Black or African American	8.0%	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	4.4%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	8.8%	3.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kentland	Lake Village
No high school diploma	24.0%	8.6%
High school graduate	31.0%	65.6%
Some college or associate's	28.8%	3.8%
Bachelor's degree	12.5%	14.0%
Graduate or professional degree	3.6%	8.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kentland	Lake Village
Drove alone	75.0%	81.4%
Carpooled	11.2%	12.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.1%	6.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kentland	Lake Village
1-unit, detached	81.1%	75.3%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.8%	24.7%
5 to 19 units	9.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Kentland	Lake Village
Poverty rate	19.9%	27.0%
Average household size	2.17	1.78
Mean commute (minutes)	22	40
Median year structure built	1945	1958