Big Lake vs Cromwell

A side-by-side comparison of Big Lake and Cromwell: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Cromwell has the higher population (703 vs 430 in Big Lake). Big Lake has the higher median household income ($120,625 vs $48,500 in Cromwell). Big Lake has the higher median home value ($216,200 vs $111,800 in Cromwell).

Population, income & housing

	Big Lake	Cromwell
Population	430	703
Median age	55.4 yrs	27.8 yrs
Median household income	$120,625	$48,500
Median home value	$216,200	$111,800
Median gross rent	—	$838
Housing units	240	289
Homeownership rate	91.2%	36.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.4%	10.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	12.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Big Lake	Cromwell
Population	442 → 430 (-2.7%)	476 → 703 (+47.7%)
Median household income	$78,929 → $120,625 (+52.8%)	$43,229 → $48,500 (+12.2%)
Median home value	$139,300 → $216,200 (+55.2%)	$82,200 → $111,800 (+36.0%)
Median gross rent	—	$696 → $838 (+20.4%)

Big Lake

Population

442430

Median household income

$78,929$120,625

Median home value

$139,300$216,200

Cromwell

Population

476703

Median household income

$43,229$48,500

Median home value

$82,200$111,800

Median gross rent

$696$838

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Big Lake	Cromwell
Under 5	1.4%	12.9%
5 to 17	3.3%	23.8%
18 to 24	1.4%	5.3%
25 to 34	25.3%	20.8%
35 to 44	6.0%	7.3%
45 to 54	6.0%	13.5%
55 to 64	41.2%	9.2%
65 to 74	8.6%	6.3%
75 and over	6.7%	1.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Big Lake	Cromwell
White (non-Hispanic)	97.2%	58.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.4%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	41.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Big Lake	Cromwell
No high school diploma	3.7%	19.9%
High school graduate	33.9%	40.7%
Some college or associate's	29.0%	28.9%
Bachelor's degree	5.9%	9.1%
Graduate or professional degree	27.5%	1.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Big Lake	Cromwell
Drove alone	100.0%	62.6%
Carpooled	0.0%	15.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	8.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	3.5%
Other means	0.0%	10.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Big Lake	Cromwell
1-unit, detached	96.7%	61.6%
1-unit, attached	3.3%	2.8%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	13.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	19.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.1%

Poverty & households

	Big Lake	Cromwell
Poverty rate	8.6%	24.1%
Average household size	2.70	2.75
Mean commute (minutes)	45	21
Median year structure built	1959	1938