Big Lake vs Kimmell

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

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

Kimmell has the higher population (459 vs 430 in Big Lake). Big Lake has the higher median household income ($120,625 vs $43,367 in Kimmell). Big Lake has the higher median home value ($216,200 vs $91,900 in Kimmell).

Population, income & housing

	Big Lake	Kimmell
Population	430	459
Median age	55.4 yrs	48.0 yrs
Median household income	$120,625	$43,367
Median home value	$216,200	$91,900
Median gross rent	—	$861
Housing units	240	202
Homeownership rate	91.2%	67.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.4%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Big Lake	Kimmell
Population	442 → 430 (-2.7%)	574 → 459 (-20.0%)
Median household income	$78,929 → $120,625 (+52.8%)	$40,938 → $43,367 (+5.9%)
Median home value	$139,300 → $216,200 (+55.2%)	$81,300 → $91,900 (+13.0%)
Median gross rent	—	$701 → $861 (+22.8%)

Big Lake

Population

442430

Median household income

$78,929$120,625

Median home value

$139,300$216,200

Kimmell

Population

574459

Median household income

$40,938$43,367

Median home value

$81,300$91,900

Median gross rent

$701$861

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Big Lake	Kimmell
Under 5	1.4%	12.9%
5 to 17	3.3%	9.2%
18 to 24	1.4%	3.3%
25 to 34	25.3%	13.9%
35 to 44	6.0%	10.7%
45 to 54	6.0%	25.9%
55 to 64	41.2%	3.5%
65 to 74	8.6%	17.9%
75 and over	6.7%	2.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Big Lake	Kimmell
White (non-Hispanic)	97.2%	100.0%
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%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Big Lake	Kimmell
No high school diploma	3.7%	32.9%
High school graduate	33.9%	55.7%
Some college or associate's	29.0%	11.4%
Bachelor's degree	5.9%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	27.5%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Big Lake	Kimmell
Drove alone	100.0%	100.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Big Lake	Kimmell
1-unit, detached	96.7%	95.0%
1-unit, attached	3.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	5.0%

Poverty & households

	Big Lake	Kimmell
Poverty rate	8.6%	24.2%
Average household size	2.70	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	45	—
Median year structure built	1959	1938