Big Lake vs Laotto

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

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

Big Lake has the higher population (430 vs 245 in Laotto). Big Lake has the higher median household income ($120,625 vs $118,500 in Laotto). Since 2019, Laotto's population has grown faster (+54.1% vs -2.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Big Lake	Laotto
Population	430	245
Median age	55.4 yrs	46.1 yrs
Median household income	$120,625	$118,500
Median home value	$216,200	—
Housing units	240	108
Homeownership rate	91.2%	84.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.4%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Big Lake	Laotto
Population	442 → 430 (-2.7%)	159 → 245 (+54.1%)
Median household income	$78,929 → $120,625 (+52.8%)	$44,347 → $118,500 (+167.2%)
Median home value	$139,300 → $216,200 (+55.2%)	—

Big Lake

Population

442430

Median household income

$78,929$120,625

Median home value

$139,300$216,200

Laotto

Population

159245

Median household income

$44,347$118,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Big Lake	Laotto
Under 5	1.4%	0.0%
5 to 17	3.3%	16.3%
18 to 24	1.4%	2.0%
25 to 34	25.3%	7.3%
35 to 44	6.0%	22.0%
45 to 54	6.0%	38.4%
55 to 64	41.2%	6.9%
65 to 74	8.6%	6.9%
75 and over	6.7%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Big Lake	Laotto
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	Laotto
No high school diploma	3.7%	9.0%
High school graduate	33.9%	78.5%
Some college or associate's	29.0%	12.5%
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	Laotto
Drove alone	100.0%	88.2%
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%	11.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Big Lake	Laotto
1-unit, detached	96.7%	100.0%
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%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Big Lake	Laotto
Poverty rate	8.6%	0.0%
Average household size	2.70	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	45	—
Median year structure built	1959	1938