Big Lake vs Rome City

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

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

Rome City has the higher population (1,271 vs 430 in Big Lake). Big Lake has the higher median household income ($120,625 vs $72,054 in Rome City). Rome City has the higher median home value ($231,300 vs $216,200 in Big Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Big Lake	Rome City
Population	430	1,271
Median age	55.4 yrs	51.5 yrs
Median household income	$120,625	$72,054
Median home value	$216,200	$231,300
Median gross rent	—	$846
Housing units	240	797
Homeownership rate	91.2%	84.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.4%	19.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Big Lake	Rome City
Population	442 → 430 (-2.7%)	1,343 → 1,271 (-5.4%)
Median household income	$78,929 → $120,625 (+52.8%)	$64,000 → $72,054 (+12.6%)
Median home value	$139,300 → $216,200 (+55.2%)	$190,900 → $231,300 (+21.2%)
Median gross rent	—	$724 → $846 (+16.9%)

Big Lake

Population

442430

Median household income

$78,929$120,625

Median home value

$139,300$216,200

Rome City

Population

1,3431,271

Median household income

$64,000$72,054

Median home value

$190,900$231,300

Median gross rent

$724$846

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Big Lake	Rome City
Under 5	1.4%	4.2%
5 to 17	3.3%	9.7%
18 to 24	1.4%	10.8%
25 to 34	25.3%	11.7%
35 to 44	6.0%	7.5%
45 to 54	6.0%	11.9%
55 to 64	41.2%	17.7%
65 to 74	8.6%	18.0%
75 and over	6.7%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Big Lake	Rome City
White (non-Hispanic)	97.2%	95.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.6%
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%	0.3%
Two or more races	1.4%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Big Lake	Rome City
No high school diploma	3.7%	11.8%
High school graduate	33.9%	40.8%
Some college or associate's	29.0%	27.9%
Bachelor's degree	5.9%	12.6%
Graduate or professional degree	27.5%	6.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Big Lake	Rome City
Drove alone	100.0%	78.9%
Carpooled	0.0%	10.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	6.4%
Other means	0.0%	2.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Big Lake	Rome City
1-unit, detached	96.7%	87.5%
1-unit, attached	3.3%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	7.9%

Poverty & households

	Big Lake	Rome City
Poverty rate	8.6%	9.6%
Average household size	2.70	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	45	30
Median year structure built	1959	1958