Chesterton vs Lakes of the Four Seasons

A side-by-side comparison of Chesterton and Lakes of the Four Seasons: population, income, housing, and more.

Chesterton and Lakes of the Four Seasons are places in Indiana. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Chesterton has the higher population (14,326 vs 7,338 in Lakes of the Four Seasons). Lakes of the Four Seasons has the higher median household income ($116,778 vs $88,536 in Chesterton). Lakes of the Four Seasons has the higher median home value ($300,500 vs $280,400 in Chesterton).

Population, income & housing

	Chesterton	Lakes of the Four Seasons
Population	14,326	7,338
Median age	37.6 yrs	41.4 yrs
Median household income	$88,536	$116,778
Median home value	$280,400	$300,500
Median gross rent	$1,145	$2,102
Housing units	6,025	2,643
Homeownership rate	71.8%	96.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.2%	35.6%
Unemployment rate	7.8%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chesterton	Lakes of the Four Seasons
Population	14,119 → 14,326 (+1.5%)	6,809 → 7,338 (+7.8%)
Median household income	$73,977 → $88,536 (+19.7%)	$91,396 → $116,778 (+27.8%)
Median home value	$190,400 → $280,400 (+47.3%)	$196,800 → $300,500 (+52.7%)
Median gross rent	$933 → $1,145 (+22.7%)	$1,738 → $2,102 (+20.9%)

Chesterton

Population

14,11914,326

Median household income

$73,977$88,536

Median home value

$190,400$280,400

Median gross rent

$933$1,145

Lakes of the Four Seasons

Population

6,8097,338

Median household income

$91,396$116,778

Median home value

$196,800$300,500

Median gross rent

$1,738$2,102

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chesterton	Lakes of the Four Seasons
Under 5	7.8%	3.2%
5 to 17	18.0%	19.7%
18 to 24	5.3%	6.8%
25 to 34	13.7%	9.8%
35 to 44	18.3%	17.6%
45 to 54	11.1%	11.7%
55 to 64	9.3%	11.0%
65 to 74	8.1%	16.6%
75 and over	8.5%	3.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chesterton	Lakes of the Four Seasons
White (non-Hispanic)	84.6%	78.9%
Black or African American	1.5%	10.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.6%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.4%
Two or more races	4.2%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	8.0%	5.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chesterton	Lakes of the Four Seasons
No high school diploma	3.5%	1.7%
High school graduate	31.3%	31.5%
Some college or associate's	25.0%	31.2%
Bachelor's degree	27.9%	17.1%
Graduate or professional degree	12.2%	18.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chesterton	Lakes of the Four Seasons
Drove alone	70.5%	83.6%
Carpooled	5.4%	6.1%
Public transit	1.8%	0.0%
Walked	0.7%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.8%	0.0%
Worked from home	20.3%	8.0%
Other means	0.5%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chesterton	Lakes of the Four Seasons
1-unit, detached	65.5%	94.4%
1-unit, attached	9.1%	3.0%
2 to 4 units	10.0%	2.6%
5 to 19 units	10.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	3.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Chesterton	Lakes of the Four Seasons
Poverty rate	10.8%	5.2%
Average household size	2.45	2.78
Mean commute (minutes)	27	40
Median year structure built	1980	1981