Dune Acres vs Lake Eliza

A side-by-side comparison of Dune Acres and Lake Eliza: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Lake Eliza has the higher population (725 vs 247 in Dune Acres). Dune Acres has the higher median household income ($176,875 vs $85,286 in Lake Eliza). Dune Acres has the higher median home value ($684,500 vs $168,000 in Lake Eliza).

Population, income & housing

	Dune Acres	Lake Eliza
Population	247	725
Median age	62.1 yrs	33.4 yrs
Median household income	$176,875	$85,286
Median home value	$684,500	$168,000
Housing units	163	281
Homeownership rate	95.6%	96.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	78.7%	4.3%
Unemployment rate	7.4%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dune Acres	Lake Eliza
Population	198 → 247 (+24.7%)	722 → 725 (+0.4%)
Median household income	$207,500 → $176,875 (-14.8%)	$82,560 → $85,286 (+3.3%)
Median home value	$712,500 → $684,500 (-3.9%)	$160,200 → $168,000 (+4.9%)
Median gross rent	$2,667 → $3,150 (+18.1%)	—

Dune Acres

Population

198247

Median household income

$207,500$176,875

Median home value

$712,500$684,500

Median gross rent

$2,667$3,150

Lake Eliza

Population

722725

Median household income

$82,560$85,286

Median home value

$160,200$168,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dune Acres	Lake Eliza
Under 5	2.0%	6.8%
5 to 17	5.3%	19.9%
18 to 24	1.6%	0.0%
25 to 34	4.5%	27.4%
35 to 44	3.6%	8.0%
45 to 54	14.2%	15.2%
55 to 64	26.7%	5.7%
65 to 74	24.3%	1.7%
75 and over	17.8%	15.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dune Acres	Lake Eliza
White (non-Hispanic)	85.8%	93.7%
Black or African American	1.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	4.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	4.9%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.2%	5.1%
Hispanic or Latino	2.0%	1.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dune Acres	Lake Eliza
No high school diploma	1.3%	8.8%
High school graduate	4.0%	42.1%
Some college or associate's	16.0%	44.7%
Bachelor's degree	38.7%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	40.0%	4.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dune Acres	Lake Eliza
Drove alone	74.8%	88.4%
Carpooled	0.0%	11.6%
Public transit	3.6%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	21.6%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dune Acres	Lake Eliza
1-unit, detached	98.8%	82.6%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	16.7%

Poverty & households

	Dune Acres	Lake Eliza
Poverty rate	2.8%	9.2%
Average household size	2.19	2.58
Mean commute (minutes)	35	49
Median year structure built	1970	2007