Bass Lake vs Hamlet

A side-by-side comparison of Bass Lake and Hamlet: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Bass Lake has the higher population (1,067 vs 910 in Hamlet). Bass Lake has the higher median household income ($71,714 vs $68,750 in Hamlet). Bass Lake has the higher median home value ($233,900 vs $109,300 in Hamlet).

Population, income & housing

	Bass Lake	Hamlet
Population	1,067	910
Median age	61.8 yrs	33.3 yrs
Median household income	$71,714	$68,750
Median home value	$233,900	$109,300
Median gross rent	$945	$820
Housing units	1,189	317
Homeownership rate	90.4%	79.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.3%	6.4%
Unemployment rate	14.3%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bass Lake	Hamlet
Population	1,510 → 1,067 (-29.3%)	574 → 910 (+58.5%)
Median household income	$50,735 → $71,714 (+41.4%)	$40,938 → $68,750 (+67.9%)
Median home value	$126,600 → $233,900 (+84.8%)	$71,000 → $109,300 (+53.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,063 → $945 (-11.1%)	$704 → $820 (+16.5%)

Bass Lake

Population

1,5101,067

Median household income

$50,735$71,714

Median home value

$126,600$233,900

Median gross rent

$1,063$945

Hamlet

Population

574910

Median household income

$40,938$68,750

Median home value

$71,000$109,300

Median gross rent

$704$820

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bass Lake	Hamlet
Under 5	1.8%	8.0%
5 to 17	2.9%	25.6%
18 to 24	10.2%	5.8%
25 to 34	6.3%	15.8%
35 to 44	9.6%	12.3%
45 to 54	11.2%	13.4%
55 to 64	22.8%	9.0%
65 to 74	20.0%	4.6%
75 and over	15.4%	5.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bass Lake	Hamlet
White (non-Hispanic)	93.9%	96.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.7%
Two or more races	1.5%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	4.6%	2.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bass Lake	Hamlet
No high school diploma	10.6%	9.1%
High school graduate	29.8%	52.6%
Some college or associate's	35.2%	31.9%
Bachelor's degree	17.4%	4.9%
Graduate or professional degree	6.9%	1.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bass Lake	Hamlet
Drove alone	80.4%	83.7%
Carpooled	9.1%	13.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.7%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.1%	2.2%
Other means	1.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bass Lake	Hamlet
1-unit, detached	87.2%	82.6%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	1.4%	0.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.8%	9.5%

Poverty & households

	Bass Lake	Hamlet
Poverty rate	1.1%	14.0%
Average household size	2.08	3.47
Mean commute (minutes)	44	27
Median year structure built	1975	1956