Bass Lake vs Knox

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

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

Knox has the higher population (3,843 vs 1,067 in Bass Lake). Bass Lake has the higher median household income ($71,714 vs $45,647 in Knox). Bass Lake has the higher median home value ($233,900 vs $125,300 in Knox).

Population, income & housing

	Bass Lake	Knox
Population	1,067	3,843
Median age	61.8 yrs	40.7 yrs
Median household income	$71,714	$45,647
Median home value	$233,900	$125,300
Median gross rent	$945	$613
Housing units	1,189	1,661
Homeownership rate	90.4%	60.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.3%	15.3%
Unemployment rate	14.3%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bass Lake	Knox
Population	1,510 → 1,067 (-29.3%)	3,557 → 3,843 (+8.0%)
Median household income	$50,735 → $71,714 (+41.4%)	$36,628 → $45,647 (+24.6%)
Median home value	$126,600 → $233,900 (+84.8%)	$83,300 → $125,300 (+50.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,063 → $945 (-11.1%)	$626 → $613 (-2.1%)

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

Knox

Population

3,5573,843

Median household income

$36,628$45,647

Median home value

$83,300$125,300

Median gross rent

$626$613

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bass Lake	Knox
Under 5	1.8%	7.5%
5 to 17	2.9%	19.1%
18 to 24	10.2%	5.5%
25 to 34	6.3%	15.2%
35 to 44	9.6%	5.7%
45 to 54	11.2%	16.3%
55 to 64	22.8%	12.0%
65 to 74	20.0%	10.8%
75 and over	15.4%	7.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bass Lake	Knox
White (non-Hispanic)	93.9%	88.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.5%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	4.6%	5.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bass Lake	Knox
No high school diploma	10.6%	21.6%
High school graduate	29.8%	43.4%
Some college or associate's	35.2%	19.7%
Bachelor's degree	17.4%	10.5%
Graduate or professional degree	6.9%	4.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bass Lake	Knox
Drove alone	80.4%	75.8%
Carpooled	9.1%	14.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.1%	1.9%
Other means	1.3%	4.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bass Lake	Knox
1-unit, detached	87.2%	73.5%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.4%	9.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	8.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.6%
Mobile home & other	10.8%	4.0%

Poverty & households

	Bass Lake	Knox
Poverty rate	1.1%	33.5%
Average household size	2.08	2.52
Mean commute (minutes)	44	30
Median year structure built	1975	1967