Bass Lake vs Koontz Lake

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

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

Koontz Lake has the higher population (1,217 vs 1,067 in Bass Lake). Koontz Lake has the higher median household income ($78,081 vs $71,714 in Bass Lake). Bass Lake has the higher median home value ($233,900 vs $124,500 in Koontz Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Bass Lake	Koontz Lake
Population	1,067	1,217
Median age	61.8 yrs	58.5 yrs
Median household income	$71,714	$78,081
Median home value	$233,900	$124,500
Median gross rent	$945	$687
Housing units	1,189	1,035
Homeownership rate	90.4%	92.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.3%	15.6%
Unemployment rate	14.3%	7.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bass Lake	Koontz Lake
Population	1,510 → 1,067 (-29.3%)	1,445 → 1,217 (-15.8%)
Median household income	$50,735 → $71,714 (+41.4%)	$47,609 → $78,081 (+64.0%)
Median home value	$126,600 → $233,900 (+84.8%)	$106,900 → $124,500 (+16.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,063 → $945 (-11.1%)	$753 → $687 (-8.8%)

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

Koontz Lake

Population

1,4451,217

Median household income

$47,609$78,081

Median home value

$106,900$124,500

Median gross rent

$753$687

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bass Lake	Koontz Lake
Under 5	1.8%	10.3%
5 to 17	2.9%	4.2%
18 to 24	10.2%	5.5%
25 to 34	6.3%	6.8%
35 to 44	9.6%	9.2%
45 to 54	11.2%	10.5%
55 to 64	22.8%	30.2%
65 to 74	20.0%	12.9%
75 and over	15.4%	10.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bass Lake	Koontz Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	93.9%	99.0%
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%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.5%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	4.6%	1.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bass Lake	Koontz Lake
No high school diploma	10.6%	5.4%
High school graduate	29.8%	46.9%
Some college or associate's	35.2%	32.0%
Bachelor's degree	17.4%	6.6%
Graduate or professional degree	6.9%	9.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bass Lake	Koontz Lake
Drove alone	80.4%	78.8%
Carpooled	9.1%	15.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	4.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.1%	1.9%
Other means	1.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bass Lake	Koontz Lake
1-unit, detached	87.2%	89.6%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	4.8%
2 to 4 units	1.4%	1.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.8%	2.8%

Poverty & households

	Bass Lake	Koontz Lake
Poverty rate	1.1%	8.5%
Average household size	2.08	1.86
Mean commute (minutes)	44	53
Median year structure built	1975	1969