Bass Lake vs Ora

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

Bass Lake and Ora 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 136 in Ora). Ora has the higher median household income ($92,550 vs $71,714 in Bass Lake). Bass Lake has the higher median home value ($233,900 vs $73,100 in Ora).

Population, income & housing

	Bass Lake	Ora
Population	1,067	136
Median age	61.8 yrs	47.0 yrs
Median household income	$71,714	$92,550
Median home value	$233,900	$73,100
Median gross rent	$945	—
Housing units	1,189	107
Homeownership rate	90.4%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.3%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	14.3%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bass Lake	Ora
Population	1,510 → 1,067 (-29.3%)	147 → 136 (-7.5%)
Median household income	$50,735 → $71,714 (+41.4%)	$90,625 → $92,550 (+2.1%)
Median home value	$126,600 → $233,900 (+84.8%)	$65,300 → $73,100 (+11.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,063 → $945 (-11.1%)	—

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

Ora

Population

147136

Median household income

$90,625$92,550

Median home value

$65,300$73,100

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bass Lake	Ora
Under 5	1.8%	17.6%
5 to 17	2.9%	12.5%
18 to 24	10.2%	0.0%
25 to 34	6.3%	14.7%
35 to 44	9.6%	0.0%
45 to 54	11.2%	8.1%
55 to 64	22.8%	15.4%
65 to 74	20.0%	18.4%
75 and over	15.4%	13.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bass Lake	Ora
White (non-Hispanic)	93.9%	100.0%
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%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bass Lake	Ora
No high school diploma	10.6%	0.0%
High school graduate	29.8%	52.6%
Some college or associate's	35.2%	47.4%
Bachelor's degree	17.4%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	6.9%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bass Lake	Ora
Drove alone	80.4%	87.1%
Carpooled	9.1%	12.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.1%	0.0%
Other means	1.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bass Lake	Ora
1-unit, detached	87.2%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bass Lake	Ora
Poverty rate	1.1%	0.0%
Average household size	2.08	2.16
Mean commute (minutes)	44	—
Median year structure built	1975	1950