Hamlet vs Koontz Lake

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

Hamlet 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 910 in Hamlet). Koontz Lake has the higher median household income ($78,081 vs $68,750 in Hamlet). Koontz Lake has the higher median home value ($124,500 vs $109,300 in Hamlet).

Population, income & housing

	Hamlet	Koontz Lake
Population	910	1,217
Median age	33.3 yrs	58.5 yrs
Median household income	$68,750	$78,081
Median home value	$109,300	$124,500
Median gross rent	$820	$687
Housing units	317	1,035
Homeownership rate	79.8%	92.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.4%	15.6%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	7.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hamlet	Koontz Lake
Population	574 → 910 (+58.5%)	1,445 → 1,217 (-15.8%)
Median household income	$40,938 → $68,750 (+67.9%)	$47,609 → $78,081 (+64.0%)
Median home value	$71,000 → $109,300 (+53.9%)	$106,900 → $124,500 (+16.5%)
Median gross rent	$704 → $820 (+16.5%)	$753 → $687 (-8.8%)

Hamlet

Population

574910

Median household income

$40,938$68,750

Median home value

$71,000$109,300

Median gross rent

$704$820

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)

	Hamlet	Koontz Lake
Under 5	8.0%	10.3%
5 to 17	25.6%	4.2%
18 to 24	5.8%	5.5%
25 to 34	15.8%	6.8%
35 to 44	12.3%	9.2%
45 to 54	13.4%	10.5%
55 to 64	9.0%	30.2%
65 to 74	4.6%	12.9%
75 and over	5.4%	10.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hamlet	Koontz Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	96.7%	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	0.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.7%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.0%	1.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hamlet	Koontz Lake
No high school diploma	9.1%	5.4%
High school graduate	52.6%	46.9%
Some college or associate's	31.9%	32.0%
Bachelor's degree	4.9%	6.6%
Graduate or professional degree	1.5%	9.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hamlet	Koontz Lake
Drove alone	83.7%	78.8%
Carpooled	13.4%	15.0%
Public transit	0.7%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	4.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.2%	1.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hamlet	Koontz Lake
1-unit, detached	82.6%	89.6%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	4.8%
2 to 4 units	0.6%	1.6%
5 to 19 units	5.7%	1.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.5%	2.8%

Poverty & households

	Hamlet	Koontz Lake
Poverty rate	14.0%	8.5%
Average household size	3.47	1.86
Mean commute (minutes)	27	53
Median year structure built	1956	1969