Knox vs Koontz Lake

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

Knox and Koontz Lake 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 1,217 in Koontz Lake). Koontz Lake has the higher median household income ($78,081 vs $45,647 in Knox). Knox has the higher median home value ($125,300 vs $124,500 in Koontz Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Knox	Koontz Lake
Population	3,843	1,217
Median age	40.7 yrs	58.5 yrs
Median household income	$45,647	$78,081
Median home value	$125,300	$124,500
Median gross rent	$613	$687
Housing units	1,661	1,035
Homeownership rate	60.1%	92.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.3%	15.6%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	7.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Knox	Koontz Lake
Population	3,557 → 3,843 (+8.0%)	1,445 → 1,217 (-15.8%)
Median household income	$36,628 → $45,647 (+24.6%)	$47,609 → $78,081 (+64.0%)
Median home value	$83,300 → $125,300 (+50.4%)	$106,900 → $124,500 (+16.5%)
Median gross rent	$626 → $613 (-2.1%)	$753 → $687 (-8.8%)

Knox

Population

3,5573,843

Median household income

$36,628$45,647

Median home value

$83,300$125,300

Median gross rent

$626$613

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)

	Knox	Koontz Lake
Under 5	7.5%	10.3%
5 to 17	19.1%	4.2%
18 to 24	5.5%	5.5%
25 to 34	15.2%	6.8%
35 to 44	5.7%	9.2%
45 to 54	16.3%	10.5%
55 to 64	12.0%	30.2%
65 to 74	10.8%	12.9%
75 and over	7.8%	10.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Knox	Koontz Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	88.4%	99.0%
Black or African American	1.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.2%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	5.7%	1.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Knox	Koontz Lake
No high school diploma	21.6%	5.4%
High school graduate	43.4%	46.9%
Some college or associate's	19.7%	32.0%
Bachelor's degree	10.5%	6.6%
Graduate or professional degree	4.9%	9.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Knox	Koontz Lake
Drove alone	75.8%	78.8%
Carpooled	14.4%	15.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.3%	4.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.9%	1.9%
Other means	4.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Knox	Koontz Lake
1-unit, detached	73.5%	89.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	4.8%
2 to 4 units	9.6%	1.6%
5 to 19 units	8.2%	1.2%
20 or more units	4.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.0%	2.8%

Poverty & households

	Knox	Koontz Lake
Poverty rate	33.5%	8.5%
Average household size	2.52	1.86
Mean commute (minutes)	30	53
Median year structure built	1967	1969