Koontz Lake vs Ora

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

Koontz Lake and Ora 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 136 in Ora). Ora has the higher median household income ($92,550 vs $78,081 in Koontz Lake). Koontz Lake has the higher median home value ($124,500 vs $73,100 in Ora).

Population, income & housing

	Koontz Lake	Ora
Population	1,217	136
Median age	58.5 yrs	47.0 yrs
Median household income	$78,081	$92,550
Median home value	$124,500	$73,100
Median gross rent	$687	—
Housing units	1,035	107
Homeownership rate	92.5%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.6%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	7.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Koontz Lake	Ora
Population	1,445 → 1,217 (-15.8%)	147 → 136 (-7.5%)
Median household income	$47,609 → $78,081 (+64.0%)	$90,625 → $92,550 (+2.1%)
Median home value	$106,900 → $124,500 (+16.5%)	$65,300 → $73,100 (+11.9%)
Median gross rent	$753 → $687 (-8.8%)	—

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

Ora

Population

147136

Median household income

$90,625$92,550

Median home value

$65,300$73,100

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Koontz Lake	Ora
Under 5	10.3%	17.6%
5 to 17	4.2%	12.5%
18 to 24	5.5%	0.0%
25 to 34	6.8%	14.7%
35 to 44	9.2%	0.0%
45 to 54	10.5%	8.1%
55 to 64	30.2%	15.4%
65 to 74	12.9%	18.4%
75 and over	10.4%	13.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Koontz Lake	Ora
White (non-Hispanic)	99.0%	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	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Koontz Lake	Ora
No high school diploma	5.4%	0.0%
High school graduate	46.9%	52.6%
Some college or associate's	32.0%	47.4%
Bachelor's degree	6.6%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	9.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Koontz Lake	Ora
Drove alone	78.8%	87.1%
Carpooled	15.0%	12.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.9%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Koontz Lake	Ora
1-unit, detached	89.6%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	4.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Koontz Lake	Ora
Poverty rate	8.5%	0.0%
Average household size	1.86	2.16
Mean commute (minutes)	53	—
Median year structure built	1969	1950