Hamilton vs Snow Lake

A side-by-side comparison of Hamilton and Snow Lake: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Hamilton has the higher population (1,849 vs 497 in Snow Lake). Snow Lake has the higher median household income ($78,333 vs $66,884 in Hamilton). Snow Lake has the higher median home value ($425,000 vs $265,600 in Hamilton).

Population, income & housing

	Hamilton	Snow Lake
Population	1,849	497
Median age	52.0 yrs	46.6 yrs
Median household income	$66,884	$78,333
Median home value	$265,600	$425,000
Median gross rent	$929	—
Housing units	1,307	332
Homeownership rate	71.6%	97.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.2%	50.0%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hamilton	Snow Lake
Population	1,500 → 1,849 (+23.3%)	435 → 497 (+14.3%)
Median household income	$56,346 → $66,884 (+18.7%)	$98,000 → $78,333 (-20.1%)
Median home value	$165,100 → $265,600 (+60.9%)	$473,300 → $425,000 (-10.2%)
Median gross rent	$755 → $929 (+23.0%)	—

Hamilton

Population

1,5001,849

Median household income

$56,346$66,884

Median home value

$165,100$265,600

Median gross rent

$755$929

Snow Lake

Population

435497

Median household income

$98,000$78,333

Median home value

$473,300$425,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hamilton	Snow Lake
Under 5	5.2%	14.5%
5 to 17	13.4%	9.3%
18 to 24	3.6%	6.2%
25 to 34	9.7%	12.9%
35 to 44	9.9%	3.0%
45 to 54	12.9%	5.2%
55 to 64	20.0%	17.7%
65 to 74	15.7%	28.4%
75 and over	9.5%	2.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hamilton	Snow Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	96.4%	84.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	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%	12.5%
Two or more races	2.3%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.9%	1.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hamilton	Snow Lake
No high school diploma	4.2%	0.0%
High school graduate	38.6%	13.2%
Some college or associate's	37.0%	36.8%
Bachelor's degree	11.8%	35.1%
Graduate or professional degree	8.5%	14.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hamilton	Snow Lake
Drove alone	84.9%	72.5%
Carpooled	7.6%	4.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.1%	23.3%
Other means	1.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hamilton	Snow Lake
1-unit, detached	70.7%	97.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	4.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	20.1%	3.0%

Poverty & households

	Hamilton	Snow Lake
Poverty rate	8.2%	0.0%
Average household size	2.12	2.12
Mean commute (minutes)	26	40
Median year structure built	1976	1994