Helmer vs Wall Lake

A side-by-side comparison of Helmer and Wall Lake: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Wall Lake has the higher population (256 vs 19 in Helmer). Since 2019, Wall Lake's population has grown faster (-8.6% vs -42.4%).

Population, income & housing

	Helmer	Wall Lake
Population	19	256
Median age	—	33.4 yrs
Median household income	—	$108,182
Median home value	—	$305,900
Housing units	12	208
Homeownership rate	100.0%	68.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	19.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Helmer	Wall Lake
Population	33 → 19 (-42.4%)	280 → 256 (-8.6%)
Median household income	—	$103,472 → $108,182 (+4.6%)
Median home value	—	$239,700 → $305,900 (+27.6%)

Helmer

Population

3319

Wall Lake

Population

280256

Median household income

$103,472$108,182

Median home value

$239,700$305,900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Helmer	Wall Lake
Under 5	36.8%	24.2%
5 to 17	0.0%	18.4%
18 to 24	0.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	63.2%	19.5%
35 to 44	0.0%	16.0%
45 to 54	0.0%	5.1%
55 to 64	0.0%	3.1%
65 to 74	0.0%	11.3%
75 and over	0.0%	2.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Helmer	Wall Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	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	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Helmer	Wall Lake
No high school diploma	0.0%	24.5%
High school graduate	100.0%	43.5%
Some college or associate's	0.0%	12.9%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	13.6%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	5.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Helmer	Wall Lake
Drove alone	100.0%	100.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Helmer	Wall Lake
1-unit, detached	100.0%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Helmer	Wall Lake
Poverty rate	0.0%	0.0%
Average household size	1.58	2.72
Median year structure built	—	1951