Laketon vs Liberty Mills

A side-by-side comparison of Laketon and Liberty Mills: population, income, housing, and more.

Laketon and Liberty Mills are places in Indiana. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Laketon has the higher population (532 vs 159 in Liberty Mills). Laketon has the higher median household income ($78,750 vs $57,375 in Liberty Mills). Since 2019, Laketon's population has grown faster (+17.2% vs -31.2%).

Population, income & housing

	Laketon	Liberty Mills
Population	532	159
Median age	44.8 yrs	36.5 yrs
Median household income	$78,750	$57,375
Median home value	$196,700	—
Median gross rent	$1,021	$750
Housing units	314	57
Homeownership rate	77.8%	50.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Laketon	Liberty Mills
Population	454 → 532 (+17.2%)	231 → 159 (-31.2%)
Median household income	$43,274 → $78,750 (+82.0%)	$53,750 → $57,375 (+6.7%)
Median home value	$86,900 → $196,700 (+126.4%)	—
Median gross rent	$636 → $1,021 (+60.5%)	$734 → $750 (+2.2%)

Laketon

Population

454532

Median household income

$43,274$78,750

Median home value

$86,900$196,700

Median gross rent

$636$1,021

Liberty Mills

Population

231159

Median household income

$53,750$57,375

Median gross rent

$734$750

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Laketon	Liberty Mills
Under 5	4.1%	23.3%
5 to 17	13.3%	4.4%
18 to 24	12.8%	5.7%
25 to 34	5.8%	11.3%
35 to 44	14.5%	41.5%
45 to 54	5.8%	0.0%
55 to 64	19.4%	6.9%
65 to 74	16.2%	6.9%
75 and over	8.1%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Laketon	Liberty Mills
White (non-Hispanic)	99.2%	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	0.8%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Laketon	Liberty Mills
No high school diploma	2.7%	0.0%
High school graduate	65.8%	76.4%
Some college or associate's	31.5%	23.6%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Laketon	Liberty Mills
Drove alone	68.7%	86.2%
Carpooled	27.2%	13.8%
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	4.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Laketon	Liberty Mills
1-unit, detached	81.5%	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	18.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Laketon	Liberty Mills
Poverty rate	4.7%	17.0%
Average household size	2.31	2.79
Mean commute (minutes)	20	30
Median year structure built	1964	1938