Garrett vs Indian Lake

A side-by-side comparison of Garrett and Indian Lake: population, income, housing, and more.

Garrett and Indian Lake are places in Pennsylvania. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Garrett has the higher population (429 vs 342 in Indian Lake). Indian Lake has the higher median household income ($113,125 vs $55,893 in Garrett). Indian Lake has the higher median home value ($405,300 vs $81,700 in Garrett).

Population, income & housing

	Garrett	Indian Lake
Population	429	342
Median age	45.4 yrs	60.7 yrs
Median household income	$55,893	$113,125
Median home value	$81,700	$405,300
Median gross rent	$1,047	$1,700
Housing units	183	624
Homeownership rate	89.7%	88.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.2%	47.9%
Unemployment rate	7.3%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Garrett	Indian Lake
Population	400 → 429 (+7.2%)	365 → 342 (-6.3%)
Median household income	$43,750 → $55,893 (+27.8%)	$93,750 → $113,125 (+20.7%)
Median home value	$67,700 → $81,700 (+20.7%)	$311,900 → $405,300 (+29.9%)
Median gross rent	$913 → $1,047 (+14.7%)	—

Garrett

Population

400429

Median household income

$43,750$55,893

Median home value

$67,700$81,700

Median gross rent

$913$1,047

Indian Lake

Population

365342

Median household income

$93,750$113,125

Median home value

$311,900$405,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Garrett	Indian Lake
Under 5	3.5%	2.9%
5 to 17	22.4%	4.4%
18 to 24	6.5%	7.3%
25 to 34	6.1%	7.9%
35 to 44	11.2%	1.2%
45 to 54	12.1%	11.1%
55 to 64	15.6%	30.4%
65 to 74	18.6%	25.7%
75 and over	4.0%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Garrett	Indian Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	87.9%	98.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.5%
Two or more races	11.0%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Garrett	Indian Lake
No high school diploma	14.1%	2.7%
High school graduate	68.3%	13.0%
Some college or associate's	11.4%	36.3%
Bachelor's degree	4.1%	29.1%
Graduate or professional degree	2.1%	18.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Garrett	Indian Lake
Drove alone	86.1%	70.3%
Carpooled	10.0%	8.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.1%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.8%	16.7%
Other means	0.0%	2.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Garrett	Indian Lake
1-unit, detached	60.7%	93.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	4.5%
2 to 4 units	0.5%	1.1%
5 to 19 units	8.2%	1.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	30.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Garrett	Indian Lake
Poverty rate	10.9%	2.9%
Average household size	2.60	1.93
Mean commute (minutes)	22	54
Median year structure built	1944	1976