Indian Lake vs Stoystown

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

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

Stoystown has the higher population (365 vs 342 in Indian Lake). Indian Lake has the higher median household income ($113,125 vs $58,750 in Stoystown). Indian Lake has the higher median home value ($405,300 vs $101,000 in Stoystown).

Population, income & housing

	Indian Lake	Stoystown
Population	342	365
Median age	60.7 yrs	49.2 yrs
Median household income	$113,125	$58,750
Median home value	$405,300	$101,000
Median gross rent	$1,700	$718
Housing units	624	174
Homeownership rate	88.1%	67.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	47.9%	23.4%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	7.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Indian Lake	Stoystown
Population	365 → 342 (-6.3%)	393 → 365 (-7.1%)
Median household income	$93,750 → $113,125 (+20.7%)	$38,929 → $58,750 (+50.9%)
Median home value	$311,900 → $405,300 (+29.9%)	$86,900 → $101,000 (+16.2%)
Median gross rent	—	$509 → $718 (+41.1%)

Indian Lake

Population

365342

Median household income

$93,750$113,125

Median home value

$311,900$405,300

Stoystown

Population

393365

Median household income

$38,929$58,750

Median home value

$86,900$101,000

Median gross rent

$509$718

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Indian Lake	Stoystown
Under 5	2.9%	2.2%
5 to 17	4.4%	11.8%
18 to 24	7.3%	11.0%
25 to 34	7.9%	11.0%
35 to 44	1.2%	8.8%
45 to 54	11.1%	7.4%
55 to 64	30.4%	13.2%
65 to 74	25.7%	21.9%
75 and over	9.1%	12.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Indian Lake	Stoystown
White (non-Hispanic)	98.0%	97.5%
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	1.5%	0.3%
Two or more races	0.6%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Indian Lake	Stoystown
No high school diploma	2.7%	6.9%
High school graduate	13.0%	50.4%
Some college or associate's	36.3%	19.3%
Bachelor's degree	29.1%	11.7%
Graduate or professional degree	18.8%	11.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Indian Lake	Stoystown
Drove alone	70.3%	72.7%
Carpooled	8.3%	22.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.1%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.7%	4.1%
Other means	2.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Indian Lake	Stoystown
1-unit, detached	93.3%	64.9%
1-unit, attached	4.5%	2.9%
2 to 4 units	1.1%	14.4%
5 to 19 units	1.1%	1.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	12.1%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	4.6%

Poverty & households

	Indian Lake	Stoystown
Poverty rate	2.9%	8.5%
Average household size	1.93	2.28
Mean commute (minutes)	54	18
Median year structure built	1976	1940