Allen County vs Lake County

A side-by-side comparison of Allen County and Lake County: population, income, housing, and more.

Allen County and Lake County are counties in Indiana. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Lake County has the higher population (498,990 vs 388,791 in Allen County). Lake County has the higher median household income ($68,985 vs $68,839 in Allen County). Lake County has the higher median home value ($214,700 vs $194,300 in Allen County).

Population, income & housing

	Allen County	Lake County
Population	388,791	498,990
Median age	36.2 yrs	39.6 yrs
Median household income	$68,839	$68,985
Median home value	$194,300	$214,700
Median gross rent	$976	$1,094
Housing units	164,456	216,330
Homeownership rate	69.1%	70.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.1%	24.9%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	6.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Allen County	Lake County
Population	372,575 → 388,791 (+4.4%)	485,707 → 498,990 (+2.7%)
Median household income	$54,857 → $68,839 (+25.5%)	$56,128 → $68,985 (+22.9%)
Median home value	$129,300 → $194,300 (+50.3%)	$149,500 → $214,700 (+43.6%)
Median gross rent	$773 → $976 (+26.3%)	$886 → $1,094 (+23.5%)

Allen County

Population

372,575388,791

Median household income

$54,857$68,839

Median home value

$129,300$194,300

Median gross rent

$773$976

Lake County

Population

485,707498,990

Median household income

$56,128$68,985

Median home value

$149,500$214,700

Median gross rent

$886$1,094

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Allen County	Lake County
Under 5	6.8%	5.8%
5 to 17	18.7%	17.5%
18 to 24	9.0%	8.3%
25 to 34	14.1%	12.2%
35 to 44	12.7%	12.9%
45 to 54	11.7%	12.4%
55 to 64	11.8%	13.4%
65 to 74	9.3%	10.5%
75 and over	6.0%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Allen County	Lake County
White (non-Hispanic)	70.6%	52.0%
Black or African American	10.7%	22.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	5.0%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.4%
Two or more races	4.5%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	8.8%	20.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Allen County	Lake County
No high school diploma	9.7%	9.8%
High school graduate	28.0%	34.7%
Some college or associate's	31.2%	30.7%
Bachelor's degree	20.8%	16.7%
Graduate or professional degree	10.3%	8.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Allen County	Lake County
Drove alone	79.1%	80.5%
Carpooled	9.5%	8.1%
Public transit	0.8%	1.5%
Walked	1.2%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.1%
Worked from home	8.3%	7.2%
Other means	0.7%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Allen County	Lake County
1-unit, detached	73.9%	71.5%
1-unit, attached	2.5%	7.5%
2 to 4 units	5.8%	6.2%
5 to 19 units	9.0%	8.8%
20 or more units	5.9%	4.5%
Mobile home & other	2.9%	1.5%

Poverty & households

	Allen County	Lake County
Poverty rate	12.2%	14.6%
Average household size	2.48	2.55
Mean commute (minutes)	22	29
Median year structure built	1976	1968