Demographics of Cedar Lake town, Indiana

Cedar Lake town, Indiana had 16,789 people on July 1, 2025, by the Census Bureau’s estimate: +2,585 since July 2020. Age, income, poverty, housing and origin below come from the survey, averaged over 2020–2024, each with its margin of error.

Cedar Lake town, in four figures

16,789
Population: July 1, 2025, Vintage 2025 estimate. The survey’s 2020–⁠2024 figure is 15,295 ±177.; +18.2%
Change since July 2020: +2,585 people.; 40.2 ±1.9
Median age: ACS 2020–⁠2024.; $83,381 ±$13,325
Median household income: ACS 2020–⁠2024, in 2024 dollars.

Population, year by year

July 1 estimates from the Census Bureau’s Vintage 2025. The Bureau publishes no births, deaths or migration for a place, so the change is the difference between one July estimate and the next.

Cedar Lake town, Indiana's population grew 18.2% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally

The July 1 estimate of Cedar Lake town, Indiana's resident population and the nation's, each year of the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025, as a share of its July 2020 level (= 100).

Source: The Census Bureau

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The figures

Cedar Lake town, Indiana's population grew 18.2% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally. The July 1 estimate of Cedar Lake town, Indiana's resident population and the nation's, each year of the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025, as a share of its July 2020 level (= 100).
July 1	Population	Index	United States
2020	14,204	100.0	100.0
2021	14,770	104.0	100.2
2022	15,582	109.7	100.7
2023	16,067	113.1	101.6
2024	16,405	115.5	102.5
2025	16,789	118.2	103.1

Population of Cedar Lake town, Indiana on July 1 of each year, Vintage 2025
July 1	Population	Change
2020	14,204	—
2021	14,770	+566
2022	15,582	+812
2023	16,067	+485
2024	16,405	+338
2025	16,789	+384

Age, 2020–2024

The median age is 40.2 ±1.9: for men 40.5 ±2.9 and for women 39.9 ±2.5. Shares are of everyone the survey counts, in the Bureau’s sex-by-age table (B01001).

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People in Cedar Lake town by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	People	Share	Indiana	United States
Under 5	793 ±206	5.2% ±1.3	6.0% ±<0.1	5.6% ±<0.1
5 to 17	2,838 ±388	18.6% ±2.5	17.3% ±0.1	16.3% ±<0.1
18 to 24	1,435 ±292	9.4% ±1.9	9.6% ±0.1	9.1% ±<0.1
25 to 44	3,844 ±414	25.1% ±2.7	25.8% ±0.1	26.9% ±<0.1
45 to 64	3,981 ±494	26.0% ±3.2	24.5% ±0.1	24.8% ±<0.1
65 and over	2,404 ±421	15.7% ±2.7	16.8% ±0.1	17.2% ±<0.1

Income and poverty, 2020–2024

Median household income is $83,381 ±$13,325, and income per person $40,962 ±$3,808, in 2024 dollars. The median is $71,957 ±$352 in Indiana and $80,734 ±$166 in the United States.

Households by income

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Households in Cedar Lake town by income, ACS 2020–2024
Household income	Households	Share	Indiana	United States
Under $25,000	281 ±118	5.1% ±2.1	15.0% ±0.2	14.6% ±<0.1
$25,000 to $49,999	1,080 ±313	19.6% ±5.6	19.4% ±0.2	16.7% ±<0.1
$50,000 to $74,999	1,148 ±246	20.9% ±4.3	17.7% ±0.2	15.5% ±<0.1
$75,000 to $99,999	547 ±162	9.9% ±2.9	13.9% ±0.2	12.6% ±<0.1
$100,000 to $149,999	912 ±204	16.6% ±3.6	17.5% ±0.2	17.5% ±<0.1
$150,000 to $199,999	796 ±217	14.5% ±3.9	8.3% ±0.1	9.6% ±<0.1
$200,000 or more	736 ±215	13.4% ±3.8	8.2% ±0.1	13.4% ±0.1

Poverty by age

The poverty rate is the share of people whose family income is below the federal threshold for their family’s size, of everyone for whom the Bureau determines it (B17020).

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Poverty rate in Cedar Lake town by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	Below poverty	Rate	Indiana	United States
All ages	531 ±238	3.5% ±1.6	12.3% ±0.2	12.5% ±0.1
Under 18	12 to 130	0.3% to 3.6%	16.0% ±0.3	16.1% ±0.1
18 to 59	151 to 511	1.8% to 6.0%	11.9% ±0.2	11.6% ±0.1
60 and over	55 to 203	1.8% to 6.3%	9.6% ±0.2	11.0% ±<0.1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Housing, 2020–2024

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Housing in Cedar Lake town, ACS 2020–2024
Measure	Cedar Lake town	Indiana	United States
Housing units	6,140 ±355	2,976,568 ±617	143,775,355 ±10,234
Occupied	89.6% ±6.9	91.2% ±0.2	89.9% ±0.1
Vacant	10.4% ±4.5	8.8% ±0.2	10.1% ±0.1
Owner occupied	85.2% ±4.6	70.6% ±0.3	65.2% ±0.3
Renter occupied	14.8% ±4.3	29.4% ±0.3	34.8% ±0.1
Median home value	$282,000 ±$15,988	$218,200 ±$739	$332,700 ±$236
Median gross rent	$1,350 ±$342	$1,062 ±$5	$1,413 ±$2
Median year built	1997 ±4	1976 ±1	1980 ±1

Occupied and vacant are shares of all housing units; owner and renter occupied are shares of occupied units. Value and rent are medians in 2024 dollars.

Origin and place of birth, 2020–2024

Hispanic or Latino origin is not a race in the Census Bureau’s tables. Here the people of Hispanic origin, of any race, are one row, and everyone else is counted by race alone (B03002), so the rows add to the whole.

Hispanic origin and race

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People in Cedar Lake town by Hispanic origin and race, ACS 2020–2024
Origin	People	Share	Indiana	United States
Hispanic or Latino	1,295 ±507	8.5% ±3.3	8.6% ±<0.1	19.3% ±<0.1
White alone, not Hispanic	13,098 ±607	85.6% ±3.8	75.4% ±<0.1	57.4% ±<0.1
Black alone, not Hispanic	0 to 77	0% to 0.5%	9.1% ±0.1	11.9% ±<0.1
Asian alone, not Hispanic	19 to 287	0.1% to 1.9%	2.6% ±<0.1	5.9% ±<0.1
American Indian and Alaska Native alone, not Hispanic	0 to 20	0% to 0.1%	0.1% ±<0.1	0.5% ±<0.1
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, not Hispanic	0 to 20	0% to 0.1%	< 0.1% ±<0.1	0.2% ±<0.1
Some other race alone, not Hispanic	0 to 20	0% to 0.1%	0.4% ±<0.1	0.6% ±<0.1
Two or more races, not Hispanic	713 ±286	4.7% ±1.9	3.8% ±0.1	4.3% ±<0.1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Place of birth and citizenship

“Born a citizen outside the states” counts people born in Puerto Rico, the island areas, or abroad to American parents. Naturalized citizens and those who are not citizens together make up the people born abroad (B05002).

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People in Cedar Lake town by place of birth and citizenship, ACS 2020–2024
Born	People	Share	Indiana	United States
Born in the state	7,915 ±592	51.7% ±3.8	67.0% ±0.2	57.3% ±<0.1
Born in another state	6,981 ±599	45.6% ±3.9	25.8% ±0.2	26.9% ±<0.1
Born a citizen outside the states	0 to 38	0% to 0.2%	0.8% ±<0.1	1.7% ±<0.1
Born abroad	194 to 574	1.3% to 3.8%	6.3% ±0.1	14.1% ±<0.1
Naturalized citizens	181 to 561	1.2% to 3.7%	2.6% ±0.1	7.4% ±<0.1
Not citizens	0 to 39	0% to 0.3%	3.7% ±0.1	6.8% ±<0.1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Cedar Lake town among the places of Indiana

62nd of 135 places of 5,000 or more by the survey’s 2020–2024 count. Every one is listed on the Indiana page.

Places of Indiana near Cedar Lake town in population, ACS 2020–2024
Place	ACS 2020–⁠2024
Dyer town	16,400 ±41
Griffith town	16,273 ±173
Jasper city	15,991 ±707
Frankfort city	15,917 ±415
New Haven city	15,698 ±658
Cedar Lake town	15,295 ±177
Beech Grove city	14,913 ±856
Chesterton town	14,446 ±59
Speedway town	13,968 ±267
Bedford city	13,837 ±26
Auburn city	13,565 ±356

Rankings this appears in

No. 2 Places in Indiana by median rent
No. 5 Places in Indiana by homeownership rate
No. 7 Places in Indiana by median age
No. 13 Places in Indiana by per capita income
No. 15 Places in Indiana by median household income
No. 19 Places in Indiana by median home value

Sources

Census Bureau population estimates — incorporated places and New England towns — U.S. Census Bureau · U.S. Government work · retrieved September 25, 2026
American Community Survey 5-year estimates — table-based Summary File · U.S. Government work

Compiled automatically from Census Bureau population estimates — incorporated places and New England towns and American Community Survey 5-year estimates — table-based Summary File by a checked SQL query · Editor: Kian O'Connor · How this site is built

Data retrieved September 25, 2026