Winona Lake is home to 5,080 people in Indiana. This skews young, with a median age of 28.9. This is an unusually credentialed place: 51% of adults have a four-year degree. Getting to work takes 14 minutes on average. People stay put here: 75% were in the same home a year ago. 4% of people here were born outside the United States.
At a glance
Average income
median household income $82,188, near the US median
US median: $82,259
Younger
median age 28.9
US median: 38.9
More educated
51% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Less affordable
home values up 61%, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Winona Lake
What changed most since 1990
Median age26.3 → 28.9(+2.6 years)US over the same years: +6.0 years
Winona Lake's population equals 6.3% of Kosciusko County's. Its number of households without a car equals 1.1% of the county's. Its number of veterans equals 3.0% of the county's.
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)6.6%(8)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)2.5%(3)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era30.6%(37)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War13.2%(16)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II0%(0)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 121 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
Winona Lake, decade by decade
Winona Lake population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
1990
4,053
$61,526
$144,964
32.3%
13.0
2000
3,987
$77,337
$170,507
28.8%
24.7
2010
4,908
$69,381
$226,431
46.1%
25.4
2020
5,053
$85,786
$182,291
50.6%
33.5
2024
5,080
$82,188
$274,500
50.6%
39.4
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
