Cordry Sweetwater LakesIN
1,190 people call this town in Indiana home.
Is Cordry Sweetwater Lakes a good place to live?
Cordry Sweetwater Lakes’ best subject grade is a B for incomes; its weakest is a D− for walkability. Cordry Sweetwater Lakes’ mean commuting time is 36 minutes, against 24 minutes in Indiana’s towns and 25 minutes across U.S. towns. Only 32 of Indiana’s 1,096 towns score lower on cost of living. Only 1 of Indiana’s 1,098 towns score lower on the outdoors. Cordry Sweetwater Lakes has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
1,190 people, and everyone knows the way
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How Cordry Sweetwater Lakes grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Indiana), ordered by how far Cordry Sweetwater Lakes is from typical.
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Moving to Cordry Sweetwater Lakes: who provides what
Cordry Sweetwater Lakes is unincorporated, so Brown County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Cordry Sweetwater Lakes.
In Cordry Sweetwater Lakes, the median age runs higher than in the typical Indiana or U.S. town
College graduates make up nearly two in five adults 25 and older, against 30% across Indiana. The share of residents in Cordry Sweetwater Lakes who are 65 or older: 27%. Adults 35 to 64 are 56% of residents (37% statewide); children under 18 are 5% of residents (23% statewide).
| Cordry Sweetwater Lakes | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 54.8 years | 39.4 years | 40.5 years |
| Aged 65 or older | 27% | 18% | 18% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 39% | 22% | 29% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±5.3 points. Across Indiana, 50.4% of residents are women.
| Cordry Sweetwater Lakes | IN | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 0% | 12.4% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 4.7% | 10.9% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 11.3% | 9.6% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 1.3% | 13.1% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 9.3% | 12.7% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 24.1% | 12% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 22.9% | 12.5% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 21.8% | 10.1% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 4.7% | 6.7% | 7% |
| No diploma | 4.9% | 9.6% | 10.4% |
| High school | 29.3% | 32.5% | 26% |
| Some college | 20.5% | 19.3% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 6.7% | 9.1% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 27.4% | 18.7% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 11.2% | 10.8% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 1,200, single groups can be off by several points
Cordry Sweetwater Lakes stands out in Indiana and nationally, with fewer of its working residents who work locally
The top destinations are Columbus (16%), Indianapolis (12%) and Franklin (11%). In Cordry Sweetwater Lakes, the typical household income is $95,000. Half of commuters travel less than 15 miles. 6% of residents live below the poverty line locally.
| Cordry Sweetwater Lakes | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 0.2% | 11% | 8% |
| Median household income | $95,000 | $71,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 6% | 10% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Four seasons and pleasant summers in Cordry Sweetwater Lakes
July afternoons reach 84°, January nights drop to 20° and about 20 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Cordry Sweetwater Lakes has a low natural-hazard risk, chiefly from inland flooding
Of the losses FEMA expects in Cordry Sweetwater Lakes, 49% come from inland flooding and 25% from tornadoes. Storm and flood damage is expected to run lower than in nearly two thirds of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Residents of Cordry Sweetwater Lakes are less healthy than 63% of U.S. towns
29% of Cordry Sweetwater Lakes adults feel lonely. Of 32 CDC measures, Cordry Sweetwater Lakes beats the Indiana average on 8 and trails it on 5. Only 5 of the 590 Indiana towns we compare have a higher share of adults who had a checkup this year than Cordry Sweetwater Lakes.
| Cordry Sweetwater Lakes | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 44% | 39% | 35% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 32% | 33% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 13% | 12% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 83% | 80% | 79% |
| What stands out | Cordry Sweetwater Lakes | IN |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 6.2% | 8.9% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 10.7% | 14.7% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 10.9% | 8.3% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Homes in Cordry Sweetwater Lakes sell for about $580K
Among households in Cordry Sweetwater Lakes, 94% are owner-occupiers. On the market here: a median 92 days to sell. Sellers in Cordry Sweetwater Lakes got 97.4% of the asking price, typically.
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Lucas Oil Stadium and 35 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Cordry Sweetwater Lakes. Close and well known come first.
Big draw31 mi Stadium & arenaLucas Oil Stadium
32 mi Stadium & arenaGainbridge Fieldhouse
23 mi Stadium & arenaMemorial Stadium
12 mi MuseumMiller House and Garden
37 mi Stadium & arenaHinkle Fieldhouse
32 mi LandmarkSoldiers' and Sailors' MonumentPhoto credits
Lucas Oil Stadium: Josh Hallett from Winter Haven, FL, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Gainbridge Fieldhouse: Durin at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Memorial Stadium: Durin at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Miller House and Garden: Nyttend, Public domain · Hinkle Fieldhouse: Peetlesnumber1, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument: alexeatswhales, CC BY 2.0
Everything we know about Cordry Sweetwater Lakes
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Cordry Sweetwater Lakes
About 0 of every 100 Cordry Sweetwater Lakes residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Indiana.
Cordry Sweetwater Lakes has grown 13% from 2010 to 2020
1,128 counted in 2010 and 1,274 in 2020.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts
About Cordry Sweetwater Lakes
Census-designated place in Indiana, United States
Cordry Sweetwater Lakes is a census-designated place (CDP) in Hamblen Township, Brown County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. As of the 2020 census, Cordry Sweetwater Lakes had a population of 1,274. Sweetwater Lake is 260 acres in size.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
- Area
- 3.4 sq mi
- Elevation
- 947 ft
- Area code
- 812
Questions about Cordry Sweetwater Lakes
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Cordry Sweetwater Lakes, IN expensive?
The typical home is worth about $341,000, 33% above the Indiana typical home. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C.