Hartz LakeIN
A town of 312 in Indiana.
Is Hartz Lake a good place to live?
55% of residents live below the poverty line in Hartz Lake, where Indiana’s towns sit at 10% and U.S. towns at 9.6%. No town among the 594 in Indiana we compare has a higher share of homes lived in by their owners than Hartz Lake. Hartz Lake has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
312 people, and everyone knows the way
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The data
Ordered by what stands out in Hartz Lake.
For most of its workers, the job is outside Hartz Lake
The top destinations are Knox (16%), Plymouth (8%) and Union Township (5%). The typical household income here in Hartz Lake is $45,000. The median commute is under 35 miles.
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Low risk in Hartz Lake, with inland flooding at the top
Hartz Lake’s FEMA hazard score is put at 30 of 100. Expected losses in Hartz Lake break down as 36% from inland flooding and 28% from cold waves.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
The climate in Hartz Lake brings four seasons and pleasant summers
About 27 inches of snow fall in a winter here; January nights dip to 17° and July afternoons rise to 84°.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Everything we know about Hartz Lake
Moving to Hartz Lake: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Hartz Lake, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
100% of working residents leave Hartz Lake for work
Where Hartz Lake’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Hartz Lake
About 0 of every 100 Hartz Lake residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Indiana.
About Hartz Lake
Census-designated place in Indiana, United States
Hartz Lake is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Starke County, Indiana, United States.
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