Jimmerson LakeIN
A town of 1,024.
Is Jimmerson Lake a good place to live?
The best of Jimmerson Lake’s subject grades is an A− for cost of living; the weakest is a D for walkability. On history, just 3 of Indiana’s 1,098 towns do worse. Jimmerson Lake has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Jimmerson Lake stand out
Where Jimmerson Lake beats most towns.
1,024 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
How Jimmerson Lake grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Indiana), ordered by how far Jimmerson Lake is from typical.
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Moving to Jimmerson Lake: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Jimmerson 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.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Jimmerson Lake.
Jimmerson Lake stands out in Indiana and nationally, with the median age higher than most
Here, nearly a quarter of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree, against 30% in Indiana as a whole. Jimmerson Lake: just over one in ten residents are 65 or older, below both the Indiana town median (18%) and the median of U.S. towns (18%). Adults 35 to 64 are 69% of residents (37% statewide); adults 18 to 34 are 1% of residents (23% statewide).
| Jimmerson Lake | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 53.9 years | 39.4 years | 40.5 years |
| Aged 65 or older | 12% | 18% | 18% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 24% | 22% | 29% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
Somewhere between 40% and 60% women
The Census survey reached too few of Jimmerson Lake’s residents to say more: its margin here is ±10.2 points. Across Indiana, 50.4% of residents are women.
| Jimmerson Lake | IN | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 7% | 12.4% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 10.6% | 10.9% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 1% | 9.6% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 0% | 13.1% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 15.8% | 12.7% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 28.2% | 12% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 25.2% | 12.5% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 5.1% | 10.1% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 7% | 6.7% | 7% |
| No diploma | 12.5% | 9.6% | 10.4% |
| High school | 41.5% | 32.5% | 26% |
| Some college | 10.1% | 19.3% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 12.1% | 9.1% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 19.6% | 18.7% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 4.2% | 10.8% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 1,000, single groups can be off by several points
Very low risk in Jimmerson Lake, with inland flooding at the top
The FEMA risk score for Jimmerson Lake comes to 19 of 100. 57% of the town’s expected losses from natural hazards come from inland flooding, followed by tornadoes at 20%. Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in just over four fifths of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Most of Jimmerson Lake’s workers head elsewhere: there are 0.1 jobs for each of them
3% of Jimmerson Lake residents live below the poverty line. In Jimmerson Lake, the income of the median household is $101,000, above both Indiana’s towns ($71,000) and U.S. towns ($80,000). The median commute is under 17 miles. The top destinations are Angola (30%), Fort Wayne (15%) and Fremont (6%).
| Jimmerson Lake | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 3% | 10% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $101,000 | $71,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 21 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Four seasons and pleasant summers: that is Jimmerson Lake’s year
Summer afternoons peak near 83° in July, and January nights bottom out around 17°; snowfall runs to about 39 inches a winter. Jimmerson Lake has chilly, snowy winters and pleasant summers.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Fun Spot Amusement Park & Zoo and 7 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Jimmerson Lake. Close and well known come first.
24 mi MuseumAuburn Cord Duesenberg Automobile Museum
40 mi MuseumAmerican Museum of Magic38 mi Zoo & aquariumBinder Park Zoo
27 mi GardenSlayton Arboretum
28 mi MuseumE.O. Grosvenor HousePhoto credits
Auburn Cord Duesenberg Automobile Museum: Michael Walter, a.k.a. Cuppysfriend, CC BY-SA 3.0 · American Museum of Magic: rossograph, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Slayton Arboretum: Brother Atticus, CC0 · E.O. Grosvenor House: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain
Everything we know about Jimmerson Lake
Colleges nearby
2 within 15 miles of the center of Jimmerson Lake
About 1 of every 100 Jimmerson Lake residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Indiana.
100% of working residents leave Jimmerson Lake for work
Where Jimmerson Lake’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Questions about Jimmerson Lake
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Jimmerson Lake, IN expensive?
Not for the area. The typical home is worth about $342,000. That is 3.4 years of the area's median household income ($100,566 across the county). Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades A−.