Lake DalecarliaIN
The town has 1,169 residents and lies in Indiana.
Is Lake Dalecarlia a good place to live?
The best of Lake Dalecarlia’s subject grades are an A for schools and an A− for incomes; the weakest is a C for walkability. Lake Dalecarlia’s mean commuting time is 42 minutes, above both Indiana’s towns (24 minutes) and U.S. towns (25 minutes). Only 6 of the 594 Indiana towns we compare have a lower share of working residents who work in town than Lake Dalecarlia. On the outdoors, just 5 of Indiana’s 1,098 towns do worse. Lake Dalecarlia has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
1,169 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
How Lake Dalecarlia grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Indiana), ordered by how far Lake Dalecarlia is from typical.
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Moving to Lake Dalecarlia: who provides what
Lake Dalecarlia is unincorporated, so Lake 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 Lake Dalecarlia.
Most of Lake Dalecarlia’s workers head elsewhere: there are 0.1 jobs for each of them
The share of residents in Lake Dalecarlia who live below the poverty line: 6.2%. Since 2013, Lake Dalecarlia has added 23 jobs, to 57 in 2023. The typical household income for Lake Dalecarlia comes to $118,000. The top destinations are Crown Point (9%), Lowell (7%) and Merrillville (6%).
| Lake Dalecarlia | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $118,000 | $71,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 6.2% | 10% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
The climate in Lake Dalecarlia brings four seasons and pleasant summers
The range runs from 17° on a January night to 84° on a July afternoon, with about 30 inches of snow a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Older than Indiana overall
Lake Dalecarlia’s median age is 46.5 years. People 65 and older are 24% of residents (17% statewide); children under 18 are 17% of residents (23% statewide). Nearly a third of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 30% across Indiana.
| Lake Dalecarlia | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 46.5 years | 39.4 years | 40.5 years |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 32% | 22% | 29% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
48.7% women, 51.3% men
About 105 men for every 100 women. Across Indiana, 50.4% of residents are women.
| Lake Dalecarlia | IN | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 12.6% | 12.4% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 4.5% | 10.9% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 9.2% | 9.6% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 13% | 13.1% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 6.8% | 12.7% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 12.2% | 12% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 17.3% | 12.5% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 12.7% | 10.1% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 11.7% | 6.7% | 7% |
| No diploma | 6.5% | 9.6% | 10.4% |
| High school | 35% | 32.5% | 26% |
| Some college | 21% | 19.3% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 5.9% | 9.1% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 24.1% | 18.7% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 7.4% | 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
Natural hazards: low risk in Lake Dalecarlia, mostly inland flooding
Federal disaster aid has reached households in Lake Dalecarlia once, in 2018. FEMA expects less storm and flood damage in the town than in nearly two thirds of U.S. communities. Expected losses in Lake Dalecarlia break down as 48% from inland flooding and 24% from cold waves.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Health in Lake Dalecarlia trails 60% of U.S. towns
Lake Dalecarlia beats the Indiana average on 5 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 3. 30% of Lake Dalecarlia adults feel lonely. Two figures for adults here: 18% binge drink, 22% have been diagnosed with depression.
| Lake Dalecarlia | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 32% | 33% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 16% | 16% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 22% | 26% | 23% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 17% | 14% |
| What stands out | Lake Dalecarlia | IN |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 8.7% | 11.2% |
| Fewer adults facing a utility shut-off | 7% | 8.4% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 10.3% | 8.3% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
The median home in Lake Dalecarlia sells for about $412K
93% of households own their home in Lake Dalecarlia.
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Soldier Field and 86 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Lake Dalecarlia. Close and well known come first.
Big draw38 mi Stadium & arenaSoldier Field
Big draw33 mi MuseumBarack Obama Presidential Center
Big draw36 mi Stadium & arenaRate Field
Big draw39 mi MuseumArt Institute of Chicago1.5M visitors a year
12 mi National ParkIndiana Dunes National Park2.6M visitors a year
38 mi MuseumField Museum of Natural History1.4M visitors a yearPhoto credits
Soldier Field: Photo by Joon Han Contact: [email protected], CC BY-SA 3.0 · Barack Obama Presidential Center: AlphaBeta135, CC0 · Rate Field: User Enoch Lai on en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Art Institute of Chicago: ajay_suresh, CC BY 2.0 · Indiana Dunes National Park: J. Crocker, Attribution · Field Museum of Natural History: Sea Cow, CC BY-SA 4.0
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Everything we know about Lake Dalecarlia
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Lake Dalecarlia; the nearest are
About 8 of every 100 Lake Dalecarlia residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Indiana.
100% of working residents leave Lake Dalecarlia for work
Where Lake Dalecarlia’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Lake Dalecarlia
Census-designated place in Indiana, United States
Lake Dalecarlia is a census-designated place (CDP) in Lake County, Indiana, United States. The population was 1,332 at the 2020 census. The name comes from the English name of the Dalarna region of Sweden. The community is centered on the lake of the same name, which was completed in the 1920s.
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- Area
- 1.4 sq mi
- Elevation
- 712 ft
- Area code
- 219
Questions about Lake Dalecarlia
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Lake Dalecarlia, IN expensive?
The typical home is worth about $327,000, 27% 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 B.