Simonton LakeIN
A town in Indiana, home to 4,248 people.
What should you know before moving to Simonton Lake?
The picture is mixed. Its weakest subject is health: residents are less healthy than 80% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates. Simonton Lake grades C overall, better than just over a quarter of U.S. towns, and ranks 509th of 585 in Indiana. Schools are weaker too: its schools rank behind 77% of the state's. Where it does best is hazard risk (A+). At about $267K, a typical home costs 3.9 years of the Elkhart metro’s $69K median household income. It is strong on incomes as well: the median household earns $76K. Only 75 of Indiana’s 1,098 towns score lower on history.
Figures: FEMA National Risk Index · incomes, Census ACS, 2020–24 · health, CDC PLACES · schools, state test and graduation results · home values, Zillow · National Register of Historic Places.
What makes Simonton Lake stand out
Where Simonton Lake beats most towns.
99% of working residents leave Simonton Lake for work
Where Simonton Lake’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Simonton Lake grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Indiana), ordered by how far Simonton Lake is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Notre Dame Stadium and 12 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Simonton Lake. Close and well known come first.
Big draw14 mi Stadium & arenaNotre Dame Stadium
14 mi CaveGrotto of Our Lady of Lourdes, Notre Dame
39 mi Theme parkAir Zoo
16 mi Ancient siteFort St. Joseph
34 mi State parkWarren Dunes State Park
16 mi MuseumStudebaker National MuseumPhoto credits
Notre Dame Stadium: Tysto, Public domain · Grotto of Our Lady of Lourdes, Notre Dame: Know1one1, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Air Zoo: User:my name, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Fort St. Joseph: Chris Light (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 · Warren Dunes State Park: hakkun, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Studebaker National Museum: Unknown, Public domain
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Moving to Simonton Lake: who provides what
Simonton Lake is unincorporated, so Elkhart 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 Simonton Lake.
Simonton Lake carries less natural-hazard risk than nearly all of Indiana (mostly inland flooding) and sends most of its workers to Elkhart and beyond.
Natural hazards: very low risk in Simonton Lake, mostly inland flooding
FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk lower than 96% of Indiana towns, with expected losses of about $164 per resident a year; that rating is what its A+ for hazard risk is built on.
The risk rating from FEMA for Simonton Lake comes to 7 of 100, below both the Indiana town median (38 of 100) and the median of U.S. towns (44 of 100). FEMA puts 44% of the town’s expected hazard losses down to inland flooding, and 25% to cold waves.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Simonton Lake earns a C− for health
In Simonton Lake, just over two in five adults have high blood pressure, and 15% have diabetes. Simonton Lake: 44% of adults have obesity, against 39% in Indiana’s towns and 35% across U.S. towns. Also worth knowing: for adults in the town, the share who report frequent physical distress is 16%.
| Simonton Lake | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 44% | 39% | 35% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 42% | 39% | 35% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 13% | 12% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 15% | 14% |
| What stands out | Simonton Lake | IN |
|---|---|---|
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 19.9% | 15.4% |
| More adults with COPD | 10% | 8.1% |
| More adults with heart disease | 8.2% | 6.8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Compared with most of Indiana and the rest of the country, fewer of Simonton Lake’s working residents work locally
Simonton Lake has 299 jobs for its 2,227 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out.
The median commute is under 7 miles. Between 2013 and 2023, jobs in Simonton Lake rose by 72, to 299. The average trip to work for Simonton Lake comes to 20 minutes. The top destinations are Elkhart (41%), Mishawaka (7%) and South Bend (7%).
| Simonton Lake | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 20 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 0.7% | 11% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 12% | 10% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Fewer adults under 35 in Simonton Lake than across Indiana
Adults 18 to 34 are 15% of residents (23% statewide); people 65 and older are 22% of residents (17% statewide). Simonton Lake’s midpoint age comes in at 47 years. Just over a fifth of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 30% across Indiana.
| Simonton Lake | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 47 years | 39.4 years | 40.5 years |
| Aged 65 or older | 22% | 18% | 18% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 21% | 22% | 29% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±4 points. Across Indiana, 50.4% of residents are women.
| Simonton Lake | IN | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 10.1% | 12.4% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 12.5% | 10.9% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 6.4% | 9.6% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 8.5% | 13.1% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 9.8% | 12.7% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 12.4% | 12% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 18% | 12.5% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 11.9% | 10.1% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 10.5% | 6.7% | 7% |
| No diploma | 9.8% | 9.6% | 10.4% |
| High school | 34.6% | 32.5% | 26% |
| Some college | 27.3% | 19.3% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 7.8% | 9.1% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 10.5% | 18.7% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 10% | 10.8% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 4,200, single groups can be off by several points
The median home in Simonton Lake sells for about $296K
On the market in Simonton Lake: a median 20 days to sell. Simonton Lake: four in five households are owner-occupiers. In Simonton Lake, the typical sale closed at 98.2% of the list price.
| Simonton Lake | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 80% | 76% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,108 a month | $946 a month | $1,185 a month |
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Simonton Lake
Colleges nearby
4 within 15 miles of the center of Simonton Lake
About 4 of every 100 Simonton Lake residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Indiana.
About Simonton Lake
Census-designated place in Indiana, United States
Simonton Lake is a census-designated place (CDP) in Elkhart County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2020 census, Simonton Lake had a population of 4,710.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
- Area
- 4.0 sq mi
- Elevation
- 787 ft
- Area code
- 574
Simonton Lake’s neighbors
4 towns share a border with Simonton Lake.
| Town | IN rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Simonton Lake | #509 | C | B− | — | C− | C− |
| Elkhart | #514 | C | B+ | — | C− | D |
| Osolo Township | #539 | C− | B− | — | C− | C− |
Simonton Lake, Elkhart and Osolo Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Simonton Lake with a neighbor →
Questions about Simonton Lake
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Simonton Lake, IN a good place to live?
Simonton Lake grades C overall, better than 26% of U.S. towns and #509 of 585 in Indiana. It grades C− for health and C− for schools. Health is its weak spot, with a C−.
Is Simonton Lake, IN expensive?
The typical home is worth about $267,000, 4% 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−.