Tri-LakesIN
A town in Indiana, home to 1,025 people.
Is Tri-Lakes a good place to live?
Tri-Lakes’ best subject grade is an A for incomes; its weakest is a D for walkability. Tri-Lakes’ median age is 54.1 years, where Indiana’s towns sit at 39.4 years and U.S. towns at 40.5 years. On incomes, just 91 of Indiana’s 1,096 towns do better. Tri-Lakes has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Tri-Lakes stand out
Where Tri-Lakes beats most towns.
1,025 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
How Tri-Lakes grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Indiana), ordered by how far Tri-Lakes is from typical.
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Moving to Tri-Lakes: who provides what
Tri-Lakes is unincorporated, so Whitley 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 Tri-Lakes.
Natural hazards: very low risk in Tri-Lakes, mostly inland flooding
FEMA expects less storm and flood damage in Tri-Lakes than in 85% of U.S. communities. Expected losses in Tri-Lakes break down as 44% from inland flooding and 22% from tornadoes.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Tri-Lakes has 0.3 jobs per working resident, so most workers leave town for work
The median commute is under 18 miles. Tri-Lakes’ typical household income stands at $115,000. Between 2013 and 2023, jobs in Tri-Lakes dropped by 36, to 152. 4.7% of Tri-Lakes residents live below the poverty line.
| Tri-Lakes | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $115,000 | $71,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 4.7% | 10% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 29 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 1.9% | 11% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Residents of Tri-Lakes are less healthy than 53% of U.S. towns
15% of adults smoke cigarettes in Tri-Lakes. The town beats the Indiana average on 10 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 4. Among 590 Indiana towns, just 4 have a higher share of adults who had a checkup this year than Tri-Lakes. Two figures for adults here: 42% have high blood pressure, 29% feel lonely.
| Tri-Lakes | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 32% | 37% | 36% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 42% | 39% | 35% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 32% | 33% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 83% | 80% | 79% |
| What stands out | Tri-Lakes | IN |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 10% | 14.7% |
| Fewer adults facing a utility shut-off | 5.8% | 8.4% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 11.4% | 8.3% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
0.7% of the land in Tri-Lakes is protected from building
One park or preserve covers 5 acres in Tri-Lakes.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Tri-Lakes Community Park | — | 5 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Tri-Lakes stands out in Indiana and nationally, with more of its households who own their home
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Tri-Lakes
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Tri-Lakes; the nearest are
About 6 of every 100 Tri-Lakes residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Indiana.
98% of working residents leave Tri-Lakes for work
Where Tri-Lakes’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Questions about Tri-Lakes
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Tri-Lakes, IN expensive?
The typical home is worth about $324,000, 26% 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.