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Simonton Lake, Indiana.

A community in Elkhart County, with no city government of its own. Zillow publishes no home prices for it: see Elkhart County’s.

Living in Simonton Lake, Elkhart County, Indiana

Simonton Lake, in Elkhart County, had 4,710 people in the 2020 census. 80% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 20% are rented. Unemployment in Elkhart County was 3.8% in August 2026, and the county had 0.1% fewer jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in manufacturing, then schools and health care.

People 4,710 in the 2020 census
Household income Too few homes in Simonton Lake for the Census survey to measure.
Unemployment 3.8% Elkhart County, August 2026; 4.1% a year before
Homes 80% lived in by their owners; 20% rented
  • 1,725households
  • 20%of adults have a degree
  • 12%below the poverty line
  • 20 mintypical commute
  • 9%work from home

What residents work in

  • Manufacturing32%
  • Schools, hospitals and social care23%
  • Restaurants, hotels and entertainment8%
  • Shops (retail)8%
  • Professional and business services7%
  • Other services6%

Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Elkhart County had 126,935 jobs in 2025, 0.1% fewer than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).

Weather through the year

Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 32° and 18°; warmest in July, 83° and 63° 20° 40° 60° 80° J 32° 18° F M A M J J 83° 63° A S O N D
Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 32° and 18°; warmest in July, 83° and 63° 20° 40° 60° 80° J 32° 18° F M A M J J 83° 63° A S O N D

Coldest in January, with highs near 32° and lows near 18°; warmest in July, with highs near 83° and lows near 63°. About 45 inches of snow and 40 inches of rain and melted snow a year.

Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Goshen 3SW weather station, 14 miles away (NOAA).

Largest workplaces in Elkhart County

  1. JaycoCamping trailers and chassis manufacturing3,085
  2. WinnebagoTravel trailer and camper manufacturing2,021
  3. Elkhart Community SchoolsSchool district1,663FTE
  4. AmazonGeneral warehousing and storage1,496
  5. Thor Motor CoachRecreational vehicle manufacturing1,221
  6. Elkhart General HospitalGeneral hospital1,171FTE
  7. Lippert Components 19 ComplexFabricated structural metal manufacturing1,034
  8. Goshen HospitalGeneral hospital1,015FTE

Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 404 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 62,462 people in all across the county; Simonton Lake has none of its own. School districts come from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24) and hospitals from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.

Natural hazards

  1. Cold wavesrelatively high in parts of Simonton LakeRelatively moderate
  2. Strong windrelatively high in parts of Simonton LakeRelatively moderate
  3. HailRelatively moderate
  4. TornadoesRelatively moderate
  5. Winter weatherRelatively moderate

FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Simonton Lake’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, very low. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.

From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Elkhart County.