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Winfield, Indiana.

A town in Lake County. Zillow publishes no home prices for it: see Lake County’s.

Living in Winfield, Lake County, Indiana

Winfield is a town of 7,181 people in Lake County. Half its households earn more than $135,870 a year and half less, against $71,493 across Lake County; 6% of its people live below the poverty line. 95% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 5% are rented. Unemployment in Lake County was 4.8% in August 2026, and the county had about as many jobs in 2025 as the year before. The most residents work in schools and health care, then manufacturing.

People 7,181 in the 2020 census; median age 37.6
Household income $135,870 the median, give or take $7,776 · Lake County: $71,493
Unemployment 4.8% Lake County, August 2026; 5.0% a year before
Homes 95% lived in by their owners; 5% rented
  • 2,483households
  • 42%of adults have a degree
  • 6%below the poverty line
  • 37 mintypical commute
  • 17%work from home

What residents work in

  • Schools, hospitals and social care26%
  • Manufacturing13%
  • Professional and business services11%
  • Banks, insurance and property9%
  • Building trades8%
  • Other services8%

Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Lake County had 191,579 jobs in 2025, about as many as the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).

Weather through the year

Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 32° and 15°; warmest in July, 84° and 62° 20° 40° 60° 80° J 32° 15° F M A M J J 84° 62° A S O N D
Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 32° and 15°; warmest in July, 84° and 62° 20° 40° 60° 80° J 32° 15° F M A M J J 84° 62° A S O N D

Coldest in January, with highs near 32° and lows near 15°; warmest in July, with highs near 84° and lows near 62°. About 30 inches of snow and 40 inches of rain and melted snow a year.

Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Lowell weather station, 13 miles away (NOAA).

Largest workplaces in Winfield

  1. Crown Point HCSkilled nursing facilities180
  2. Taft Middle SchoolMiddle schools124
  3. Strack and Van TilSupermarkets and other grocery except convenience stores97
  4. Jerry Ross Elementary SchoolSchools, elementary88

Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 4 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 489 people in all. 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
  2. TornadoesRelatively high
  3. Winter weatherRelatively moderate
  4. Strong windRelatively moderate
  5. Inland floodingRelatively moderate
  6. LightningRelatively moderate

FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Winfield’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively moderate. 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 Lake County.