While the entire community, both the Porter and Lake County sides, have Crown Point mailing addresses, the school districts attended by the children who reside within the community are separated by county.

Residents on the Porter County side are considered part of the Porter Township school system, whereas those on the Lake County side are in the Crown Point school system.

Big Bass Lake connects to Lake Holiday, which via Stony Run drains south and west to the Kankakee River, part of the Illinois River watershed.

There were 2,590 housing units at an average density of 966.3 per square mile (373.1/km2).

11.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 4.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.