Dunlap vs Wakarusa

A side-by-side comparison of Dunlap and Wakarusa: population, income, housing, and more.

Dunlap and Wakarusa are places in Indiana. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Dunlap has the higher population (6,602 vs 2,519 in Wakarusa). Dunlap has the higher median household income ($86,641 vs $76,008 in Wakarusa). Dunlap has the higher median home value ($208,400 vs $202,400 in Wakarusa).

Population, income & housing

	Dunlap	Wakarusa
Population	6,602	2,519
Median age	37.3 yrs	37.2 yrs
Median household income	$86,641	$76,008
Median home value	$208,400	$202,400
Median gross rent	$1,143	$1,214
Housing units	2,150	866
Homeownership rate	95.8%	87.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.5%	26.2%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	9.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dunlap	Wakarusa
Population	6,667 → 6,602 (-1.0%)	1,957 → 2,519 (+28.7%)
Median household income	$74,000 → $86,641 (+17.1%)	$65,673 → $76,008 (+15.7%)
Median home value	$143,600 → $208,400 (+45.1%)	$150,300 → $202,400 (+34.7%)
Median gross rent	$737 → $1,143 (+55.1%)	$740 → $1,214 (+64.1%)

Dunlap

Population

6,6676,602

Median household income

$74,000$86,641

Median home value

$143,600$208,400

Median gross rent

$737$1,143

Wakarusa

Population

1,9572,519

Median household income

$65,673$76,008

Median home value

$150,300$202,400

Median gross rent

$740$1,214

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dunlap	Wakarusa
Under 5	6.5%	7.1%
5 to 17	18.2%	21.3%
18 to 24	10.7%	9.1%
25 to 34	12.7%	10.2%
35 to 44	10.0%	17.0%
45 to 54	11.8%	8.2%
55 to 64	13.1%	11.6%
65 to 74	8.8%	7.7%
75 and over	8.3%	7.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dunlap	Wakarusa
White (non-Hispanic)	69.2%	80.3%
Black or African American	5.0%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.2%
Asian	0.9%	3.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.7%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.2%	5.7%
Hispanic or Latino	21.4%	8.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dunlap	Wakarusa
No high school diploma	15.6%	14.1%
High school graduate	30.4%	41.6%
Some college or associate's	31.4%	18.1%
Bachelor's degree	12.2%	21.0%
Graduate or professional degree	10.3%	5.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dunlap	Wakarusa
Drove alone	79.2%	72.4%
Carpooled	7.7%	17.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.2%	3.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.9%	7.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dunlap	Wakarusa
1-unit, detached	95.9%	76.8%
1-unit, attached	2.0%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	0.3%	1.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	10.4%
Mobile home & other	1.9%	9.9%

Poverty & households

	Dunlap	Wakarusa
Poverty rate	8.2%	9.5%
Average household size	3.34	3.17
Mean commute (minutes)	20	29
Median year structure built	1977	1960