Middlebury vs Wakarusa

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

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

Middlebury has the higher population (3,681 vs 2,519 in Wakarusa). Middlebury has the higher median household income ($81,094 vs $76,008 in Wakarusa). Middlebury has the higher median home value ($230,300 vs $202,400 in Wakarusa).

Population, income & housing

	Middlebury	Wakarusa
Population	3,681	2,519
Median age	39.5 yrs	37.2 yrs
Median household income	$81,094	$76,008
Median home value	$230,300	$202,400
Median gross rent	$1,072	$1,214
Housing units	1,387	866
Homeownership rate	80.2%	87.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.0%	26.2%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	9.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Middlebury	Wakarusa
Population	3,575 → 3,681 (+3.0%)	1,957 → 2,519 (+28.7%)
Median household income	$71,442 → $81,094 (+13.5%)	$65,673 → $76,008 (+15.7%)
Median home value	$170,400 → $230,300 (+35.2%)	$150,300 → $202,400 (+34.7%)
Median gross rent	$932 → $1,072 (+15.0%)	$740 → $1,214 (+64.1%)

Middlebury

Population

3,5753,681

Median household income

$71,442$81,094

Median home value

$170,400$230,300

Median gross rent

$932$1,072

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)

	Middlebury	Wakarusa
Under 5	9.0%	7.1%
5 to 17	19.3%	21.3%
18 to 24	5.1%	9.1%
25 to 34	10.2%	10.2%
35 to 44	15.8%	17.0%
45 to 54	9.8%	8.2%
55 to 64	17.4%	11.6%
65 to 74	8.1%	7.7%
75 and over	5.4%	7.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Middlebury	Wakarusa
White (non-Hispanic)	84.4%	80.3%
Black or African American	0.6%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	2.9%	3.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.7%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.5%	5.7%
Hispanic or Latino	10.6%	8.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Middlebury	Wakarusa
No high school diploma	10.0%	14.1%
High school graduate	41.3%	41.6%
Some college or associate's	27.6%	18.1%
Bachelor's degree	11.9%	21.0%
Graduate or professional degree	9.1%	5.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Middlebury	Wakarusa
Drove alone	84.7%	72.4%
Carpooled	7.7%	17.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	3.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.1%	7.1%
Other means	0.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Middlebury	Wakarusa
1-unit, detached	80.0%	76.8%
1-unit, attached	5.3%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	3.4%	1.5%
5 to 19 units	2.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.9%	10.4%
Mobile home & other	8.4%	9.9%

Poverty & households

	Middlebury	Wakarusa
Poverty rate	11.4%	9.5%
Average household size	2.88	3.17
Mean commute (minutes)	18	29
Median year structure built	1984	1960