Millersburg vs Wakarusa

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

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

Wakarusa has the higher population (2,519 vs 892 in Millersburg). Millersburg has the higher median household income ($78,750 vs $76,008 in Wakarusa). Wakarusa has the higher median home value ($202,400 vs $169,300 in Millersburg).

Population, income & housing

	Millersburg	Wakarusa
Population	892	2,519
Median age	26.0 yrs	37.2 yrs
Median household income	$78,750	$76,008
Median home value	$169,300	$202,400
Median gross rent	$1,061	$1,214
Housing units	280	866
Homeownership rate	72.4%	87.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.9%	26.2%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	9.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Millersburg	Wakarusa
Population	820 → 892 (+8.8%)	1,957 → 2,519 (+28.7%)
Median household income	$69,531 → $78,750 (+13.3%)	$65,673 → $76,008 (+15.7%)
Median home value	$105,000 → $169,300 (+61.2%)	$150,300 → $202,400 (+34.7%)
Median gross rent	$902 → $1,061 (+17.6%)	$740 → $1,214 (+64.1%)

Millersburg

Population

820892

Median household income

$69,531$78,750

Median home value

$105,000$169,300

Median gross rent

$902$1,061

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)

	Millersburg	Wakarusa
Under 5	10.2%	7.1%
5 to 17	31.1%	21.3%
18 to 24	6.5%	9.1%
25 to 34	18.5%	10.2%
35 to 44	11.0%	17.0%
45 to 54	8.4%	8.2%
55 to 64	7.7%	11.6%
65 to 74	4.1%	7.7%
75 and over	2.5%	7.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Millersburg	Wakarusa
White (non-Hispanic)	74.3%	80.3%
Black or African American	1.0%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.3%	3.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.7%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.7%	5.7%
Hispanic or Latino	22.4%	8.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Millersburg	Wakarusa
No high school diploma	25.5%	14.1%
High school graduate	34.5%	41.6%
Some college or associate's	27.0%	18.1%
Bachelor's degree	11.2%	21.0%
Graduate or professional degree	1.7%	5.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Millersburg	Wakarusa
Drove alone	88.1%	72.4%
Carpooled	9.4%	17.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.7%	3.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.6%	7.1%
Other means	0.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Millersburg	Wakarusa
1-unit, detached	87.5%	76.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	8.9%	1.5%
5 to 19 units	1.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	10.4%
Mobile home & other	2.1%	9.9%

Poverty & households

	Millersburg	Wakarusa
Poverty rate	25.1%	9.5%
Average household size	3.33	3.17
Mean commute (minutes)	19	29
Median year structure built	1971	1960