Nappanee vs Wakarusa

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

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

Nappanee has the higher population (7,040 vs 2,519 in Wakarusa). Wakarusa has the higher median household income ($76,008 vs $66,944 in Nappanee). Nappanee has the higher median home value ($209,000 vs $202,400 in Wakarusa).

Population, income & housing

	Nappanee	Wakarusa
Population	7,040	2,519
Median age	32.4 yrs	37.2 yrs
Median household income	$66,944	$76,008
Median home value	$209,000	$202,400
Median gross rent	$876	$1,214
Housing units	2,985	866
Homeownership rate	59.6%	87.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.6%	26.2%
Unemployment rate	5.8%	9.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Nappanee	Wakarusa
Population	7,033 → 7,040 (+0.1%)	1,957 → 2,519 (+28.7%)
Median household income	$55,125 → $66,944 (+21.4%)	$65,673 → $76,008 (+15.7%)
Median home value	$123,200 → $209,000 (+69.6%)	$150,300 → $202,400 (+34.7%)
Median gross rent	$829 → $876 (+5.7%)	$740 → $1,214 (+64.1%)

Nappanee

Population

7,0337,040

Median household income

$55,125$66,944

Median home value

$123,200$209,000

Median gross rent

$829$876

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)

	Nappanee	Wakarusa
Under 5	6.0%	7.1%
5 to 17	18.4%	21.3%
18 to 24	7.7%	9.1%
25 to 34	21.0%	10.2%
35 to 44	13.7%	17.0%
45 to 54	10.1%	8.2%
55 to 64	10.8%	11.6%
65 to 74	7.3%	7.7%
75 and over	5.0%	7.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Nappanee	Wakarusa
White (non-Hispanic)	75.9%	80.3%
Black or African American	1.8%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	1.5%	3.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.7%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.1%	5.7%
Hispanic or Latino	18.8%	8.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Nappanee	Wakarusa
No high school diploma	16.8%	14.1%
High school graduate	38.0%	41.6%
Some college or associate's	35.7%	18.1%
Bachelor's degree	6.6%	21.0%
Graduate or professional degree	2.9%	5.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Nappanee	Wakarusa
Drove alone	75.2%	72.4%
Carpooled	19.4%	17.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.9%	3.2%
Bicycle	1.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.4%	7.1%
Other means	0.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Nappanee	Wakarusa
1-unit, detached	59.4%	76.8%
1-unit, attached	4.6%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	12.0%	1.5%
5 to 19 units	8.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.2%	10.4%
Mobile home & other	14.6%	9.9%

Poverty & households

	Nappanee	Wakarusa
Poverty rate	10.9%	9.5%
Average household size	2.57	3.17
Mean commute (minutes)	20	29
Median year structure built	1984	1960