Cates vs Wallace

A side-by-side comparison of Cates and Wallace: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Wallace has the higher population (136 vs 110 in Cates). Wallace has the higher median household income ($65,625 vs $11,540 in Cates). Since 2019, Wallace's population has grown faster (+83.8% vs -15.4%).

Population, income & housing

	Cates	Wallace
Population	110	136
Median age	61.3 yrs	23.6 yrs
Median household income	$11,540	$65,625
Median home value	—	$92,500
Housing units	101	41
Homeownership rate	18.8%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	12.9%
Unemployment rate	—	1.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cates	Wallace
Population	130 → 110 (-15.4%)	74 → 136 (+83.8%)
Median household income	$11,843 → $11,540 (-2.6%)	$55,625 → $65,625 (+18.0%)
Median home value	—	$62,100 → $92,500 (+49.0%)

Cates

Population

130110

Median household income

$11,843$11,540

Wallace

Population

74136

Median household income

$55,625$65,625

Median home value

$62,100$92,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cates	Wallace
Under 5	0.0%	15.4%
5 to 17	0.0%	16.2%
18 to 24	0.0%	22.8%
25 to 34	0.0%	7.4%
35 to 44	0.0%	14.0%
45 to 54	9.1%	11.8%
55 to 64	90.9%	2.2%
65 to 74	0.0%	3.7%
75 and over	0.0%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cates	Wallace
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cates	Wallace
No high school diploma	0.0%	3.2%
High school graduate	100.0%	46.8%
Some college or associate's	0.0%	37.1%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	9.7%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	3.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cates	Wallace
Drove alone	—	80.8%
Carpooled	—	13.7%
Public transit	—	0.0%
Walked	—	1.4%
Bicycle	—	0.0%
Worked from home	—	4.1%
Other means	—	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cates	Wallace
1-unit, detached	0.0%	95.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.4%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	100.0%	2.4%

Poverty & households

	Cates	Wallace
Poverty rate	100.0%	1.5%
Average household size	1.09	3.32
Mean commute (minutes)	—	37
Median year structure built	1985	1938