DeMotte vs Wheatfield

A side-by-side comparison of DeMotte and Wheatfield: population, income, housing, and more.

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

DeMotte has the higher population (4,219 vs 841 in Wheatfield). Wheatfield has the higher median household income ($80,625 vs $67,244 in DeMotte). DeMotte has the higher median home value ($205,200 vs $191,900 in Wheatfield).

Population, income & housing

	DeMotte	Wheatfield
Population	4,219	841
Median age	41.7 yrs	32.4 yrs
Median household income	$67,244	$80,625
Median home value	$205,200	$191,900
Median gross rent	$1,104	$790
Housing units	2,083	339
Homeownership rate	79.3%	80.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.1%	13.2%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	2.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	DeMotte	Wheatfield
Population	—	928 → 841 (-9.4%)
Median household income	—	$45,526 → $80,625 (+77.1%)
Median home value	—	$115,700 → $191,900 (+65.9%)
Median gross rent	—	$718 → $790 (+10.0%)

DeMotte

Wheatfield

Population

928841

Median household income

$45,526$80,625

Median home value

$115,700$191,900

Median gross rent

$718$790

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	DeMotte	Wheatfield
Under 5	7.9%	8.2%
5 to 17	17.9%	20.2%
18 to 24	2.9%	9.6%
25 to 34	13.0%	17.7%
35 to 44	14.8%	14.9%
45 to 54	6.4%	8.7%
55 to 64	13.8%	10.1%
65 to 74	10.9%	4.5%
75 and over	12.3%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	DeMotte	Wheatfield
White (non-Hispanic)	86.7%	86.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	1.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.1%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	8.2%	10.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	DeMotte	Wheatfield
No high school diploma	5.4%	6.7%
High school graduate	40.4%	41.8%
Some college or associate's	29.1%	38.2%
Bachelor's degree	17.3%	12.5%
Graduate or professional degree	7.8%	0.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	DeMotte	Wheatfield
Drove alone	83.2%	80.6%
Carpooled	3.3%	10.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.1%	6.8%
Other means	0.0%	2.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	DeMotte	Wheatfield
1-unit, detached	64.8%	84.1%
1-unit, attached	13.3%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	9.4%	9.1%
5 to 19 units	1.8%	1.5%
20 or more units	7.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.6%	3.5%

Poverty & households

	DeMotte	Wheatfield
Poverty rate	8.8%	10.5%
Average household size	2.23	2.78
Mean commute (minutes)	25	29
Median year structure built	1991	1974