Rensselaer vs Wheatfield

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

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

Rensselaer has the higher population (5,369 vs 841 in Wheatfield). Wheatfield has the higher median household income ($80,625 vs $61,648 in Rensselaer). Wheatfield has the higher median home value ($191,900 vs $149,100 in Rensselaer).

Population, income & housing

	Rensselaer	Wheatfield
Population	5,369	841
Median age	36.4 yrs	32.4 yrs
Median household income	$61,648	$80,625
Median home value	$149,100	$191,900
Median gross rent	$868	$790
Housing units	2,556	339
Homeownership rate	66.7%	80.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.7%	13.2%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	2.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Rensselaer	Wheatfield
Population	6,324 → 5,369 (-15.1%)	928 → 841 (-9.4%)
Median household income	$48,162 → $61,648 (+28.0%)	$45,526 → $80,625 (+77.1%)
Median home value	$115,700 → $149,100 (+28.9%)	$115,700 → $191,900 (+65.9%)
Median gross rent	$733 → $868 (+18.4%)	$718 → $790 (+10.0%)

Rensselaer

Population

6,3245,369

Median household income

$48,162$61,648

Median home value

$115,700$149,100

Median gross rent

$733$868

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)

	Rensselaer	Wheatfield
Under 5	5.9%	8.2%
5 to 17	17.1%	20.2%
18 to 24	10.9%	9.6%
25 to 34	15.0%	17.7%
35 to 44	9.2%	14.9%
45 to 54	11.3%	8.7%
55 to 64	10.4%	10.1%
65 to 74	12.3%	4.5%
75 and over	7.8%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Rensselaer	Wheatfield
White (non-Hispanic)	83.3%	86.1%
Black or African American	1.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	1.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.5%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	10.6%	10.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Rensselaer	Wheatfield
No high school diploma	10.2%	6.7%
High school graduate	38.4%	41.8%
Some college or associate's	33.7%	38.2%
Bachelor's degree	9.6%	12.5%
Graduate or professional degree	8.1%	0.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Rensselaer	Wheatfield
Drove alone	81.0%	80.6%
Carpooled	14.0%	10.1%
Public transit	0.8%	0.0%
Walked	1.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.2%	6.8%
Other means	0.0%	2.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Rensselaer	Wheatfield
1-unit, detached	74.7%	84.1%
1-unit, attached	4.1%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	12.9%	9.1%
5 to 19 units	4.3%	1.5%
20 or more units	3.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	3.5%

Poverty & households

	Rensselaer	Wheatfield
Poverty rate	7.5%	10.5%
Average household size	2.29	2.78
Mean commute (minutes)	18	29
Median year structure built	1955	1974