Trafalgar vs Whiteland

A side-by-side comparison of Trafalgar and Whiteland: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Whiteland has the higher population (4,369 vs 1,433 in Trafalgar). Whiteland has the higher median household income ($88,411 vs $83,214 in Trafalgar). Trafalgar has the higher median home value ($216,400 vs $189,200 in Whiteland).

Population, income & housing

	Trafalgar	Whiteland
Population	1,433	4,369
Median age	37.7 yrs	46.5 yrs
Median household income	$83,214	$88,411
Median home value	$216,400	$189,200
Median gross rent	$1,000	$1,192
Housing units	574	1,793
Homeownership rate	77.6%	92.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.4%	27.2%
Unemployment rate	5.2%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Trafalgar	Whiteland
Population	1,148 → 1,433 (+24.8%)	4,423 → 4,369 (-1.2%)
Median household income	$58,636 → $83,214 (+41.9%)	$75,741 → $88,411 (+16.7%)
Median home value	$125,800 → $216,400 (+72.0%)	$141,300 → $189,200 (+33.9%)
Median gross rent	$928 → $1,000 (+7.8%)	$1,007 → $1,192 (+18.4%)

Trafalgar

Population

1,1481,433

Median household income

$58,636$83,214

Median home value

$125,800$216,400

Median gross rent

$928$1,000

Whiteland

Population

4,4234,369

Median household income

$75,741$88,411

Median home value

$141,300$189,200

Median gross rent

$1,007$1,192

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Trafalgar	Whiteland
Under 5	4.3%	3.1%
5 to 17	21.7%	10.8%
18 to 24	8.0%	4.7%
25 to 34	12.7%	17.6%
35 to 44	16.3%	11.9%
45 to 54	14.7%	13.6%
55 to 64	12.6%	23.3%
65 to 74	5.9%	9.6%
75 and over	4.0%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Trafalgar	Whiteland
White (non-Hispanic)	97.6%	93.0%
Black or African American	0.3%	2.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.9%
Two or more races	0.7%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.8%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Trafalgar	Whiteland
No high school diploma	7.3%	6.3%
High school graduate	43.4%	43.6%
Some college or associate's	24.8%	22.8%
Bachelor's degree	16.1%	18.8%
Graduate or professional degree	8.4%	8.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Trafalgar	Whiteland
Drove alone	76.2%	87.0%
Carpooled	8.0%	5.3%
Public transit	1.2%	0.0%
Walked	0.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.4%	7.7%
Other means	2.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Trafalgar	Whiteland
1-unit, detached	84.3%	98.3%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	0.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	8.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	3.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Trafalgar	Whiteland
Poverty rate	6.2%	5.8%
Average household size	2.65	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	36	27
Median year structure built	1997	1992