Edwardsport vs Wheatland

A side-by-side comparison of Edwardsport and Wheatland: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Edwardsport has the higher population (357 vs 352 in Wheatland). Edwardsport has the higher median household income ($51,250 vs $47,500 in Wheatland). Wheatland has the higher median home value ($58,600 vs $53,900 in Edwardsport).

Population, income & housing

	Edwardsport	Wheatland
Population	357	352
Median age	39.1 yrs	42.3 yrs
Median household income	$51,250	$47,500
Median home value	$53,900	$58,600
Median gross rent	$950	$683
Housing units	155	183
Homeownership rate	92.5%	79.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.1%	4.1%
Unemployment rate	1.2%	0.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Edwardsport	Wheatland
Population	340 → 357 (+5.0%)	474 → 352 (-25.7%)
Median household income	$48,750 → $51,250 (+5.1%)	$42,292 → $47,500 (+12.3%)
Median home value	$47,900 → $53,900 (+12.5%)	$55,000 → $58,600 (+6.5%)
Median gross rent	$825 → $950 (+15.2%)	$612 → $683 (+11.6%)

Edwardsport

Population

340357

Median household income

$48,750$51,250

Median home value

$47,900$53,900

Median gross rent

$825$950

Wheatland

Population

474352

Median household income

$42,292$47,500

Median home value

$55,000$58,600

Median gross rent

$612$683

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Edwardsport	Wheatland
Under 5	3.4%	3.7%
5 to 17	17.1%	18.5%
18 to 24	10.1%	8.2%
25 to 34	16.8%	9.1%
35 to 44	8.1%	12.5%
45 to 54	10.1%	11.9%
55 to 64	14.8%	14.8%
65 to 74	8.7%	15.3%
75 and over	10.9%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Edwardsport	Wheatland
White (non-Hispanic)	99.2%	97.4%
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%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.8%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Edwardsport	Wheatland
No high school diploma	14.1%	13.5%
High school graduate	37.9%	45.7%
Some college or associate's	39.9%	36.7%
Bachelor's degree	8.1%	2.4%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	1.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Edwardsport	Wheatland
Drove alone	85.1%	78.9%
Carpooled	10.1%	17.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	3.4%
Other means	4.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Edwardsport	Wheatland
1-unit, detached	95.5%	76.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.5%	15.8%

Poverty & households

	Edwardsport	Wheatland
Poverty rate	22.6%	8.2%
Average household size	2.43	2.35
Mean commute (minutes)	24	36
Median year structure built	1938	1949