Oaktown vs Wheatland

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

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

Oaktown has the higher population (724 vs 352 in Wheatland). Wheatland has the higher median household income ($47,500 vs $30,417 in Oaktown). Oaktown has the higher median home value ($67,700 vs $58,600 in Wheatland).

Population, income & housing

	Oaktown	Wheatland
Population	724	352
Median age	48.8 yrs	42.3 yrs
Median household income	$30,417	$47,500
Median home value	$67,700	$58,600
Median gross rent	$705	$683
Housing units	372	183
Homeownership rate	61.9%	79.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	3.2%	4.1%
Unemployment rate	1.9%	0.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Oaktown	Wheatland
Population	614 → 724 (+17.9%)	474 → 352 (-25.7%)
Median household income	$44,327 → $30,417 (-31.4%)	$42,292 → $47,500 (+12.3%)
Median home value	$68,800 → $67,700 (-1.6%)	$55,000 → $58,600 (+6.5%)
Median gross rent	$543 → $705 (+29.8%)	$612 → $683 (+11.6%)

Oaktown

Population

614724

Median household income

$44,327$30,417

Median home value

$68,800$67,700

Median gross rent

$543$705

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)

	Oaktown	Wheatland
Under 5	2.2%	3.7%
5 to 17	11.2%	18.5%
18 to 24	7.7%	8.2%
25 to 34	6.8%	9.1%
35 to 44	8.7%	12.5%
45 to 54	21.0%	11.9%
55 to 64	20.2%	14.8%
65 to 74	11.5%	15.3%
75 and over	10.8%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Oaktown	Wheatland
White (non-Hispanic)	96.7%	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	0.8%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	2.5%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Oaktown	Wheatland
No high school diploma	29.8%	13.5%
High school graduate	37.3%	45.7%
Some college or associate's	29.8%	36.7%
Bachelor's degree	2.3%	2.4%
Graduate or professional degree	0.9%	1.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Oaktown	Wheatland
Drove alone	90.5%	78.9%
Carpooled	6.2%	17.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.6%	3.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Oaktown	Wheatland
1-unit, detached	53.0%	76.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.7%
2 to 4 units	16.7%	2.7%
5 to 19 units	10.5%	2.7%
20 or more units	0.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	19.4%	15.8%

Poverty & households

	Oaktown	Wheatland
Poverty rate	5.2%	8.2%
Average household size	2.13	2.35
Mean commute (minutes)	22	36
Median year structure built	1968	1949