Ragsdale vs Wheatland

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

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

Wheatland has the higher population (352 vs 131 in Ragsdale). Ragsdale has the higher median home value ($67,300 vs $58,600 in Wheatland). Since 2019, Wheatland's population has grown faster (-25.7% vs -50.6%).

Population, income & housing

	Ragsdale	Wheatland
Population	131	352
Median age	32.4 yrs	42.3 yrs
Median household income	—	$47,500
Median home value	$67,300	$58,600
Median gross rent	—	$683
Housing units	38	183
Homeownership rate	100.0%	79.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	4.1%
Unemployment rate	20.4%	0.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ragsdale	Wheatland
Population	265 → 131 (-50.6%)	474 → 352 (-25.7%)
Median household income	$62,614 → $67,188 (+7.3%)	$42,292 → $47,500 (+12.3%)
Median home value	$68,800 → $67,300 (-2.2%)	$55,000 → $58,600 (+6.5%)
Median gross rent	—	$612 → $683 (+11.6%)

Ragsdale

Population

265131

Median household income

$62,614$67,188

Median home value

$68,800$67,300

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)

	Ragsdale	Wheatland
Under 5	0.0%	3.7%
5 to 17	29.0%	18.5%
18 to 24	17.6%	8.2%
25 to 34	8.4%	9.1%
35 to 44	6.9%	12.5%
45 to 54	16.0%	11.9%
55 to 64	13.7%	14.8%
65 to 74	8.4%	15.3%
75 and over	0.0%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ragsdale	Wheatland
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	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	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ragsdale	Wheatland
No high school diploma	15.7%	13.5%
High school graduate	41.4%	45.7%
Some college or associate's	42.9%	36.7%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	2.4%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	1.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ragsdale	Wheatland
Drove alone	74.4%	78.9%
Carpooled	25.6%	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	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ragsdale	Wheatland
1-unit, detached	52.6%	76.0%
1-unit, attached	28.9%	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	18.4%	15.8%

Poverty & households

	Ragsdale	Wheatland
Poverty rate	50.4%	8.2%
Average household size	3.45	2.35
Mean commute (minutes)	—	36
Median year structure built	1938	1949