Warsaw vs Winona Lake

A side-by-side comparison of Warsaw and Winona Lake: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Warsaw has the higher population (16,592 vs 5,073 in Winona Lake). Winona Lake has the higher median household income ($97,813 vs $57,170 in Warsaw). Winona Lake has the higher median home value ($242,400 vs $175,300 in Warsaw).

Population, income & housing

	Warsaw	Winona Lake
Population	16,592	5,073
Median age	34.2 yrs	28.0 yrs
Median household income	$57,170	$97,813
Median home value	$175,300	$242,400
Median gross rent	$1,035	$1,074
Housing units	7,538	1,969
Homeownership rate	48.8%	65.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.0%	50.8%
Unemployment rate	2.2%	1.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Warsaw	Winona Lake
Population	15,458 → 16,592 (+7.3%)	4,910 → 5,073 (+3.3%)
Median household income	$55,982 → $57,170 (+2.1%)	$62,813 → $97,813 (+55.7%)
Median home value	$135,200 → $175,300 (+29.7%)	$170,700 → $242,400 (+42.0%)
Median gross rent	$827 → $1,035 (+25.2%)	$900 → $1,074 (+19.3%)

Warsaw

Population

15,45816,592

Median household income

$55,982$57,170

Median home value

$135,200$175,300

Median gross rent

$827$1,035

Winona Lake

Population

4,9105,073

Median household income

$62,813$97,813

Median home value

$170,700$242,400

Median gross rent

$900$1,074

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Warsaw	Winona Lake
Under 5	7.9%	3.4%
5 to 17	16.3%	12.2%
18 to 24	9.7%	25.8%
25 to 34	16.9%	18.4%
35 to 44	11.8%	8.4%
45 to 54	10.7%	12.0%
55 to 64	12.7%	9.6%
65 to 74	9.0%	4.4%
75 and over	5.0%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Warsaw	Winona Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	75.5%	78.8%
Black or African American	2.2%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	4.9%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.3%	5.8%
Hispanic or Latino	15.1%	13.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Warsaw	Winona Lake
No high school diploma	11.6%	6.8%
High school graduate	30.4%	18.5%
Some college or associate's	25.0%	23.9%
Bachelor's degree	19.0%	35.5%
Graduate or professional degree	14.0%	15.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Warsaw	Winona Lake
Drove alone	74.2%	80.7%
Carpooled	11.2%	4.6%
Public transit	0.5%	0.0%
Walked	2.9%	7.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	10.1%	6.9%
Other means	1.2%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Warsaw	Winona Lake
1-unit, detached	52.4%	77.1%
1-unit, attached	4.8%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	13.4%	11.2%
5 to 19 units	14.6%	5.6%
20 or more units	11.5%	3.7%
Mobile home & other	3.3%	1.1%

Poverty & households

	Warsaw	Winona Lake
Poverty rate	17.0%	6.9%
Average household size	2.30	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	16	14
Median year structure built	1981	1982