Howe vs Shipshewana Lake

A side-by-side comparison of Howe and Shipshewana Lake: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Howe has the higher population (887 vs 325 in Shipshewana Lake). Shipshewana Lake has the higher median household income ($68,984 vs $51,603 in Howe). Shipshewana Lake has the higher median home value ($325,700 vs $140,900 in Howe).

Population, income & housing

	Howe	Shipshewana Lake
Population	887	325
Median age	33.8 yrs	51.5 yrs
Median household income	$51,603	$68,984
Median home value	$140,900	$325,700
Median gross rent	—	$804
Housing units	378	201
Homeownership rate	80.4%	33.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.8%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Howe	Shipshewana Lake
Population	270 → 887 (+228.5%)	259 → 325 (+25.5%)
Median household income	$29,786 → $51,603 (+73.2%)	$65,885 → $68,984 (+4.7%)
Median home value	$117,700 → $140,900 (+19.7%)	—
Median gross rent	—	$845 → $804 (-4.9%)

Howe

Population

270887

Median household income

$29,786$51,603

Median home value

$117,700$140,900

Shipshewana Lake

Population

259325

Median household income

$65,885$68,984

Median gross rent

$845$804

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Howe	Shipshewana Lake
Under 5	12.4%	2.8%
5 to 17	6.2%	6.2%
18 to 24	22.5%	0.0%
25 to 34	10.3%	12.3%
35 to 44	2.6%	0.0%
45 to 54	21.9%	38.8%
55 to 64	2.5%	12.3%
65 to 74	17.8%	27.7%
75 and over	3.8%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Howe	Shipshewana Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	89.9%	100.0%
Black or African American	1.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.5%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.8%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Howe	Shipshewana Lake
No high school diploma	0.0%	67.2%
High school graduate	15.1%	29.1%
Some college or associate's	53.1%	3.7%
Bachelor's degree	8.6%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	23.2%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Howe	Shipshewana Lake
Drove alone	81.9%	100.0%
Carpooled	3.4%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.7%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Howe	Shipshewana Lake
1-unit, detached	75.1%	80.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	17.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.7%	19.9%

Poverty & households

	Howe	Shipshewana Lake
Poverty rate	2.9%	0.0%
Average household size	2.42	1.97
Mean commute (minutes)	23	—
Median year structure built	1978	1987