Lagrange vs Shipshewana

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

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

Lagrange has the higher population (2,770 vs 902 in Shipshewana). Shipshewana has the higher median household income ($57,679 vs $51,786 in Lagrange). Shipshewana has the higher median home value ($255,000 vs $124,000 in Lagrange).

Population, income & housing

	Lagrange	Shipshewana
Population	2,770	902
Median age	45.8 yrs	36.2 yrs
Median household income	$51,786	$57,679
Median home value	$124,000	$255,000
Median gross rent	$752	$779
Housing units	1,265	378
Homeownership rate	58.1%	65.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.1%	10.4%
Unemployment rate	6.6%	5.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lagrange	Shipshewana
Population	2,789 → 2,770 (-0.7%)	946 → 902 (-4.7%)
Median household income	$44,479 → $51,786 (+16.4%)	$51,125 → $57,679 (+12.8%)
Median home value	$84,700 → $124,000 (+46.4%)	$172,500 → $255,000 (+47.8%)
Median gross rent	$605 → $752 (+24.3%)	$627 → $779 (+24.2%)

Lagrange

Population

2,7892,770

Median household income

$44,479$51,786

Median home value

$84,700$124,000

Median gross rent

$605$752

Shipshewana

Population

946902

Median household income

$51,125$57,679

Median home value

$172,500$255,000

Median gross rent

$627$779

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lagrange	Shipshewana
Under 5	3.6%	8.1%
5 to 17	17.2%	21.4%
18 to 24	6.3%	4.2%
25 to 34	11.7%	13.4%
35 to 44	11.0%	16.4%
45 to 54	13.6%	5.2%
55 to 64	18.4%	9.4%
65 to 74	10.6%	7.3%
75 and over	7.5%	14.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lagrange	Shipshewana
White (non-Hispanic)	80.0%	87.3%
Black or African American	0.6%	1.9%
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	0.2%	6.8%
Hispanic or Latino	19.2%	4.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lagrange	Shipshewana
No high school diploma	19.1%	21.4%
High school graduate	42.3%	36.1%
Some college or associate's	28.5%	32.1%
Bachelor's degree	5.8%	7.7%
Graduate or professional degree	4.3%	2.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lagrange	Shipshewana
Drove alone	74.9%	69.7%
Carpooled	18.1%	17.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.6%	2.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	7.7%
Worked from home	5.0%	1.7%
Other means	0.4%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lagrange	Shipshewana
1-unit, detached	53.3%	66.9%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	7.1%
2 to 4 units	15.2%	9.8%
5 to 19 units	15.4%	12.2%
20 or more units	3.4%	1.9%
Mobile home & other	10.9%	2.1%

Poverty & households

	Lagrange	Shipshewana
Poverty rate	16.6%	11.6%
Average household size	2.36	2.50
Mean commute (minutes)	16	17
Median year structure built	1965	1986