Lagrange vs Shipshewana Lake

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

Lagrange and Shipshewana Lake 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 325 in Shipshewana Lake). Shipshewana Lake has the higher median household income ($68,984 vs $51,786 in Lagrange). Shipshewana Lake has the higher median home value ($325,700 vs $124,000 in Lagrange).

Population, income & housing

	Lagrange	Shipshewana Lake
Population	2,770	325
Median age	45.8 yrs	51.5 yrs
Median household income	$51,786	$68,984
Median home value	$124,000	$325,700
Median gross rent	$752	$804
Housing units	1,265	201
Homeownership rate	58.1%	33.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.1%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	6.6%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lagrange	Shipshewana Lake
Population	2,789 → 2,770 (-0.7%)	259 → 325 (+25.5%)
Median household income	$44,479 → $51,786 (+16.4%)	$65,885 → $68,984 (+4.7%)
Median home value	$84,700 → $124,000 (+46.4%)	—
Median gross rent	$605 → $752 (+24.3%)	$845 → $804 (-4.9%)

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 Lake

Population

259325

Median household income

$65,885$68,984

Median gross rent

$845$804

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lagrange	Shipshewana Lake
Under 5	3.6%	2.8%
5 to 17	17.2%	6.2%
18 to 24	6.3%	0.0%
25 to 34	11.7%	12.3%
35 to 44	11.0%	0.0%
45 to 54	13.6%	38.8%
55 to 64	18.4%	12.3%
65 to 74	10.6%	27.7%
75 and over	7.5%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lagrange	Shipshewana Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	80.0%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.6%	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	0.2%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	19.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lagrange	Shipshewana Lake
No high school diploma	19.1%	67.2%
High school graduate	42.3%	29.1%
Some college or associate's	28.5%	3.7%
Bachelor's degree	5.8%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	4.3%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lagrange	Shipshewana Lake
Drove alone	74.9%	100.0%
Carpooled	18.1%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lagrange	Shipshewana Lake
1-unit, detached	53.3%	80.1%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	15.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	15.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	3.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.9%	19.9%

Poverty & households

	Lagrange	Shipshewana Lake
Poverty rate	16.6%	0.0%
Average household size	2.36	1.97
Mean commute (minutes)	16	—
Median year structure built	1965	1987