Lagrange vs Wolcottville

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

Lagrange and Wolcottville 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 1,126 in Wolcottville). Wolcottville has the higher median household income ($54,583 vs $51,786 in Lagrange). Lagrange has the higher median home value ($124,000 vs $98,300 in Wolcottville).

Population, income & housing

	Lagrange	Wolcottville
Population	2,770	1,126
Median age	45.8 yrs	32.1 yrs
Median household income	$51,786	$54,583
Median home value	$124,000	$98,300
Median gross rent	$752	$819
Housing units	1,265	434
Homeownership rate	58.1%	52.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.1%	9.0%
Unemployment rate	6.6%	7.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lagrange	Wolcottville
Population	2,789 → 2,770 (-0.7%)	974 → 1,126 (+15.6%)
Median household income	$44,479 → $51,786 (+16.4%)	$48,516 → $54,583 (+12.5%)
Median home value	$84,700 → $124,000 (+46.4%)	$76,000 → $98,300 (+29.3%)
Median gross rent	$605 → $752 (+24.3%)	$739 → $819 (+10.8%)

Lagrange

Population

2,7892,770

Median household income

$44,479$51,786

Median home value

$84,700$124,000

Median gross rent

$605$752

Wolcottville

Population

9741,126

Median household income

$48,516$54,583

Median home value

$76,000$98,300

Median gross rent

$739$819

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lagrange	Wolcottville
Under 5	3.6%	3.5%
5 to 17	17.2%	25.1%
18 to 24	6.3%	11.2%
25 to 34	11.7%	13.0%
35 to 44	11.0%	10.2%
45 to 54	13.6%	15.6%
55 to 64	18.4%	10.7%
65 to 74	10.6%	8.7%
75 and over	7.5%	2.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lagrange	Wolcottville
White (non-Hispanic)	80.0%	91.7%
Black or African American	0.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
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%	7.3%
Hispanic or Latino	19.2%	0.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lagrange	Wolcottville
No high school diploma	19.1%	27.7%
High school graduate	42.3%	45.6%
Some college or associate's	28.5%	17.7%
Bachelor's degree	5.8%	5.9%
Graduate or professional degree	4.3%	3.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lagrange	Wolcottville
Drove alone	74.9%	62.6%
Carpooled	18.1%	35.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.0%	1.0%
Other means	0.4%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lagrange	Wolcottville
1-unit, detached	53.3%	56.5%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	0.2%
2 to 4 units	15.2%	9.9%
5 to 19 units	15.4%	6.0%
20 or more units	3.4%	1.4%
Mobile home & other	10.9%	26.0%

Poverty & households

	Lagrange	Wolcottville
Poverty rate	16.6%	17.9%
Average household size	2.36	2.84
Mean commute (minutes)	16	22
Median year structure built	1965	1965