Mongo vs Shipshewana Lake

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

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

Shipshewana Lake has the higher population (325 vs 308 in Mongo). Since 2019, Shipshewana Lake's population has grown faster (+25.5% vs -8.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Mongo	Shipshewana Lake
Population	308	325
Median age	21.9 yrs	51.5 yrs
Median household income	—	$68,984
Median home value	—	$325,700
Median gross rent	—	$804
Housing units	81	201
Homeownership rate	46.9%	33.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mongo	Shipshewana Lake
Population	335 → 308 (-8.1%)	259 → 325 (+25.5%)
Median household income	—	$65,885 → $68,984 (+4.7%)
Median gross rent	—	$845 → $804 (-4.9%)

Mongo

Population

335308

Shipshewana Lake

Population

259325

Median household income

$65,885$68,984

Median gross rent

$845$804

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mongo	Shipshewana Lake
Under 5	0.0%	2.8%
5 to 17	38.0%	6.2%
18 to 24	12.7%	0.0%
25 to 34	29.5%	12.3%
35 to 44	13.0%	0.0%
45 to 54	0.0%	38.8%
55 to 64	6.8%	12.3%
65 to 74	0.0%	27.7%
75 and over	0.0%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mongo	Shipshewana Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	59.7%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	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	40.3%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mongo	Shipshewana Lake
No high school diploma	26.3%	67.2%
High school graduate	57.9%	29.1%
Some college or associate's	15.8%	3.7%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mongo	Shipshewana Lake
Drove alone	100.0%	100.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mongo	Shipshewana Lake
1-unit, detached	100.0%	80.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	19.9%

Poverty & households

	Mongo	Shipshewana Lake
Poverty rate	0.0%	0.0%
Average household size	3.80	1.97
Median year structure built	1938	1987