Shipshewana Lake vs South Milford

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

Shipshewana Lake and South Milford 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 243 in South Milford). South Milford has the higher median household income ($114,968 vs $68,984 in Shipshewana Lake). Shipshewana Lake has the higher median home value ($325,700 vs $183,100 in South Milford).

Population, income & housing

	Shipshewana Lake	South Milford
Population	325	243
Median age	51.5 yrs	47.0 yrs
Median household income	$68,984	$114,968
Median home value	$325,700	$183,100
Median gross rent	$804	—
Housing units	201	101
Homeownership rate	33.3%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	18.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Shipshewana Lake	South Milford
Population	259 → 325 (+25.5%)	198 → 243 (+22.7%)
Median household income	$65,885 → $68,984 (+4.7%)	—
Median home value	—	$107,300 → $183,100 (+70.6%)
Median gross rent	$845 → $804 (-4.9%)	—

Shipshewana Lake

Population

259325

Median household income

$65,885$68,984

Median gross rent

$845$804

South Milford

Population

198243

Median home value

$107,300$183,100

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Shipshewana Lake	South Milford
Under 5	2.8%	0.0%
5 to 17	6.2%	7.4%
18 to 24	0.0%	3.7%
25 to 34	12.3%	7.8%
35 to 44	0.0%	6.2%
45 to 54	38.8%	43.2%
55 to 64	12.3%	7.4%
65 to 74	27.7%	15.6%
75 and over	0.0%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Shipshewana Lake	South Milford
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	84.4%
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	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	15.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Shipshewana Lake	South Milford
No high school diploma	67.2%	4.2%
High school graduate	29.1%	65.7%
Some college or associate's	3.7%	12.0%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	5.6%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	12.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Shipshewana Lake	South Milford
Drove alone	100.0%	47.3%
Carpooled	0.0%	14.0%
Public transit	0.0%	38.8%
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)

	Shipshewana Lake	South Milford
1-unit, detached	80.1%	73.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	26.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	19.9%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Shipshewana Lake	South Milford
Poverty rate	0.0%	0.0%
Average household size	1.97	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	—	27
Median year structure built	1987	1950