Shipshewana Lake vs Topeka

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

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

Topeka has the higher population (1,037 vs 325 in Shipshewana Lake). Shipshewana Lake has the higher median household income ($68,984 vs $62,857 in Topeka). Shipshewana Lake has the higher median home value ($325,700 vs $138,900 in Topeka).

Population, income & housing

	Shipshewana Lake	Topeka
Population	325	1,037
Median age	51.5 yrs	30.0 yrs
Median household income	$68,984	$62,857
Median home value	$325,700	$138,900
Median gross rent	$804	$872
Housing units	201	398
Homeownership rate	33.3%	65.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	5.9%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	11.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Shipshewana Lake	Topeka
Population	259 → 325 (+25.5%)	933 → 1,037 (+11.1%)
Median household income	$65,885 → $68,984 (+4.7%)	$62,237 → $62,857 (+1.0%)
Median home value	—	$99,800 → $138,900 (+39.2%)
Median gross rent	$845 → $804 (-4.9%)	$699 → $872 (+24.7%)

Shipshewana Lake

Population

259325

Median household income

$65,885$68,984

Median gross rent

$845$804

Topeka

Population

9331,037

Median household income

$62,237$62,857

Median home value

$99,800$138,900

Median gross rent

$699$872

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Shipshewana Lake	Topeka
Under 5	2.8%	9.0%
5 to 17	6.2%	22.0%
18 to 24	0.0%	11.6%
25 to 34	12.3%	16.5%
35 to 44	0.0%	15.5%
45 to 54	38.8%	6.3%
55 to 64	12.3%	11.1%
65 to 74	27.7%	5.5%
75 and over	0.0%	2.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Shipshewana Lake	Topeka
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	85.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
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%	12.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Shipshewana Lake	Topeka
No high school diploma	67.2%	41.6%
High school graduate	29.1%	38.1%
Some college or associate's	3.7%	14.4%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	4.4%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	1.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Shipshewana Lake	Topeka
Drove alone	100.0%	46.8%
Carpooled	0.0%	36.5%
Public transit	0.0%	3.1%
Walked	0.0%	6.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	5.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Shipshewana Lake	Topeka
1-unit, detached	80.1%	64.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	6.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	21.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	19.9%	6.5%

Poverty & households

	Shipshewana Lake	Topeka
Poverty rate	0.0%	7.7%
Average household size	1.97	2.98
Mean commute (minutes)	—	18
Median year structure built	1987	1976