Shipshewana Lake vs Wolcottville

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

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

Wolcottville has the higher population (1,126 vs 325 in Shipshewana Lake). Shipshewana Lake has the higher median household income ($68,984 vs $54,583 in Wolcottville). Shipshewana Lake has the higher median home value ($325,700 vs $98,300 in Wolcottville).

Population, income & housing

	Shipshewana Lake	Wolcottville
Population	325	1,126
Median age	51.5 yrs	32.1 yrs
Median household income	$68,984	$54,583
Median home value	$325,700	$98,300
Median gross rent	$804	$819
Housing units	201	434
Homeownership rate	33.3%	52.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	9.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	7.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Shipshewana Lake	Wolcottville
Population	259 → 325 (+25.5%)	974 → 1,126 (+15.6%)
Median household income	$65,885 → $68,984 (+4.7%)	$48,516 → $54,583 (+12.5%)
Median home value	—	$76,000 → $98,300 (+29.3%)
Median gross rent	$845 → $804 (-4.9%)	$739 → $819 (+10.8%)

Shipshewana Lake

Population

259325

Median household income

$65,885$68,984

Median gross rent

$845$804

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)

	Shipshewana Lake	Wolcottville
Under 5	2.8%	3.5%
5 to 17	6.2%	25.1%
18 to 24	0.0%	11.2%
25 to 34	12.3%	13.0%
35 to 44	0.0%	10.2%
45 to 54	38.8%	15.6%
55 to 64	12.3%	10.7%
65 to 74	27.7%	8.7%
75 and over	0.0%	2.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Shipshewana Lake	Wolcottville
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	91.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	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	0.0%	7.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Shipshewana Lake	Wolcottville
No high school diploma	67.2%	27.7%
High school graduate	29.1%	45.6%
Some college or associate's	3.7%	17.7%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	5.9%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	3.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Shipshewana Lake	Wolcottville
Drove alone	100.0%	62.6%
Carpooled	0.0%	35.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	1.0%
Other means	0.0%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Shipshewana Lake	Wolcottville
1-unit, detached	80.1%	56.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.2%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	9.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	6.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.4%
Mobile home & other	19.9%	26.0%

Poverty & households

	Shipshewana Lake	Wolcottville
Poverty rate	0.0%	17.9%
Average household size	1.97	2.84
Mean commute (minutes)	—	22
Median year structure built	1987	1965