Shipshewana vs Shipshewana Lake

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

Shipshewana 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 has the higher population (902 vs 325 in Shipshewana Lake). Shipshewana Lake has the higher median household income ($68,984 vs $57,679 in Shipshewana). Shipshewana Lake has the higher median home value ($325,700 vs $255,000 in Shipshewana).

Population, income & housing

	Shipshewana	Shipshewana Lake
Population	902	325
Median age	36.2 yrs	51.5 yrs
Median household income	$57,679	$68,984
Median home value	$255,000	$325,700
Median gross rent	$779	$804
Housing units	378	201
Homeownership rate	65.7%	33.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.4%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	5.9%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Shipshewana	Shipshewana Lake
Population	946 → 902 (-4.7%)	259 → 325 (+25.5%)
Median household income	$51,125 → $57,679 (+12.8%)	$65,885 → $68,984 (+4.7%)
Median home value	$172,500 → $255,000 (+47.8%)	—
Median gross rent	$627 → $779 (+24.2%)	$845 → $804 (-4.9%)

Shipshewana

Population

946902

Median household income

$51,125$57,679

Median home value

$172,500$255,000

Median gross rent

$627$779

Shipshewana Lake

Population

259325

Median household income

$65,885$68,984

Median gross rent

$845$804

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Shipshewana	Shipshewana Lake
Under 5	8.1%	2.8%
5 to 17	21.4%	6.2%
18 to 24	4.2%	0.0%
25 to 34	13.4%	12.3%
35 to 44	16.4%	0.0%
45 to 54	5.2%	38.8%
55 to 64	9.4%	12.3%
65 to 74	7.3%	27.7%
75 and over	14.5%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Shipshewana	Shipshewana Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	87.3%	100.0%
Black or African American	1.9%	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	6.8%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	4.1%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Shipshewana	Shipshewana Lake
No high school diploma	21.4%	67.2%
High school graduate	36.1%	29.1%
Some college or associate's	32.1%	3.7%
Bachelor's degree	7.7%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	2.7%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Shipshewana	Shipshewana Lake
Drove alone	69.7%	100.0%
Carpooled	17.6%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	7.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.7%	0.0%
Other means	0.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Shipshewana	Shipshewana Lake
1-unit, detached	66.9%	80.1%
1-unit, attached	7.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	9.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	12.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.1%	19.9%

Poverty & households

	Shipshewana	Shipshewana Lake
Poverty rate	11.6%	0.0%
Average household size	2.50	1.97
Mean commute (minutes)	17	—
Median year structure built	1986	1987