Shipshewana vs Wolcottville

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

Shipshewana 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 902 in Shipshewana). Shipshewana has the higher median household income ($57,679 vs $54,583 in Wolcottville). Shipshewana has the higher median home value ($255,000 vs $98,300 in Wolcottville).

Population, income & housing

	Shipshewana	Wolcottville
Population	902	1,126
Median age	36.2 yrs	32.1 yrs
Median household income	$57,679	$54,583
Median home value	$255,000	$98,300
Median gross rent	$779	$819
Housing units	378	434
Homeownership rate	65.7%	52.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.4%	9.0%
Unemployment rate	5.9%	7.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Shipshewana	Wolcottville
Population	946 → 902 (-4.7%)	974 → 1,126 (+15.6%)
Median household income	$51,125 → $57,679 (+12.8%)	$48,516 → $54,583 (+12.5%)
Median home value	$172,500 → $255,000 (+47.8%)	$76,000 → $98,300 (+29.3%)
Median gross rent	$627 → $779 (+24.2%)	$739 → $819 (+10.8%)

Shipshewana

Population

946902

Median household income

$51,125$57,679

Median home value

$172,500$255,000

Median gross rent

$627$779

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	Wolcottville
Under 5	8.1%	3.5%
5 to 17	21.4%	25.1%
18 to 24	4.2%	11.2%
25 to 34	13.4%	13.0%
35 to 44	16.4%	10.2%
45 to 54	5.2%	15.6%
55 to 64	9.4%	10.7%
65 to 74	7.3%	8.7%
75 and over	14.5%	2.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Shipshewana	Wolcottville
White (non-Hispanic)	87.3%	91.7%
Black or African American	1.9%	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	6.8%	7.3%
Hispanic or Latino	4.1%	0.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Shipshewana	Wolcottville
No high school diploma	21.4%	27.7%
High school graduate	36.1%	45.6%
Some college or associate's	32.1%	17.7%
Bachelor's degree	7.7%	5.9%
Graduate or professional degree	2.7%	3.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Shipshewana	Wolcottville
Drove alone	69.7%	62.6%
Carpooled	17.6%	35.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	7.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.7%	1.0%
Other means	0.5%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Shipshewana	Wolcottville
1-unit, detached	66.9%	56.5%
1-unit, attached	7.1%	0.2%
2 to 4 units	9.8%	9.9%
5 to 19 units	12.2%	6.0%
20 or more units	1.9%	1.4%
Mobile home & other	2.1%	26.0%

Poverty & households

	Shipshewana	Wolcottville
Poverty rate	11.6%	17.9%
Average household size	2.50	2.84
Mean commute (minutes)	17	22
Median year structure built	1986	1965