Topeka vs Wolcottville

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

Topeka 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 1,037 in Topeka). Topeka has the higher median household income ($62,857 vs $54,583 in Wolcottville). Topeka has the higher median home value ($138,900 vs $98,300 in Wolcottville).

Population, income & housing

	Topeka	Wolcottville
Population	1,037	1,126
Median age	30.0 yrs	32.1 yrs
Median household income	$62,857	$54,583
Median home value	$138,900	$98,300
Median gross rent	$872	$819
Housing units	398	434
Homeownership rate	65.5%	52.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.9%	9.0%
Unemployment rate	11.9%	7.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Topeka	Wolcottville
Population	933 → 1,037 (+11.1%)	974 → 1,126 (+15.6%)
Median household income	$62,237 → $62,857 (+1.0%)	$48,516 → $54,583 (+12.5%)
Median home value	$99,800 → $138,900 (+39.2%)	$76,000 → $98,300 (+29.3%)
Median gross rent	$699 → $872 (+24.7%)	$739 → $819 (+10.8%)

Topeka

Population

9331,037

Median household income

$62,237$62,857

Median home value

$99,800$138,900

Median gross rent

$699$872

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)

	Topeka	Wolcottville
Under 5	9.0%	3.5%
5 to 17	22.0%	25.1%
18 to 24	11.6%	11.2%
25 to 34	16.5%	13.0%
35 to 44	15.5%	10.2%
45 to 54	6.3%	15.6%
55 to 64	11.1%	10.7%
65 to 74	5.5%	8.7%
75 and over	2.6%	2.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Topeka	Wolcottville
White (non-Hispanic)	85.4%	91.7%
Black or African American	0.9%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	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	12.0%	7.3%
Hispanic or Latino	1.6%	0.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Topeka	Wolcottville
No high school diploma	41.6%	27.7%
High school graduate	38.1%	45.6%
Some college or associate's	14.4%	17.7%
Bachelor's degree	4.4%	5.9%
Graduate or professional degree	1.5%	3.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Topeka	Wolcottville
Drove alone	46.8%	62.6%
Carpooled	36.5%	35.3%
Public transit	3.1%	0.0%
Walked	6.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	5.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	1.0%
Other means	1.8%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Topeka	Wolcottville
1-unit, detached	64.3%	56.5%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	0.2%
2 to 4 units	6.3%	9.9%
5 to 19 units	21.1%	6.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.4%
Mobile home & other	6.5%	26.0%

Poverty & households

	Topeka	Wolcottville
Poverty rate	7.7%	17.9%
Average household size	2.98	2.84
Mean commute (minutes)	18	22
Median year structure built	1976	1965