Whiting vs Winfield

A side-by-side comparison of Whiting and Winfield: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Winfield has the higher population (7,501 vs 4,554 in Whiting). Winfield has the higher median household income ($128,980 vs $65,433 in Whiting). Winfield has the higher median home value ($401,200 vs $204,800 in Whiting).

Population, income & housing

	Whiting	Winfield
Population	4,554	7,501
Median age	34.3 yrs	38.7 yrs
Median household income	$65,433	$128,980
Median home value	$204,800	$401,200
Median gross rent	$1,033	$1,981
Housing units	1,896	2,665
Homeownership rate	51.3%	94.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.6%	38.7%
Unemployment rate	12.0%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Whiting	Winfield
Population	4,814 → 4,554 (-5.4%)	5,705 → 7,501 (+31.5%)
Median household income	$46,653 → $65,433 (+40.3%)	$105,214 → $128,980 (+22.6%)
Median home value	$129,300 → $204,800 (+58.4%)	$282,000 → $401,200 (+42.3%)
Median gross rent	$855 → $1,033 (+20.8%)	$1,523 → $1,981 (+30.1%)

Whiting

Population

4,8144,554

Median household income

$46,653$65,433

Median home value

$129,300$204,800

Median gross rent

$855$1,033

Winfield

Population

5,7057,501

Median household income

$105,214$128,980

Median home value

$282,000$401,200

Median gross rent

$1,523$1,981

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Whiting	Winfield
Under 5	5.9%	4.4%
5 to 17	22.4%	22.7%
18 to 24	13.5%	8.6%
25 to 34	9.1%	11.2%
35 to 44	12.9%	10.4%
45 to 54	14.5%	19.1%
55 to 64	12.0%	9.9%
65 to 74	6.3%	6.2%
75 and over	3.4%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Whiting	Winfield
White (non-Hispanic)	36.5%	79.3%
Black or African American	5.5%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.8%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	5.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	1.1%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	55.4%	9.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Whiting	Winfield
No high school diploma	16.3%	6.4%
High school graduate	37.5%	25.9%
Some college or associate's	29.5%	28.9%
Bachelor's degree	10.7%	24.3%
Graduate or professional degree	5.9%	14.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Whiting	Winfield
Drove alone	76.9%	73.9%
Carpooled	5.7%	9.0%
Public transit	4.3%	0.0%
Walked	2.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.1%	17.1%
Other means	1.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Whiting	Winfield
1-unit, detached	65.0%	79.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	12.7%
2 to 4 units	28.4%	4.1%
5 to 19 units	4.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.9%	3.8%
Mobile home & other	1.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Whiting	Winfield
Poverty rate	21.0%	3.8%
Average household size	2.83	3.19
Mean commute (minutes)	31	33
Median year structure built	1938	2002