Long Beach vs Wanatah

A side-by-side comparison of Long Beach and Wanatah: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Wanatah has the higher population (1,248 vs 1,201 in Long Beach). Long Beach has the higher median household income ($128,750 vs $60,938 in Wanatah). Long Beach has the higher median home value ($660,300 vs $191,200 in Wanatah).

Population, income & housing

	Long Beach	Wanatah
Population	1,201	1,248
Median age	63.1 yrs	34.8 yrs
Median household income	$128,750	$60,938
Median home value	$660,300	$191,200
Median gross rent	—	$1,288
Housing units	1,184	535
Homeownership rate	98.2%	85.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	71.4%	16.4%
Unemployment rate	2.8%	1.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Long Beach	Wanatah
Population	1,141 → 1,201 (+5.3%)	1,235 → 1,248 (+1.1%)
Median household income	$105,000 → $128,750 (+22.6%)	$70,000 → $60,938 (-12.9%)
Median home value	$437,500 → $660,300 (+50.9%)	$135,900 → $191,200 (+40.7%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,063 → $1,288 (+21.2%)

Long Beach

Population

1,1411,201

Median household income

$105,000$128,750

Median home value

$437,500$660,300

Wanatah

Population

1,2351,248

Median household income

$70,000$60,938

Median home value

$135,900$191,200

Median gross rent

$1,063$1,288

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Long Beach	Wanatah
Under 5	0.3%	8.4%
5 to 17	5.9%	17.0%
18 to 24	2.6%	8.2%
25 to 34	4.0%	16.8%
35 to 44	2.8%	16.5%
45 to 54	9.7%	7.5%
55 to 64	30.6%	8.3%
65 to 74	25.4%	12.4%
75 and over	18.6%	4.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Long Beach	Wanatah
White (non-Hispanic)	98.3%	94.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.3%
Asian	1.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.3%	0.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	4.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Long Beach	Wanatah
No high school diploma	2.6%	2.2%
High school graduate	10.7%	42.8%
Some college or associate's	15.3%	38.6%
Bachelor's degree	38.8%	12.5%
Graduate or professional degree	32.6%	3.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Long Beach	Wanatah
Drove alone	65.0%	81.7%
Carpooled	0.9%	14.7%
Public transit	3.8%	0.0%
Walked	0.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	2.8%	0.0%
Worked from home	25.4%	3.6%
Other means	1.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Long Beach	Wanatah
1-unit, detached	97.8%	95.1%
1-unit, attached	1.9%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.9%
5 to 19 units	0.3%	0.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Long Beach	Wanatah
Poverty rate	6.0%	17.1%
Average household size	1.92	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	33	26
Median year structure built	1954	1965