Michiana Shores vs Wellsboro

A side-by-side comparison of Michiana Shores and Wellsboro: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Wellsboro has the higher population (532 vs 433 in Michiana Shores). Wellsboro has the higher median household income ($148,750 vs $92,500 in Michiana Shores). Michiana Shores has the higher median home value ($448,300 vs $118,900 in Wellsboro).

Population, income & housing

	Michiana Shores	Wellsboro
Population	433	532
Median age	60.7 yrs	54.6 yrs
Median household income	$92,500	$148,750
Median home value	$448,300	$118,900
Median gross rent	$1,250	—
Housing units	366	210
Homeownership rate	94.2%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	55.8%	2.5%
Unemployment rate	1.4%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Michiana Shores	Wellsboro
Population	294 → 433 (+47.3%)	511 → 532 (+4.1%)
Median household income	$94,583 → $92,500 (-2.2%)	$147,667 → $148,750 (+0.7%)
Median home value	$361,800 → $448,300 (+23.9%)	$120,000 → $118,900 (-0.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,042 → $1,250 (+20.0%)	—

Michiana Shores

Population

294433

Median household income

$94,583$92,500

Median home value

$361,800$448,300

Median gross rent

$1,042$1,250

Wellsboro

Population

511532

Median household income

$147,667$148,750

Median home value

$120,000$118,900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Michiana Shores	Wellsboro
Under 5	0.5%	0.0%
5 to 17	10.2%	3.2%
18 to 24	5.3%	21.1%
25 to 34	6.9%	3.8%
35 to 44	4.4%	3.2%
45 to 54	14.3%	20.1%
55 to 64	21.2%	40.2%
65 to 74	24.2%	6.6%
75 and over	12.9%	1.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Michiana Shores	Wellsboro
White (non-Hispanic)	90.5%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.9%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.5%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Michiana Shores	Wellsboro
No high school diploma	1.4%	4.2%
High school graduate	10.7%	38.2%
Some college or associate's	32.1%	55.1%
Bachelor's degree	26.1%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	29.7%	2.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Michiana Shores	Wellsboro
Drove alone	75.0%	97.8%
Carpooled	3.3%	0.0%
Public transit	6.1%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	3.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.8%	2.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Michiana Shores	Wellsboro
1-unit, detached	98.9%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Michiana Shores	Wellsboro
Poverty rate	13.2%	0.0%
Average household size	2.08	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	37	47
Median year structure built	1959	1971