Michigan City vs Wanatah

A side-by-side comparison of Michigan City and Wanatah: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Michigan City has the higher population (31,894 vs 1,248 in Wanatah). Wanatah has the higher median household income ($60,938 vs $52,979 in Michigan City). Wanatah has the higher median home value ($191,200 vs $129,000 in Michigan City).

Population, income & housing

	Michigan City	Wanatah
Population	31,894	1,248
Median age	37.8 yrs	34.8 yrs
Median household income	$52,979	$60,938
Median home value	$129,000	$191,200
Median gross rent	$915	$1,288
Housing units	15,061	535
Homeownership rate	58.2%	85.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.8%	16.4%
Unemployment rate	7.1%	1.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Michigan City	Wanatah
Population	31,118 → 31,894 (+2.5%)	1,235 → 1,248 (+1.1%)
Median household income	$40,631 → $52,979 (+30.4%)	$70,000 → $60,938 (-12.9%)
Median home value	$89,900 → $129,000 (+43.5%)	$135,900 → $191,200 (+40.7%)
Median gross rent	$752 → $915 (+21.7%)	$1,063 → $1,288 (+21.2%)

Michigan City

Population

31,11831,894

Median household income

$40,631$52,979

Median home value

$89,900$129,000

Median gross rent

$752$915

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)

	Michigan City	Wanatah
Under 5	5.5%	8.4%
5 to 17	15.1%	17.0%
18 to 24	8.8%	8.2%
25 to 34	16.3%	16.8%
35 to 44	13.3%	16.5%
45 to 54	10.5%	7.5%
55 to 64	12.6%	8.3%
65 to 74	10.6%	12.4%
75 and over	7.2%	4.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Michigan City	Wanatah
White (non-Hispanic)	60.3%	94.6%
Black or African American	24.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.3%
Asian	0.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.1%	0.5%
Hispanic or Latino	9.8%	4.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Michigan City	Wanatah
No high school diploma	10.7%	2.2%
High school graduate	41.0%	42.8%
Some college or associate's	29.5%	38.6%
Bachelor's degree	12.2%	12.5%
Graduate or professional degree	6.6%	3.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Michigan City	Wanatah
Drove alone	79.3%	81.7%
Carpooled	8.2%	14.7%
Public transit	2.1%	0.0%
Walked	1.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.0%	3.6%
Other means	1.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Michigan City	Wanatah
1-unit, detached	65.3%	95.1%
1-unit, attached	2.6%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	10.6%	3.9%
5 to 19 units	10.0%	0.4%
20 or more units	9.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Michigan City	Wanatah
Poverty rate	19.3%	17.1%
Average household size	2.25	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	22	26
Median year structure built	1961	1965