Trail Creek vs Wanatah

A side-by-side comparison of Trail Creek and Wanatah: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Trail Creek has the higher population (1,983 vs 1,248 in Wanatah). Trail Creek has the higher median household income ($65,929 vs $60,938 in Wanatah). Wanatah has the higher median home value ($191,200 vs $177,600 in Trail Creek).

Population, income & housing

	Trail Creek	Wanatah
Population	1,983	1,248
Median age	42.4 yrs	34.8 yrs
Median household income	$65,929	$60,938
Median home value	$177,600	$191,200
Median gross rent	$1,005	$1,288
Housing units	958	535
Homeownership rate	88.7%	85.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.0%	16.4%
Unemployment rate	9.9%	1.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Trail Creek	Wanatah
Population	1,917 → 1,983 (+3.4%)	1,235 → 1,248 (+1.1%)
Median household income	$54,408 → $65,929 (+21.2%)	$70,000 → $60,938 (-12.9%)
Median home value	$135,500 → $177,600 (+31.1%)	$135,900 → $191,200 (+40.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,036 → $1,005 (-3.0%)	$1,063 → $1,288 (+21.2%)

Trail Creek

Population

1,9171,983

Median household income

$54,408$65,929

Median home value

$135,500$177,600

Median gross rent

$1,036$1,005

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)

	Trail Creek	Wanatah
Under 5	7.2%	8.4%
5 to 17	12.6%	17.0%
18 to 24	7.5%	8.2%
25 to 34	12.2%	16.8%
35 to 44	14.8%	16.5%
45 to 54	8.9%	7.5%
55 to 64	12.8%	8.3%
65 to 74	14.3%	12.4%
75 and over	9.8%	4.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Trail Creek	Wanatah
White (non-Hispanic)	80.1%	94.6%
Black or African American	7.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.2%	0.5%
Hispanic or Latino	9.9%	4.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Trail Creek	Wanatah
No high school diploma	5.8%	2.2%
High school graduate	41.5%	42.8%
Some college or associate's	31.7%	38.6%
Bachelor's degree	15.0%	12.5%
Graduate or professional degree	6.0%	3.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Trail Creek	Wanatah
Drove alone	83.1%	81.7%
Carpooled	8.5%	14.7%
Public transit	0.4%	0.0%
Walked	0.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.1%	3.6%
Other means	1.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Trail Creek	Wanatah
1-unit, detached	93.5%	95.1%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	3.0%	3.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.4%
20 or more units	1.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.9%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Trail Creek	Wanatah
Poverty rate	9.2%	17.1%
Average household size	2.27	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	19	26
Median year structure built	1964	1965