Wanatah vs Westville

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

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

Westville has the higher population (5,291 vs 1,248 in Wanatah). Wanatah has the higher median household income ($60,938 vs $59,732 in Westville). Wanatah has the higher median home value ($191,200 vs $152,000 in Westville).

Population, income & housing

	Wanatah	Westville
Population	1,248	5,291
Median age	34.8 yrs	38.0 yrs
Median household income	$60,938	$59,732
Median home value	$191,200	$152,000
Median gross rent	$1,288	$878
Housing units	535	825
Homeownership rate	85.1%	84.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.4%	5.3%
Unemployment rate	1.7%	10.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Wanatah	Westville
Population	1,235 → 1,248 (+1.1%)	5,848 → 5,291 (-9.5%)
Median household income	$70,000 → $60,938 (-12.9%)	$50,031 → $59,732 (+19.4%)
Median home value	$135,900 → $191,200 (+40.7%)	$129,100 → $152,000 (+17.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,063 → $1,288 (+21.2%)	$583 → $878 (+50.6%)

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

Westville

Population

5,8485,291

Median household income

$50,031$59,732

Median home value

$129,100$152,000

Median gross rent

$583$878

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Wanatah	Westville
Under 5	8.4%	2.6%
5 to 17	17.0%	5.7%
18 to 24	8.2%	8.5%
25 to 34	16.8%	26.7%
35 to 44	16.5%	24.0%
45 to 54	7.5%	15.2%
55 to 64	8.3%	10.0%
65 to 74	12.4%	5.2%
75 and over	4.8%	2.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Wanatah	Westville
White (non-Hispanic)	94.6%	65.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	27.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.5%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	4.6%	5.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Wanatah	Westville
No high school diploma	2.2%	24.6%
High school graduate	42.8%	53.9%
Some college or associate's	38.6%	16.2%
Bachelor's degree	12.5%	4.2%
Graduate or professional degree	3.9%	1.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Wanatah	Westville
Drove alone	81.7%	86.4%
Carpooled	14.7%	7.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.6%	4.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Wanatah	Westville
1-unit, detached	95.1%	55.2%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	2.5%
2 to 4 units	3.9%	1.0%
5 to 19 units	0.4%	1.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	40.1%

Poverty & households

	Wanatah	Westville
Poverty rate	17.1%	9.5%
Average household size	2.45	2.52
Mean commute (minutes)	26	21
Median year structure built	1965	1999