Rocky Ripple vs Wynnedale

A side-by-side comparison of Rocky Ripple and Wynnedale: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Rocky Ripple has the higher population (611 vs 233 in Wynnedale). Wynnedale has the higher median household income ($140,000 vs $64,911 in Rocky Ripple). Wynnedale has the higher median home value ($313,600 vs $181,500 in Rocky Ripple).

Population, income & housing

	Rocky Ripple	Wynnedale
Population	611	233
Median age	44.3 yrs	48.4 yrs
Median household income	$64,911	$140,000
Median home value	$181,500	$313,600
Median gross rent	$1,335	—
Housing units	320	109
Homeownership rate	78.1%	96.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	50.2%	73.6%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Rocky Ripple	Wynnedale
Population	647 → 611 (-5.6%)	177 → 233 (+31.6%)
Median household income	$55,625 → $64,911 (+16.7%)	$118,125 → $140,000 (+18.5%)
Median home value	$135,800 → $181,500 (+33.7%)	$239,300 → $313,600 (+31.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,071 → $1,335 (+24.6%)	—

Rocky Ripple

Population

647611

Median household income

$55,625$64,911

Median home value

$135,800$181,500

Median gross rent

$1,071$1,335

Wynnedale

Population

177233

Median household income

$118,125$140,000

Median home value

$239,300$313,600

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Rocky Ripple	Wynnedale
Under 5	2.0%	11.6%
5 to 17	18.7%	9.0%
18 to 24	3.8%	1.3%
25 to 34	13.4%	7.7%
35 to 44	12.9%	18.0%
45 to 54	14.6%	6.0%
55 to 64	17.0%	14.2%
65 to 74	11.0%	18.5%
75 and over	6.7%	13.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Rocky Ripple	Wynnedale
White (non-Hispanic)	76.1%	70.4%
Black or African American	6.9%	19.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.8%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.3%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	10.6%	3.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Rocky Ripple	Wynnedale
No high school diploma	3.5%	3.8%
High school graduate	21.2%	3.8%
Some college or associate's	25.1%	18.7%
Bachelor's degree	29.9%	29.7%
Graduate or professional degree	20.3%	44.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Rocky Ripple	Wynnedale
Drove alone	75.5%	71.6%
Carpooled	1.5%	17.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.7%	11.2%
Other means	0.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Rocky Ripple	Wynnedale
1-unit, detached	97.5%	94.5%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	4.6%
2 to 4 units	1.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Rocky Ripple	Wynnedale
Poverty rate	11.0%	3.4%
Average household size	2.16	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	23	24
Median year structure built	1951	1958