Loogootee vs Shoals

A side-by-side comparison of Loogootee and Shoals: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Loogootee has the higher population (2,846 vs 700 in Shoals). Loogootee has the higher median household income ($46,625 vs $43,304 in Shoals). Loogootee has the higher median home value ($133,900 vs $114,300 in Shoals).

Population, income & housing

	Loogootee	Shoals
Population	2,846	700
Median age	40.7 yrs	48.6 yrs
Median household income	$46,625	$43,304
Median home value	$133,900	$114,300
Median gross rent	$755	$500
Housing units	1,278	379
Homeownership rate	66.6%	62.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.3%	12.8%
Unemployment rate	6.3%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Loogootee	Shoals
Population	2,575 → 2,846 (+10.5%)	731 → 700 (-4.2%)
Median household income	$43,375 → $46,625 (+7.5%)	$38,125 → $43,304 (+13.6%)
Median home value	$87,900 → $133,900 (+52.3%)	$76,300 → $114,300 (+49.8%)
Median gross rent	$579 → $755 (+30.4%)	$459 → $500 (+8.9%)

Loogootee

Population

2,5752,846

Median household income

$43,375$46,625

Median home value

$87,900$133,900

Median gross rent

$579$755

Shoals

Population

731700

Median household income

$38,125$43,304

Median home value

$76,300$114,300

Median gross rent

$459$500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Loogootee	Shoals
Under 5	6.2%	3.4%
5 to 17	18.4%	10.7%
18 to 24	11.5%	8.6%
25 to 34	9.5%	11.0%
35 to 44	9.8%	9.3%
45 to 54	10.1%	16.0%
55 to 64	13.6%	11.4%
65 to 74	9.8%	15.1%
75 and over	11.0%	14.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Loogootee	Shoals
White (non-Hispanic)	92.8%	90.7%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.5%	7.9%
Hispanic or Latino	2.4%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Loogootee	Shoals
No high school diploma	8.6%	11.3%
High school graduate	37.7%	59.0%
Some college or associate's	40.5%	17.0%
Bachelor's degree	7.5%	7.4%
Graduate or professional degree	5.7%	5.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Loogootee	Shoals
Drove alone	80.0%	84.3%
Carpooled	13.0%	6.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	4.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.5%	2.1%
Other means	2.6%	3.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Loogootee	Shoals
1-unit, detached	64.8%	58.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	17.1%	17.2%
5 to 19 units	2.3%	6.3%
20 or more units	0.6%	3.4%
Mobile home & other	15.2%	13.7%

Poverty & households

	Loogootee	Shoals
Poverty rate	30.2%	22.1%
Average household size	2.33	1.93
Mean commute (minutes)	25	23
Median year structure built	1970	1964