Mace vs Waveland

A side-by-side comparison of Mace and Waveland: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Waveland has the higher population (431 vs 127 in Mace). Mace has the higher median household income ($86,250 vs $60,956 in Waveland). Mace has the higher median home value ($156,500 vs $96,800 in Waveland).

Population, income & housing

	Mace	Waveland
Population	127	431
Median age	60.5 yrs	27.2 yrs
Median household income	$86,250	$60,956
Median home value	$156,500	$96,800
Median gross rent	—	$920
Housing units	69	185
Homeownership rate	84.1%	84.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.9%	12.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	5.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mace	Waveland
Population	155 → 127 (-18.1%)	522 → 431 (-17.4%)
Median household income	$83,491 → $86,250 (+3.3%)	$52,788 → $60,956 (+15.5%)
Median home value	$129,700 → $156,500 (+20.7%)	$74,600 → $96,800 (+29.8%)
Median gross rent	—	$842 → $920 (+9.3%)

Mace

Population

155127

Median household income

$83,491$86,250

Median home value

$129,700$156,500

Waveland

Population

522431

Median household income

$52,788$60,956

Median home value

$74,600$96,800

Median gross rent

$842$920

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mace	Waveland
Under 5	0.0%	13.9%
5 to 17	0.0%	26.0%
18 to 24	0.0%	9.3%
25 to 34	0.0%	13.5%
35 to 44	0.0%	9.3%
45 to 54	0.0%	12.1%
55 to 64	63.8%	1.4%
65 to 74	36.2%	7.2%
75 and over	0.0%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mace	Waveland
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	97.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mace	Waveland
No high school diploma	0.0%	8.7%
High school graduate	44.9%	45.2%
Some college or associate's	36.2%	33.8%
Bachelor's degree	9.4%	7.8%
Graduate or professional degree	9.4%	4.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mace	Waveland
Drove alone	100.0%	84.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	13.1%
Public transit	0.0%	1.1%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	1.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mace	Waveland
1-unit, detached	100.0%	92.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	5.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.2%

Poverty & households

	Mace	Waveland
Poverty rate	0.0%	15.8%
Average household size	1.84	2.89
Mean commute (minutes)	—	29
Median year structure built	1938	1938