New Market vs Waynetown

A side-by-side comparison of New Market and Waynetown: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Waynetown has the higher population (790 vs 544 in New Market). New Market has the higher median household income ($72,917 vs $58,977 in Waynetown). New Market has the higher median home value ($136,900 vs $112,800 in Waynetown).

Population, income & housing

	New Market	Waynetown
Population	544	790
Median age	43.2 yrs	34.9 yrs
Median household income	$72,917	$58,977
Median home value	$136,900	$112,800
Median gross rent	$964	$864
Housing units	244	359
Homeownership rate	79.8%	82.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.1%	15.2%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	6.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	New Market	Waynetown
Population	599 → 544 (-9.2%)	1,134 → 790 (-30.3%)
Median household income	$58,984 → $72,917 (+23.6%)	$54,083 → $58,977 (+9.0%)
Median home value	$92,300 → $136,900 (+48.3%)	$85,900 → $112,800 (+31.3%)
Median gross rent	$867 → $964 (+11.2%)	$780 → $864 (+10.8%)

New Market

Population

599544

Median household income

$58,984$72,917

Median home value

$92,300$136,900

Median gross rent

$867$964

Waynetown

Population

1,134790

Median household income

$54,083$58,977

Median home value

$85,900$112,800

Median gross rent

$780$864

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	New Market	Waynetown
Under 5	1.3%	5.7%
5 to 17	18.2%	19.4%
18 to 24	7.7%	8.1%
25 to 34	15.1%	17.1%
35 to 44	9.9%	9.0%
45 to 54	10.7%	11.5%
55 to 64	11.2%	13.0%
65 to 74	17.5%	9.4%
75 and over	8.5%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	New Market	Waynetown
White (non-Hispanic)	96.9%	84.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.9%
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	1.5%	7.6%
Hispanic or Latino	1.7%	7.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	New Market	Waynetown
No high school diploma	7.6%	11.7%
High school graduate	53.5%	55.7%
Some college or associate's	27.8%	17.4%
Bachelor's degree	10.1%	11.2%
Graduate or professional degree	1.0%	4.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	New Market	Waynetown
Drove alone	87.5%	87.3%
Carpooled	8.1%	5.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.4%	2.4%
Other means	0.0%	5.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	New Market	Waynetown
1-unit, detached	88.1%	88.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.6%	2.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.3%	5.6%

Poverty & households

	New Market	Waynetown
Poverty rate	2.8%	14.9%
Average household size	2.44	2.52
Mean commute (minutes)	21	28
Median year structure built	1956	1951