New Richmond vs Waynetown

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

New Richmond 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 441 in New Richmond). New Richmond has the higher median household income ($80,104 vs $58,977 in Waynetown). Waynetown has the higher median home value ($112,800 vs $81,500 in New Richmond).

Population, income & housing

	New Richmond	Waynetown
Population	441	790
Median age	37.5 yrs	34.9 yrs
Median household income	$80,104	$58,977
Median home value	$81,500	$112,800
Median gross rent	$1,063	$864
Housing units	176	359
Homeownership rate	92.0%	82.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.8%	15.2%
Unemployment rate	6.8%	6.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	New Richmond	Waynetown
Population	333 → 441 (+32.4%)	1,134 → 790 (-30.3%)
Median household income	$50,938 → $80,104 (+57.3%)	$54,083 → $58,977 (+9.0%)
Median home value	$78,100 → $81,500 (+4.4%)	$85,900 → $112,800 (+31.3%)
Median gross rent	$725 → $1,063 (+46.6%)	$780 → $864 (+10.8%)

New Richmond

Population

333441

Median household income

$50,938$80,104

Median home value

$78,100$81,500

Median gross rent

$725$1,063

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 Richmond	Waynetown
Under 5	2.3%	5.7%
5 to 17	24.3%	19.4%
18 to 24	10.7%	8.1%
25 to 34	7.9%	17.1%
35 to 44	16.3%	9.0%
45 to 54	9.1%	11.5%
55 to 64	16.8%	13.0%
65 to 74	8.2%	9.4%
75 and over	4.5%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	New Richmond	Waynetown
White (non-Hispanic)	97.3%	84.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.5%	7.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	7.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	New Richmond	Waynetown
No high school diploma	21.7%	11.7%
High school graduate	45.5%	55.7%
Some college or associate's	22.0%	17.4%
Bachelor's degree	8.7%	11.2%
Graduate or professional degree	2.2%	4.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	New Richmond	Waynetown
Drove alone	80.8%	87.3%
Carpooled	11.0%	5.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.6%	2.4%
Other means	0.0%	5.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	New Richmond	Waynetown
1-unit, detached	93.8%	88.3%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.8%	2.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.3%	5.6%

Poverty & households

	New Richmond	Waynetown
Poverty rate	6.3%	14.9%
Average household size	2.71	2.52
Mean commute (minutes)	43	28
Median year structure built	1938	1951