Waveland vs Wingate

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

Waveland and Wingate 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 327 in Wingate). Wingate has the higher median household income ($62,019 vs $60,956 in Waveland). Waveland has the higher median home value ($96,800 vs $77,500 in Wingate).

Population, income & housing

	Waveland	Wingate
Population	431	327
Median age	27.2 yrs	47.3 yrs
Median household income	$60,956	$62,019
Median home value	$96,800	$77,500
Median gross rent	$920	$638
Housing units	185	149
Homeownership rate	84.6%	67.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.3%	2.1%
Unemployment rate	5.3%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Waveland	Wingate
Population	522 → 431 (-17.4%)	268 → 327 (+22.0%)
Median household income	$52,788 → $60,956 (+15.5%)	$51,500 → $62,019 (+20.4%)
Median home value	$74,600 → $96,800 (+29.8%)	$60,000 → $77,500 (+29.2%)
Median gross rent	$842 → $920 (+9.3%)	$513 → $638 (+24.4%)

Waveland

Population

522431

Median household income

$52,788$60,956

Median home value

$74,600$96,800

Median gross rent

$842$920

Wingate

Population

268327

Median household income

$51,500$62,019

Median home value

$60,000$77,500

Median gross rent

$513$638

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Waveland	Wingate
Under 5	13.9%	0.3%
5 to 17	26.0%	11.9%
18 to 24	9.3%	15.3%
25 to 34	13.5%	10.4%
35 to 44	9.3%	10.7%
45 to 54	12.1%	12.8%
55 to 64	1.4%	22.9%
65 to 74	7.2%	9.8%
75 and over	7.4%	5.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Waveland	Wingate
White (non-Hispanic)	97.2%	96.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.6%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Waveland	Wingate
No high school diploma	8.7%	14.8%
High school graduate	45.2%	53.2%
Some college or associate's	33.8%	30.0%
Bachelor's degree	7.8%	1.3%
Graduate or professional degree	4.6%	0.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Waveland	Wingate
Drove alone	84.0%	80.6%
Carpooled	13.1%	17.4%
Public transit	1.1%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.7%	2.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Waveland	Wingate
1-unit, detached	92.4%	73.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	14.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.2%	12.1%

Poverty & households

	Waveland	Wingate
Poverty rate	15.8%	12.2%
Average household size	2.89	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	29	36
Median year structure built	1938	1938