Brimfield vs Wawaka

A side-by-side comparison of Brimfield and Wawaka: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Brimfield has the higher population (251 vs 102 in Wawaka). Wawaka has the higher median household income ($35,577 vs $33,750 in Brimfield). Since 2019, Wawaka's population has grown faster (+24.4% vs +5.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Brimfield	Wawaka
Population	251	102
Median age	53.4 yrs	57.7 yrs
Median household income	$33,750	$35,577
Housing units	123	78
Homeownership rate	100.0%	84.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.1%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	23.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brimfield	Wawaka
Population	238 → 251 (+5.5%)	82 → 102 (+24.4%)
Median household income	$45,221 → $33,750 (-25.4%)	$34,737 → $35,577 (+2.4%)

Brimfield

Population

238251

Median household income

$45,221$33,750

Wawaka

Population

82102

Median household income

$34,737$35,577

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brimfield	Wawaka
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	12.7%	0.0%
18 to 24	23.5%	0.0%
25 to 34	0.0%	0.0%
35 to 44	0.0%	0.0%
45 to 54	24.3%	42.2%
55 to 64	5.2%	57.8%
65 to 74	8.4%	0.0%
75 and over	25.9%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brimfield	Wawaka
White (non-Hispanic)	45.0%	100.0%
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%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	55.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brimfield	Wawaka
No high school diploma	29.4%	18.6%
High school graduate	53.8%	32.4%
Some college or associate's	8.8%	49.0%
Bachelor's degree	8.1%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brimfield	Wawaka
Drove alone	50.5%	70.0%
Carpooled	49.5%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	30.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brimfield	Wawaka
1-unit, detached	82.9%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	17.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Brimfield	Wawaka
Poverty rate	55.0%	32.4%
Average household size	2.46	1.76
Median year structure built	1938	1938