Rome City vs Wolflake

A side-by-side comparison of Rome City and Wolflake: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Rome City has the higher population (1,271 vs 337 in Wolflake). Rome City has the higher median household income ($72,054 vs $31,224 in Wolflake). Rome City has the higher median home value ($231,300 vs $106,400 in Wolflake).

Population, income & housing

	Rome City	Wolflake
Population	1,271	337
Median age	51.5 yrs	55.5 yrs
Median household income	$72,054	$31,224
Median home value	$231,300	$106,400
Median gross rent	$846	—
Housing units	797	146
Homeownership rate	84.6%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.5%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Rome City	Wolflake
Population	1,343 → 1,271 (-5.4%)	268 → 337 (+25.7%)
Median household income	$64,000 → $72,054 (+12.6%)	$28,940 → $31,224 (+7.9%)
Median home value	$190,900 → $231,300 (+21.2%)	$93,400 → $106,400 (+13.9%)
Median gross rent	$724 → $846 (+16.9%)	—

Rome City

Population

1,3431,271

Median household income

$64,000$72,054

Median home value

$190,900$231,300

Median gross rent

$724$846

Wolflake

Population

268337

Median household income

$28,940$31,224

Median home value

$93,400$106,400

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Rome City	Wolflake
Under 5	4.2%	0.0%
5 to 17	9.7%	2.7%
18 to 24	10.8%	8.0%
25 to 34	11.7%	0.0%
35 to 44	7.5%	13.9%
45 to 54	11.9%	5.3%
55 to 64	17.7%	53.1%
65 to 74	18.0%	6.8%
75 and over	8.6%	10.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Rome City	Wolflake
White (non-Hispanic)	95.7%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.6%	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	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.8%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.6%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Rome City	Wolflake
No high school diploma	11.8%	0.0%
High school graduate	40.8%	83.7%
Some college or associate's	27.9%	16.3%
Bachelor's degree	12.6%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	6.9%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Rome City	Wolflake
Drove alone	78.9%	81.4%
Carpooled	10.2%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.0%	18.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.4%	0.0%
Other means	2.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Rome City	Wolflake
1-unit, detached	87.5%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.9%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Rome City	Wolflake
Poverty rate	9.6%	5.3%
Average household size	2.41	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	30	—
Median year structure built	1958	1940