Wawaka vs Wolflake

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

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

Wolflake has the higher population (337 vs 102 in Wawaka). Wawaka has the higher median household income ($35,577 vs $31,224 in Wolflake). Since 2019, Wolflake's population has grown faster (+25.7% vs +24.4%).

Population, income & housing

	Wawaka	Wolflake
Population	102	337
Median age	57.7 yrs	55.5 yrs
Median household income	$35,577	$31,224
Median home value	—	$106,400
Housing units	78	146
Homeownership rate	84.5%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	23.9%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Wawaka	Wolflake
Population	82 → 102 (+24.4%)	268 → 337 (+25.7%)
Median household income	$34,737 → $35,577 (+2.4%)	$28,940 → $31,224 (+7.9%)
Median home value	—	$93,400 → $106,400 (+13.9%)

Wawaka

Population

82102

Median household income

$34,737$35,577

Wolflake

Population

268337

Median household income

$28,940$31,224

Median home value

$93,400$106,400

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Wawaka	Wolflake
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	0.0%	2.7%
18 to 24	0.0%	8.0%
25 to 34	0.0%	0.0%
35 to 44	0.0%	13.9%
45 to 54	42.2%	5.3%
55 to 64	57.8%	53.1%
65 to 74	0.0%	6.8%
75 and over	0.0%	10.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Wawaka	Wolflake
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	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	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Wawaka	Wolflake
No high school diploma	18.6%	0.0%
High school graduate	32.4%	83.7%
Some college or associate's	49.0%	16.3%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Wawaka	Wolflake
Drove alone	70.0%	81.4%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	18.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	30.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Wawaka	Wolflake
1-unit, detached	100.0%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	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

	Wawaka	Wolflake
Poverty rate	32.4%	5.3%
Average household size	1.76	2.31
Median year structure built	1938	1940