Battle Ground vs Shadeland

A side-by-side comparison of Battle Ground and Shadeland: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Shadeland has the higher population (2,257 vs 1,989 in Battle Ground). Battle Ground has the higher median household income ($104,583 vs $88,125 in Shadeland). Battle Ground has the higher median home value ($268,300 vs $261,300 in Shadeland).

Population, income & housing

	Battle Ground	Shadeland
Population	1,989	2,257
Median age	34.5 yrs	38.4 yrs
Median household income	$104,583	$88,125
Median home value	$268,300	$261,300
Median gross rent	$833	$1,073
Housing units	773	861
Homeownership rate	85.8%	80.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	52.6%	29.4%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	1.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Battle Ground	Shadeland
Population	1,857 → 1,989 (+7.1%)	1,913 → 2,257 (+18.0%)
Median household income	$87,813 → $104,583 (+19.1%)	$75,069 → $88,125 (+17.4%)
Median home value	$180,000 → $268,300 (+49.1%)	$182,800 → $261,300 (+42.9%)
Median gross rent	$969 → $833 (-14.0%)	$819 → $1,073 (+31.0%)

Battle Ground

Population

1,8571,989

Median household income

$87,813$104,583

Median home value

$180,000$268,300

Median gross rent

$969$833

Shadeland

Population

1,9132,257

Median household income

$75,069$88,125

Median home value

$182,800$261,300

Median gross rent

$819$1,073

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Battle Ground	Shadeland
Under 5	8.6%	5.4%
5 to 17	21.5%	20.7%
18 to 24	5.4%	6.5%
25 to 34	15.2%	11.1%
35 to 44	12.1%	17.9%
45 to 54	11.2%	11.1%
55 to 64	9.6%	12.9%
65 to 74	11.2%	7.6%
75 and over	5.3%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Battle Ground	Shadeland
White (non-Hispanic)	88.4%	87.1%
Black or African American	1.0%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.3%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	6.8%	7.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Battle Ground	Shadeland
No high school diploma	4.9%	9.1%
High school graduate	22.4%	39.1%
Some college or associate's	20.2%	22.4%
Bachelor's degree	30.7%	15.8%
Graduate or professional degree	21.9%	13.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Battle Ground	Shadeland
Drove alone	76.3%	78.0%
Carpooled	8.3%	4.0%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.6%	16.3%
Other means	3.6%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Battle Ground	Shadeland
1-unit, detached	94.2%	80.3%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	4.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	19.7%

Poverty & households

	Battle Ground	Shadeland
Poverty rate	4.1%	13.9%
Average household size	2.62	2.69
Mean commute (minutes)	23	17
Median year structure built	1992	1983