Laketon vs Wabash

A side-by-side comparison of Laketon and Wabash: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Wabash has the higher population (10,378 vs 532 in Laketon). Laketon has the higher median household income ($78,750 vs $54,199 in Wabash). Laketon has the higher median home value ($196,700 vs $115,000 in Wabash).

Population, income & housing

	Laketon	Wabash
Population	532	10,378
Median age	44.8 yrs	42.2 yrs
Median household income	$78,750	$54,199
Median home value	$196,700	$115,000
Median gross rent	$1,021	$677
Housing units	314	5,006
Homeownership rate	77.8%	70.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	21.9%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Laketon	Wabash
Population	454 → 532 (+17.2%)	10,089 → 10,378 (+2.9%)
Median household income	$43,274 → $78,750 (+82.0%)	$44,973 → $54,199 (+20.5%)
Median home value	$86,900 → $196,700 (+126.4%)	$82,400 → $115,000 (+39.6%)
Median gross rent	$636 → $1,021 (+60.5%)	$663 → $677 (+2.1%)

Laketon

Population

454532

Median household income

$43,274$78,750

Median home value

$86,900$196,700

Median gross rent

$636$1,021

Wabash

Population

10,08910,378

Median household income

$44,973$54,199

Median home value

$82,400$115,000

Median gross rent

$663$677

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Laketon	Wabash
Under 5	4.1%	5.1%
5 to 17	13.3%	15.4%
18 to 24	12.8%	6.9%
25 to 34	5.8%	13.3%
35 to 44	14.5%	13.5%
45 to 54	5.8%	8.0%
55 to 64	19.4%	15.2%
65 to 74	16.2%	12.1%
75 and over	8.1%	10.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Laketon	Wabash
White (non-Hispanic)	99.2%	92.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.8%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	4.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Laketon	Wabash
No high school diploma	2.7%	10.3%
High school graduate	65.8%	42.5%
Some college or associate's	31.5%	25.3%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	15.1%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	6.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Laketon	Wabash
Drove alone	68.7%	86.1%
Carpooled	27.2%	8.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	0.0%	2.1%
Other means	4.1%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Laketon	Wabash
1-unit, detached	81.5%	80.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	8.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	6.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.1%
Mobile home & other	18.5%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Laketon	Wabash
Poverty rate	4.7%	12.5%
Average household size	2.31	2.21
Mean commute (minutes)	20	17
Median year structure built	1964	1955