Economy vs Whitewater

A side-by-side comparison of Economy and Whitewater: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Economy has the higher population (150 vs 71 in Whitewater). Whitewater has the higher median household income ($60,536 vs $44,063 in Economy). Whitewater has the higher median home value ($80,000 vs $50,000 in Economy).

Population, income & housing

	Economy	Whitewater
Population	150	71
Median age	46.7 yrs	50.2 yrs
Median household income	$44,063	$60,536
Median home value	$50,000	$80,000
Median gross rent	$708	—
Housing units	76	31
Homeownership rate	91.5%	90.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.4%	21.4%
Unemployment rate	6.3%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Economy	Whitewater
Population	135 → 150 (+11.1%)	70 → 71 (+1.4%)
Median household income	$48,125 → $44,063 (-8.4%)	$45,833 → $60,536 (+32.1%)
Median home value	$67,500 → $50,000 (-25.9%)	$63,300 → $80,000 (+26.4%)
Median gross rent	$769 → $708 (-7.9%)	—

Economy

Population

135150

Median household income

$48,125$44,063

Median home value

$67,500$50,000

Median gross rent

$769$708

Whitewater

Population

7071

Median household income

$45,833$60,536

Median home value

$63,300$80,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Economy	Whitewater
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	22.0%	18.3%
18 to 24	1.3%	2.8%
25 to 34	6.0%	0.0%
35 to 44	19.3%	22.5%
45 to 54	16.0%	21.1%
55 to 64	6.0%	16.9%
65 to 74	18.0%	11.3%
75 and over	11.3%	7.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Economy	Whitewater
White (non-Hispanic)	96.7%	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	3.3%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Economy	Whitewater
No high school diploma	7.8%	0.0%
High school graduate	52.2%	44.6%
Some college or associate's	29.6%	33.9%
Bachelor's degree	5.2%	12.5%
Graduate or professional degree	5.2%	8.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Economy	Whitewater
Drove alone	63.6%	72.2%
Carpooled	34.5%	5.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.8%	22.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Economy	Whitewater
1-unit, detached	82.9%	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	17.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Economy	Whitewater
Poverty rate	20.0%	7.0%
Average household size	2.54	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	33	18
Median year structure built	1938	1963