Chalmers vs Wolcott

A side-by-side comparison of Chalmers and Wolcott: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Wolcott has the higher population (1,044 vs 518 in Chalmers). Wolcott has the higher median household income ($70,938 vs $70,588 in Chalmers). Chalmers has the higher median home value ($154,000 vs $112,500 in Wolcott).

Population, income & housing

	Chalmers	Wolcott
Population	518	1,044
Median age	40.8 yrs	38.6 yrs
Median household income	$70,588	$70,938
Median home value	$154,000	$112,500
Median gross rent	$1,075	$875
Housing units	229	436
Homeownership rate	81.2%	80.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.2%	13.1%
Unemployment rate	0.8%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chalmers	Wolcott
Population	445 → 518 (+16.4%)	1,103 → 1,044 (-5.3%)
Median household income	$58,977 → $70,588 (+19.7%)	$58,438 → $70,938 (+21.4%)
Median home value	$89,800 → $154,000 (+71.5%)	$93,500 → $112,500 (+20.3%)
Median gross rent	$750 → $1,075 (+43.3%)	$699 → $875 (+25.2%)

Chalmers

Population

445518

Median household income

$58,977$70,588

Median home value

$89,800$154,000

Median gross rent

$750$1,075

Wolcott

Population

1,1031,044

Median household income

$58,438$70,938

Median home value

$93,500$112,500

Median gross rent

$699$875

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chalmers	Wolcott
Under 5	9.5%	10.2%
5 to 17	13.5%	16.2%
18 to 24	9.3%	7.7%
25 to 34	15.3%	11.4%
35 to 44	8.5%	14.8%
45 to 54	14.3%	11.1%
55 to 64	16.6%	13.9%
65 to 74	7.9%	8.7%
75 and over	5.2%	5.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chalmers	Wolcott
White (non-Hispanic)	90.2%	83.8%
Black or African American	1.0%	5.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.4%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	3.5%	7.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chalmers	Wolcott
No high school diploma	8.3%	6.7%
High school graduate	44.2%	49.6%
Some college or associate's	31.3%	30.7%
Bachelor's degree	14.0%	10.8%
Graduate or professional degree	2.3%	2.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chalmers	Wolcott
Drove alone	89.5%	79.0%
Carpooled	3.9%	13.8%
Public transit	0.0%	1.2%
Walked	1.2%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.5%	3.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chalmers	Wolcott
1-unit, detached	93.4%	93.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	5.2%	3.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.3%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Chalmers	Wolcott
Poverty rate	4.6%	9.1%
Average household size	2.38	2.55
Mean commute (minutes)	27	20
Median year structure built	1945	1951