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Wakarusa, IN

2,282 Population
2.2 square miles 1,035.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.4 ±1.7 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Elkhart-Goshen, IN Metro Area: 35.6 ±0.2
  • a little higher than the figure in Indiana: 38.1 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$35,491 ±$4,569 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Elkhart-Goshen, IN Metro Area: $32,936 ±$883
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Indiana: $38,351 ±$197
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$74,464 ±$12,260 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Elkhart-Goshen, IN Metro Area: $68,561 ±$2,286
  • a little higher than the amount in Indiana: $71,957 ±$352
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

8.6% ±6.6% (184  ±144) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Elkhart-Goshen, IN Metro Area: 12.4% 25,311 (±1.2% / ±2,443)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Indiana: 12.3% 821,528 (±0.2% / ±13,330)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

29.8 minutes ±6.1 (28,360  ±7,439) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.5 times the figure in the Elkhart-Goshen, IN Metro Area: 20 1,829,810 (±0.5 / ±56,271)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Indiana: 24.1 70,277,840 (±0.1 / ±387,394)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

750 ±115 Number of households
  • the Elkhart-Goshen, IN Metro Area: 72,309 ±879
  • Indiana: 2,716,009 ±6,039
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.9 ±0.6 (2,157  ±258) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Elkhart-Goshen, IN Metro Area: 2.8 204,388 (±0 / ±43)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Indiana: 2.5 6,671,685
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

4.5% ±2.6% (23  ±14) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Elkhart-Goshen, IN Metro Area: 5.3% † 2,495 (±0.7% / ±333)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Indiana: 5.4% 85,809 (±0.2% / ±2,404)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

833 ±137 Number of housing units
  • the Elkhart-Goshen, IN Metro Area: 80,493 ±84
  • Indiana: 2,976,568 ±617
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$207,200 ±$19,217 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in the Elkhart-Goshen, IN Metro Area: $210,400 ±$4,758
  • a little less than the amount in Indiana: $218,200 ±$739
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

5.9% ±2.8% (134  ±65.7) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Elkhart-Goshen, IN Metro Area: 10% † 20,528 (±1% / ±2,037.1)
  • about half the rate in Indiana: 12.7% 860,071 (±0.2% / ±12,028.6)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

85.4% ±1.9% (1,305  ±180.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Elkhart-Goshen, IN Metro Area: 82.2% 107,936 (±1.9% / ±2,511.1)
  • a little less than the rate in Indiana: 90.4% 4,153,503 (±0.4% / ±16,066.5)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
30.2% ±5.5% (462  ±105.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Elkhart-Goshen, IN Metro Area: 20.1% 26,425 (±0.9% / ±1,240.5)
  • a little higher than the rate in Indiana: 29.5% 1,354,639 (±0.2% / ±9,464)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

4.1% ±3.1% (94  ±71) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Elkhart-Goshen, IN Metro Area: 9.7% 20,001
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Indiana: 6.3% 431,255
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

3.8% ±2.2% (65  ±38) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Elkhart-Goshen, IN Metro Area: 4.7% 7,112 (±0.4% / ±623)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Indiana: 6.3% 328,414 (±0.1% / ±4,168)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
65 Total veterans ±38 62 Male ±37 3 Female ±4

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