Shipshewana is a tiny town located in the state of Indiana. With a population of 855 people and two associated neighborhoods, Shipshewana is the 349th largest community in Indiana. Shipshewana has seen a significant amount of newer housing growth in recent years. Quite often, new home construction is the result of new residents moving in who are middle class or wealthier, attracted by jobs, a healthy local economy, or other amenities as they leave nearby or far away areas for greener pastures. This seems to be the case in Shipshewana, where the median household income is $57,679.00. Shipshewana real estate is some of the most expensive in Indiana, although Shipshewana house values don't compare to the most expensive real estate in the U.S.When you are in Shipshewana, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 48.19% of Shipshewana’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Shipshewana is a town of sales and office workers, production and manufacturing workers, and transportation and shipping workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Shipshewana who work in office and administrative support (12.77%), sales jobs (11.33%), and management occupations (5.30%). The town is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Shipshewana has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Shipshewana a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here. One of the benefits of Shipshewana is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 18.69 minutes, which is substantially less than the national average. Not only does this mean that the drive to work is less aggravating, but noise and pollution levels are lower as a result. Being a small town, Shipshewana does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.In Shipshewana, just 10.37% of people have at least a bachelor's degree, which is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%. The per capita income in Shipshewana in 2022 was $35,919, which is upper middle income relative to Indiana, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $143,676 for a family of four. However, Shipshewana contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Shipshewana is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Shipshewana home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Shipshewana residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Shipshewana include German, English, European, Irish, and Dutch. The most common language spoken in Shipshewana is English. Other important languages spoken here include German/Yiddish and West Germanic languages.
