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. Much of the housing stock in Shipshewana was built relatively recently. The construction of new real estate can often be taken as an indication that the local Shipshewana economy is robust, and that jobs or other amenities are attracting an influx of new residents. 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.Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Shipshewana is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 48.19% of the Shipshewana workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. 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%). It is a fairly quiet town because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Shipshewana has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Shipshewana has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Shipshewana than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Shipshewana may be for you. 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. Shipshewana is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.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.
