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.Shipshewana is a blue-collar town, with 48.19% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 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%). 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. As is often the case in a small town, Shipshewana doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.The rate of college-level education in Shipshewana is quite a bit lower than the national average among all cities of 21.84%: just 10.37% of people here over 25 have a bachelor's degree or an advanced degree. 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.
