Nappanee is a somewhat small city located in the state of Indiana. With a population of 6,584 people and two constituent neighborhoods, Nappanee is the 99th largest community in Indiana.

Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Nappanee is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 46.8% of the Nappanee workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 24.7%. Overall, Nappanee is a city of production and manufacturing workers, sales and office workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Nappanee who work in office and administrative support jobs (13.97%), sales jobs (8.60%), and management occupations (5.26%).

One of the benefits of Nappanee is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 14.84 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.

Nappanee is very much a car-oriented city. This is because the population of Nappanee isn't large enough or dense enough to support an extensive public transit system. It has a lot of rural roads, and the distance between houses can be quite large, which together tends to discourage walking and bicycling to work. 96.75% of residents commute to work in their own car (and the drive is typically to a job out of town). People also tend to drive out of town for other services as well, such as shopping, doctors appointments, and more.

Nappanee is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.

Nappanee Information and Demographics

The rate of college-level education in Nappanee is quite a bit lower than the national average among all cities of 14.96%: just 11.40% of people here over 25 have a bachelor's degree or an advanced degree.

The per capita income in Nappanee in 2000 was $19,229, which is upper middle income relative to Indiana and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $76,916 for a family of four.

The people who call Nappanee home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Nappanee is White, followed by African-American. Important ancestries of people in Nappanee include German, Irish, and English.

The most common language spoken in Nappanee is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and German.