About Shipshewana

Shipshewana is a tiny town located in the state of Indiana. With a population of 539 people and just one neighborhood, Shipshewana is the 378th largest community in Indiana.

Shipshewana is a blue-collar town, with 38.4% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 24.7%. Overall, Shipshewana is a town of sales and office workers, production and manufacturing workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Shipshewana who work in sales jobs (16.13%), office and administrative support jobs (12.58%), and management occupations (10.32%).

Of important note, Shipshewana is also a town of artists. Shipshewana has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Shipshewana's character.

One of the benefits of Shipshewana is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 13.14 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.

Shipshewana Information and Demographics

The population of Shipshewana has one of the lowest overall levels of education in the country: only 3.81% of people over 25 hold a college degree. The national average for all municipalities is 14.96%.

The per capita income in Shipshewana in 2000 was $26,270, which is wealthy relative to Indiana and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $105,080 for a family of four.

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

The most common language spoken in Shipshewana is English. Other important languages spoken here include German and Other West Germanic languages.