Residents will find that the town is relatively quiet. This is because it is not over-populated, and it has fewer college students, renters, and young children - all of whom can be noisy at times. So, if you're looking for a relatively peaceful place to live, Shipshewana is worth considering.
Compared to the rest of the country, citizens of Shipshewana spend much less time in their cars: on average, their commute to work is only 18.69 minutes. This also means that noise and pollution levels in the town are less than they would otherwise be.
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.
