Wheatfield is a tiny town located in the state of Indiana. With a population of 938 people and two associated neighborhoods, Wheatfield is the 341st largest community in Indiana. Much of the housing stock in Wheatfield was built relatively recently. The construction of new real estate can often be taken as an indication that the local Wheatfield economy is robust, and that jobs or other amenities are attracting an influx of new residents. This seems to be the case in Wheatfield, where the median household income is $80,625.00.When you are in Wheatfield, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 51.77% of Wheatfield’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Wheatfield is a town of transportation and shipping workers, construction workers and builders, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Wheatfield who work in office and administrative support (8.84%), sales jobs (7.83%), and business and financial occupations (5.30%). Also of interest is that Wheatfield has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. Being a small town, Wheatfield does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The citizens of Wheatfield are slightly less educated than the national average of 21.84% for the average city or town: 13.24% of adults in Wheatfield have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree The per capita income in Wheatfield in 2022 was $30,327, which is middle income relative to Indiana, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $121,308 for a family of four. However, Wheatfield contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Wheatfield is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Wheatfield home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Wheatfield residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Wheatfield also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 10.70% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Wheatfield include German, Irish, English, Polish, and Scottish. The most common language spoken in Wheatfield is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Spanish.
