Shipshewana is a tiny town located in the state of Indiana. With a population of 854 people and two associated neighborhoods, Shipshewana is the 349th largest community in Indiana. 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.Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Shipshewana is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 48.28% of the Shipshewana workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 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 sales jobs (11.44%), office and administrative support (10.76%), and management occupations (5.49%). Overall, Shipshewana’s crime rate is one of the lowest in the nation, which makes a great place to live if safety is an important concern. One of the benefits of Shipshewana is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 19.19 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.The citizens of Shipshewana have a very low rate of college education: just 9.97% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, compared to a national average of 21.84% for all cities. The per capita income in Shipshewana in 2022 was $37,423, which is wealthy relative to Indiana, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $149,692 for a family of four. However, Shipshewana contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. 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, European, English, Irish, and Swiss. The most common language spoken in Shipshewana is English. Other important languages spoken here include German/Yiddish and West Germanic languages.
