The overall crime rate in Shipshewana is one of the lowest in the US. This makes it one of the safer places to live in the country in terms of crime.
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 19.19 minutes. This also means that noise and pollution levels in the town are less than they would otherwise be.
Shipshewana is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
In Shipshewana, just 9.97% of people over 25 hold a college degree, which is very low compared to the rest of the nation, whereas the average among all cities is 21.84%.
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.
