U.S. Beacon March 29, 2024

Wakarusa, IN

Elkhart County, Indiana

Latitude: 41.534490     Longitude: -86.016223
Population 1,666 (2005)



General Demographic Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1879478, place: Wakarusa town, Indiana)

Total Population: 1,618
Male: 742 (45.86%)
Female: 876 (54.14%)

Population data by age, 2000 data
Under 5 years: 106 (6.55%)
5 to 9 years: 134 (8.28%)
10 to 14 years: 139 (8.59%)
15 to 19 years: 84 (5.19%)
20 to 24 years: 82 (5.07%)
25 to 34 years: 205 (12.67%)
35 to 44 years: 240 (14.83%)
45 to 54 years: 178 (11%)
55 to 59 years: 67 (4.14%)
60 to 64 years: 62 (3.83%)
65 to 74 years: 114 (7.05%)
75 to 84 years: 119 (7.35%)
85 years and over: 88 (5.44%)

Median age: 37.2 years

Population data by age, legal ages, 2000 data
18 years and over: 1,197 (73.98%)
21 years and over: 1,144 (70.7%)
62 years and over: 359 (22.19%)
65 years and over: 321 (19.84%)

18 years and older by gender, 2000 data
18 years and over: 1,197 (73.98%)
--Male: 529 (32.69%)
--Female: 668 (41.29%)

65 years and older by gender, 2000 data
65 years and over: 321 (19.84%)
--Male: 106 (6.55%)
--Female: 215 (13.29%)

Races, 2000 data
One Race: 1,597 (98.7%)
--White: 1,558 (96.29%)
--Hispanic or Latino (of any race): 24 (1.48%)
--Black or African American: 8 (0.49%)
--American Indian and Alaska Native: 0 (0%)
--Asian: 3 (0.19%)
----Asian Indian: 1 (0.06%)
----Chinese: 0 (0%)
----Filipino: 0 (0%)
----Japanese: 1 (0.06%)
----Korean: 0 (0%)
----Vietnamese: 0 (0%)
----Other Asian: 1 (0.06%)
--Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander: 1 (0.06%)
----Native Hawaiian: 0 (0%)
----Guamanian or Chamorro: 0 (0%)
----Samoan: 0 (0%)
----Other Pacific Islander: 1 (0.06%)
--Some other race: 10 (0.62%)
Two or more Races: 21 (1.3%)

Hispanic or Latino Races, 2000 data
Hispanic or Latino (of any race): 24 (1.48%)
--Mexican: 14 (0.87%)
--Puerto Rican: 8 (0.49%)
--Cuban: 0 (0%)
--Other Hispanic or Latino: 2 (0.12%)
Not Hispanic or Latino: 1,594 (98.52%)
--White Alone: 1,558 (96.29%)

Housedold Data, 2000 data
Household population: 1,495 (92.4%)
--Householder: 595 (36.77%)
--Spouse: 349 (21.57%)
--Child: 496 (30.66%)
----Child with own child under 18 years: 402 (24.85%)
--Other relatives: 26 (1.61%)
----Other relatives under 18 years: 14 (0.87%)
--Nonrelatives: 29 (1.79%)
----Unmarried partner: 15 (0.93%)
Living in group quarters: 123 (7.6%)
--Institutionalized Population: 123 (7.6%)
--Non Institutionalized Population: 0 (0%)
Total households: 595
Family households (families): 427 (71.76%)
----With own children under 18 years: 210 (35.29%)
--Married-couple families: 349 (58.66%)
----With own children under 18 years: 160 (26.89%)
--Female householder, no husband present: 65 (10.92%)
----With own children under 18 years: 39 (6.55%)
Nonfamily households: 168 (28.24%)
--Householder living alone: 154 (25.88%)
----Householder 65 years and over: 80 (13.45%)
Households with one or more people under 18 years: 222 (37.31%)
Households with one or more people 65 years and over: 152 (25.55%)
Average household size: 2.51 people
Average family size: 3.04 people

Housing Units, 2000 data
Total housing units: 618
Occupied housing units: 595 (96.28%)
Vacant housing units: 23 (3.72%)
--For seasonal, occasional, or recreational use: 2 (0.32%)
Home owner vacancy rate (percent): 1.6%
Rental vacancy rate (percent): 2.6%
Occupied housing units: 595 (96.28%)
Owner occupied housing units: 481 (77.83%)
Renter occupied housing units: 114 (18.45%)
Average household size of owner occupied units: 2.59 people
Average household size of renter occupied units: 2.18 people

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