Shipshewana is a tiny town located in the state of Indiana. With a population of 855 people and two associated neighborhoods, Shipshewana is the 349th largest community in Indiana. There's nothing like the smell of a brand new house, and in Shipshewana, you'll find that a large proportion of houses were recently built. New growth in residential real estate is an indication that people are choosing to move to Shipshewana, and putting down their money on brand new construction. Shipshewana’s real estate is, on average, some of the newest in the nation. Shipshewana does seem to be experiencing an influx of affluent people, because the median household income is $57,679.00.

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.

The town is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Shipshewana has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Shipshewana a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.

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.

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.

The percentage of people in Shipshewana with college degrees is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%: just 10.37% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or 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.