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. Wheatfield has seen a significant amount of newer housing growth in recent years. Quite often, new home construction is the result of new residents moving in who are middle class or wealthier, attracted by jobs, a healthy local economy, or other amenities as they leave nearby or far away areas for greener pastures. This seems to be the case in Wheatfield, where the median household income is $80,625.00.Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Wheatfield is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 51.77% of the Wheatfield workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. 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.
