WhitelandIN
A town of 5,884, settled in 1861.
Is Whiteland a good place to live?
Whiteland is a solid, middle-of-the-road choice. It grades B+ overall, 223rd among Indiana's 585 graded towns, with no subject far below average. Its best mark is incomes: the median household earns $97K. It also does better than most on safety: crime is low: it reports less per resident than 75% of U.S. towns. A typical home there costs about $297K, 3.7 years of the Indianapolis metro’s $80K median household income. Of the 107 Indiana towns we compare, none has a lower violent crime rate than Whiteland. Whiteland's schools outperform 70% of the state's. On history, just 85 of Indiana’s 1,098 towns do worse.
What makes Whiteland stand out
Where Whiteland beats most towns.
Whiteland has grown 40% since 2010
4,169 counted in 2010 and 4,599 in 2020; an estimated 5,884 in 2025.
Growth hasn’t slowed: 27.3% since 2020, after 10.3% in the decade before.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts · Census Bureau estimate, July 1, 2025
How Whiteland grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Indiana), ordered by how far Whiteland is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Lucas Oil Stadium and 38 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Whiteland. Close and well known come first.
Big draw15 mi Stadium & arenaLucas Oil Stadium
15 mi Stadium & arenaGainbridge Fieldhouse
36 mi Stadium & arenaMemorial Stadium
15 mi LandmarkSoldiers' and Sailors' Monument
20 mi Stadium & arenaHinkle Fieldhouse
24 mi MuseumMiller House and GardenPhoto credits
Lucas Oil Stadium: Josh Hallett from Winter Haven, FL, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Gainbridge Fieldhouse: Durin at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Memorial Stadium: Durin at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument: alexeatswhales, CC BY 2.0 · Hinkle Fieldhouse: Peetlesnumber1, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Miller House and Garden: Nyttend, Public domain
Moving to Whiteland: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Whiteland, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Whiteland.
Whiteland looks healthier within Indiana than nationally, has seen reported crime fall by about half and has added a third more jobs in ten years.
Whiteland earns an A− for safety
Reported crimes fell from 61 to 25 over the last three FBI years, a drop beyond ordinary year-to-year swings. Violent crime is rare: 0 reported in 2025, 0 per 1,000 residents.
At 4.3 per 1,000 residents, Whiteland’s property crime rate is against 8.6 in Indiana’s towns and 9.9 across U.S. towns.
Violent crime per 1,000 residents
Property crime per 1,000 residents
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
About two in five of Whiteland’s working residents commute to Indianapolis
Jobs based here grew from 1,013 in 2013 to 1,460.
Most working residents leave Whiteland for work: only 4% work in town. At 29 minutes, Whiteland’s average trip to work is where Indiana’s towns sit at 24 minutes and U.S. towns at 25 minutes. Jobs based in Whiteland grew to 1,460 in 2023, 447 more than in 2013.
| Whiteland | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 29 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $97,000 | $71,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 4.3% | 11% | 8% |
| Work from home | 10% | 7.8% | 11% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Four seasons and pleasant summers in Whiteland
Whiteland has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 85°, January nights drop to 20° and about 17 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Compared with most of Indiana and the rest of the country, the median rent in Whiteland is higher
The median rent in Whiteland is $1,661 a month. The typical Whiteland home is worth about $297,000, up 1.5% in a year, 15% above the Indiana typical home. 94% of Whiteland households own their home.
| Whiteland | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 94% | 76% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,661 a month | $946 a month | $1,185 a month |
Typical home value
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Whiteland faces a moderate natural-hazard risk, led by inland flooding
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 58% of U.S. communities. One flood insurance claim has been paid in Whiteland since 2009.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
An age mix much like Indiana’s
No broad age group is more than 4 points off the Indiana average. Whiteland has grown 27% since 2020, to 5,884 residents in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate. 13% of residents are 65 or older in Whiteland.
| Whiteland | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aged 65 or older | 13% | 18% | 18% |
| Median age | 36.3 years | 39.5 years | 40.5 years |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 32% | 22% | 29% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±4.9 points. Across Indiana, 50.4% of residents are women.
| Whiteland | IN | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 11.1% | 12.4% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 11.9% | 10.9% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 5.8% | 9.6% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 20.4% | 13.1% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 11.7% | 12.7% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 10.9% | 12% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 15% | 12.5% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 8.6% | 10.1% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 4.6% | 6.7% | 7% |
| No diploma | 7.3% | 9.6% | 10.4% |
| High school | 39% | 32.5% | 26% |
| Some college | 18.2% | 19.3% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 3.9% | 9.1% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 23.2% | 18.7% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 8.4% | 10.8% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
On CDC estimates, Whiteland is less healthy than 54% of U.S. towns
Within Indiana it is healthier than 68% of the 589 graded towns: much of Indiana scores lower on these measures. Against the 9,031 U.S. towns with household incomes like Whiteland’s, it is less healthy than 75%, so it trails even them.
Whiteland beats the Indiana average on 7 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 0.
| Whiteland | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 27% | 26% | 23% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 16% | 16% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 41% | 39% | 35% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 23% | 26% | 25% |
| What stands out | Whiteland | IN |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 7% | 8.9% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 11.9% | 14.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Everything we know about Whiteland
Colleges nearby
2 within 15 miles of the center of Whiteland
About 4 of every 100 Whiteland residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Indiana.
96% of working residents leave Whiteland for work
Where Whiteland’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Famous people from Whiteland
4 notable people were born in Whiteland.
About Whiteland
Town in Indiana, United States
Whiteland is a town in Pleasant, Franklin and Clark townships, Johnson County, Indiana, United States. The population was 4,599 at the 2020 census. Whiteland is located in north/central Johnson County approximately 19 miles (31 km) south of Indianapolis in Johnson County, which is one of the counties circling the capital city itself and therefore considered part of the Indianapolis metropolitan area. Major access roads to get to Whiteland are I-65 (exit 95 is the Whiteland exit), south on U.S. 31 from Indianapolis and north from Columbus.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
- Area
- 4.6 sq mi
- Elevation
- 794 ft
- ZIP code
- 46184
- Area code
- 317
Whiteland’s neighbors
3 towns share a border with Whiteland.
| Town | IN rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whiteland | #223 | B+ | B− | A− | B+ | B− |
| New Whiteland | #90 | A | B+ | — | B+ | B− |
| Franklin | #271 | B | B | B | B | B− |
| Greenwood | #220 | B+ | B− | C+ | A | B |
New Whiteland reports no FBI crime data of its own. Compare Whiteland with a neighbor →
Questions about Whiteland
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Whiteland, IN a good place to live?
By most measures, yes. Whiteland grades B+ overall, better than 71% of U.S. towns and #223 of 585 in Indiana. It grades B− for health, A− for safety and B+ for schools.
Is Whiteland, IN expensive?
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B−.
What is Whiteland, IN known for?
4 notable people were born here, including Bob Glidden and George Crowe.