WildwoodIN
With 116 residents, it is a town in Indiana.
Is Wildwood a good place to live?
Wildwood’s age of the median resident is 52.1 years, above both the Indiana town median (39.4 years) and the median of U.S. towns (40.5 years). Wildwood has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
116 people, and everyone knows the way
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The data
Ordered by what stands out in Wildwood.
Fewer adults under 35 in Wildwood than across Indiana
College graduates make up 27% of adults 25 and older, against 30% across Indiana. 29% never finished high school.
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
Somewhere between 9% and 65% women
The Census survey reached too few of Wildwood’s residents to say more: its margin here is ±27.7 points. Across Indiana, 50.4% of residents are women.
| Wildwood | IN | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 0% | 12.4% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 29.3% | 10.9% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 0% | 9.6% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 0% | 13.1% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 19.8% | 12.7% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 12.1% | 12% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 14.7% | 12.5% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 18.1% | 10.1% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 6% | 6.7% | 7% |
| No diploma | 29.3% | 9.6% | 10.4% |
| High school | 28% | 32.5% | 26% |
| Some college | 7.3% | 19.3% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 8.5% | 9.1% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 18.3% | 18.7% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 8.5% | 10.8% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 100, single groups can be off by several points
Most working residents commute out of Wildwood
In Wildwood, 15% of residents live below the poverty line. The top destinations are Angola (15%), Fort Wayne (15%) and Ashley (5%). Half the trips to work are shorter than 18 miles.
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
The climate in Wildwood brings four seasons and pleasant summers
About 39 inches of snow fall in a winter here; January nights dip to 17° and July afternoons rise to 83°.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Top of a moderate hazard risk in Wildwood: inland flooding
FEMA puts 58% of Wildwood’s expected hazard losses down to inland flooding, and 15% to tornadoes. Compared with nearly three fifths of U.S. communities, expected storm and flood damage locally is lower.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Everything we know about Wildwood
Fun Spot Amusement Park & Zoo and 10 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Wildwood. Close and well known come first.
18 mi MuseumAuburn Cord Duesenberg Automobile Museum
34 mi Zoo & aquariumFort Wayne Children's Zoo
36 mi MuseumFort Wayne Museum of Art
36 mi GardenFoellinger-Freimann Botanical Conservatory
37 mi GardenSlayton ArboretumPhoto credits
Auburn Cord Duesenberg Automobile Museum: Michael Walter, a.k.a. Cuppysfriend, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Fort Wayne Children's Zoo: Momoneymoproblemz, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Fort Wayne Museum of Art: Momoneymoproblemz, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Foellinger-Freimann Botanical Conservatory: Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Slayton Arboretum: Brother Atticus, CC0
Moving to Wildwood: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Wildwood, 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.
100% of working residents leave Wildwood for work
Where Wildwood’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Colleges nearby
2 within 15 miles of the center of Wildwood
About 0 of every 100 Wildwood residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Indiana.
About Wildwood
Place in Indiana, United States
Wildwood is an unincorporated community and census designated place (CDP) in Salem Township, Steuben County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.
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- Elevation
- 935 ft
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