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West Creek township, Lake County, IN

7,757 Population
62 square miles 125.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.7 ±2.9 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Lake County: 39.6 ±0.3
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Indiana: 38 ±0.1

Economics

$41,781 ±$4,506 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Lake County: $35,973 ±$597
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Indiana: $37,178 ±$184
$95,766 ±$22,642 Median household income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Lake County: $68,985 ±$1,259
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Indiana: $70,051 ±$293

2% ±1.1% (153  ±85) Persons below poverty line
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Lake County: 14.6% 72,010 (±0.6% / ±3,174)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Indiana: 12.2% 807,582 (±0.2% / ±11,348)

32.1 minutes ±3.5 (109,480  ±19,209) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Lake County: 28.8 5,928,950 (±0.4 / ±114,412)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Indiana: 24 70,444,496 (±0.1 / ±412,801)

Families

2,780 ±251 Number of households
  • Lake County: 193,474 ±1,188
  • Indiana: 2,681,537 ±6,532
2.8 ±0.3 (7,757  ±18) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Lake County: 2.6 493,751 (±0 / ±61)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Indiana: 2.5 6,633,174

2.8% ±2.9% (35  ±37) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in Lake County: 6.1% 6,992 (±0.5% / ±574)
  • about half the rate in Indiana: 5.5% 86,259 (±0.1% / ±2,195)

Housing

2,947 ±303 Number of housing units
  • Lake County: 216,330 ±101
  • Indiana: 2,953,344 ±390

$264,300 ±$33,622 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Lake County: $214,700 ±$2,989
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Indiana: $201,600 ±$922

5.1% ±2.7% (392  ±204.4) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in Lake County: 10.4% 51,461 (±0.6% / ±3,136.9)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Indiana: 13.1% 880,515 (±0.2% / ±12,438.1)

Social

96.3% ±10% (5,158  ±659.7) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Lake County: 90.2% 307,623 (±1.2% / ±4,219.7)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Indiana: 90.2% 4,113,653 (±0.3% / ±15,656.6)
18.2% ±4.5% (975  ±250.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Lake County: 24.9% 84,885 (±0.6% / ±2,098.7)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Indiana: 28.8% 1,313,086 (±0.2% / ±9,554.8)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

2.1% ±1.9% (165  ±148) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in Lake County: 7.2% 35,856
  • about one-third of the rate in Indiana: 5.9% 404,588

10.4% ±4.8% (593  ±274) Population with veteran status
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Lake County: 6% 22,950 (±0.3% / ±1,193)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Indiana: 6.5% 338,153 (±0.1% / ±3,149)
593 Total veterans ±274 593 Male ±274 N/A Female ±18

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