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Dyer, IN

16,400 Population
6.2 square miles 2,664.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

46.8 ±4.3 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 38.4 ±0.1
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Indiana: 38 ±0.1

Economics

$53,079 ±$5,495 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: $48,107 ±$228
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Indiana: $37,178 ±$184
$101,183 ±$9,656 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: $88,850 ±$436
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Indiana: $70,051 ±$293

6.7% ±4% (1,079  ±648) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 11.1% 1,021,163 (±0.2% / ±15,430)
  • about half the rate in Indiana: 12.2% 807,582 (±0.2% / ±11,348)

28.9 minutes ±1 (209,910  ±18,996) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 30.7 119,705,344 (±0.1 / ±621,476)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Indiana: 24 70,444,496 (±0.1 / ±412,801)

Families

6,419 ±260 Number of households
  • the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 3,615,628 ±5,264
  • Indiana: 2,681,537 ±6,532
2.5 ±0.1 (16,093  ±35) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 2.6 9,211,705
  • about the same as the figure in Indiana: 2.5 6,633,174

6.7% ±3.1% (242  ±115) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 4.9% 110,497 (±0.1% / ±2,994)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Indiana: 5.5% 86,259 (±0.1% / ±2,195)

Housing

6,591 ±297 Number of housing units
  • the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 3,886,535 ±487
  • Indiana: 2,953,344 ±390

$288,700 ±$9,511 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: $301,900 ±$1,331
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Indiana: $201,600 ±$922

8.3% ±3.2% (1,350  ±521.6) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 11.3% 1,041,799 (±0.2% / ±14,237.1)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Indiana: 13.1% 880,515 (±0.2% / ±12,438.1)

Social

95.6% ±7% (11,700  ±919.4) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 89.7% 5,783,224 (±0.3% / ±19,540.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in Indiana: 90.2% 4,113,653 (±0.3% / ±15,656.6)
36.5% ±4.3% (4,467  ±541.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 40.9% 2,636,743 (±0.2% / ±12,175.1)
  • about 25 percent higher than 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

6.5% ±1.7% (1,057  ±285) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 18.3% 1,710,628
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Indiana: 5.9% 404,588

4.9% ±1% (652  ±136) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 4% 292,113 (±0.1% / ±4,373)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Indiana: 6.5% 338,153 (±0.1% / ±3,149)
652 Total veterans ±136 621 Male ±127 31 Female ±37

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