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Griffith, IN

16,228 Population
7.8 square miles 2,088.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.4 ±2.1 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 38.4 ±0.1
  • about the same as the figure in Indiana: 38 ±0.1

Economics

$39,045 ±$3,248 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: $48,107 ±$228
  • a little higher than the amount in Indiana: $37,178 ±$184
$76,009 ±$4,045 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: $88,850 ±$436
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Indiana: $70,051 ±$293

7.1% ±2.7% (1,157  ±437) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 11.1% 1,021,163 (±0.2% / ±15,430)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Indiana: 12.2% 807,582 (±0.2% / ±11,348)

30.7 minutes ±2.9 (251,935  ±29,770) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 30.7 119,705,344 (±0.1 / ±621,476)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Indiana: 24 70,444,496 (±0.1 / ±412,801)

Families

6,844 ±330 Number of households
  • the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 3,615,628 ±5,264
  • Indiana: 2,681,537 ±6,532
2.4 ±0.1 (16,218  ±129) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 2.6 9,211,705
  • a little less than the figure in Indiana: 2.5 6,633,174

10.5% ±5.8% (413  ±230) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 4.9% 110,497 (±0.1% / ±2,994)
  • nearly double the rate in Indiana: 5.5% 86,259 (±0.1% / ±2,195)

Housing

7,318 ±372 Number of housing units
  • the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 3,886,535 ±487
  • Indiana: 2,953,344 ±390

$200,400 ±$9,911 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: $301,900 ±$1,331
  • about the same as the amount in Indiana: $201,600 ±$922

14.7% ±4.6% (2,323  ±733.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 11.3% 1,041,799 (±0.2% / ±14,237.1)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Indiana: 13.1% 880,515 (±0.2% / ±12,438.1)

Social

96.4% ±6.9% (11,366  ±893.8) 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)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Indiana: 90.2% 4,113,653 (±0.3% / ±15,656.6)
26.6% ±3.7% (3,129  ±442.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 40.9% 2,636,743 (±0.2% / ±12,175.1)
  • about 90 percent 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

6.1% ±2.7% (996  ±443) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 18.3% 1,710,628
  • a little higher than the rate in Indiana: 5.9% 404,588

8.4% ±2.8% (1,098  ±362) Population with veteran status
  • more than double the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 4% 292,113 (±0.1% / ±4,373)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Indiana: 6.5% 338,153 (±0.1% / ±3,149)
1,098 Total veterans ±362 1,008 Male ±364 90 Female ±82

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