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Michigan City, IN

31,894 Population
20.4 square miles 1,562.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.8 ±1.6 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Michigan City-La Porte, IN Metro Area: 40.8 ±0.3
  • about the same as the figure in Indiana: 38 ±0.1

Economics

$29,518 ±$2,027 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Michigan City-La Porte, IN Metro Area: $34,650 ±$933
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Indiana: $37,178 ±$184
$52,979 ±$3,658 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Michigan City-La Porte, IN Metro Area: $70,452 ±$2,189
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Indiana: $70,051 ±$293

19.3% ±2.7% (5,612  ±790) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Michigan City-La Porte, IN Metro Area: 14% 14,691 (±1.4% / ±1,420)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Indiana: 12.2% 807,582 (±0.2% / ±11,348)

22 minutes ±1.7 (259,300  ±25,984) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Michigan City-La Porte, IN Metro Area: 25 1,138,490 (±1 / ±50,864)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Indiana: 24 70,444,496 (±0.1 / ±412,801)

Families

12,901 ±545 Number of households
  • the Michigan City-La Porte, IN Metro Area: 43,681 ±531
  • Indiana: 2,681,537 ±6,532
2.3 ±0.1 (29,089  ±77) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Michigan City-La Porte, IN Metro Area: 2.4 105,170 (±0 / ±59)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Indiana: 2.5 6,633,174

6.3% ±3.2% (423  ±213) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in the Michigan City-La Porte, IN Metro Area: 6.7% † 1,511 (±1.4% / ±313)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Indiana: 5.5% 86,259 (±0.1% / ±2,195)

Housing

15,061 ±475 Number of housing units
  • the Michigan City-La Porte, IN Metro Area: 49,878 ±61
  • Indiana: 2,953,344 ±390

$129,000 ±$7,633 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Michigan City-La Porte, IN Metro Area: $180,700 ±$4,983
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Indiana: $201,600 ±$922

18.3% ±3% (5,750  ±932) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Michigan City-La Porte, IN Metro Area: 13.3% 14,752 (±1.3% / ±1,414)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Indiana: 13.1% 880,515 (±0.2% / ±12,438.1)

Social

89.3% ±3.9% (20,103  ±1,018.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Michigan City-La Porte, IN Metro Area: 90.5% 71,655 (±2.3% / ±1,785.2)
  • about the same as the rate in Indiana: 90.2% 4,113,653 (±0.3% / ±15,656.6)
18.8% ±2% (4,229  ±451.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Michigan City-La Porte, IN Metro Area: 21.7% 17,189 (±1.1% / ±902.2)
  • about two-thirds 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

3% ±0.7% (958  ±224) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Michigan City-La Porte, IN Metro Area: 3.2% 3,625
  • about half the rate in Indiana: 5.9% 404,588

6.1% ±0.9% (1,554  ±218) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Michigan City-La Porte, IN Metro Area: 7.4% 6,516 (±0.7% / ±569)
  • a little less than the rate in Indiana: 6.5% 338,153 (±0.1% / ±3,149)
1,554 Total veterans ±218 1,446 Male ±210 108 Female ±74

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