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Michigan City--La Porte, IN--MI Urban Area

72,294 Population
49.2 square miles 1,469.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

40 ±2.3 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$34,664 ±$2,613 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$58,755 ±$4,473 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

16.4% ±5.1% (11,291  ±3,539) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

23.2 minutes ±1.3 (624,720  ±42,207) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

28,497 ±1,833 Number of households
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.4 ±0.2 (68,752  ±3,306) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

4.1% ±2.6% (617  ±395) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

37,306 ±2,032 Number of housing units
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$209,000 ±$13,440 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

8.2% ±2.3% (5,904  ±1,700.4) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

87.6% ±4.1% (44,428  ±2,995.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
26.5% ±2.8% (13,451  ±1,586.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

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

5.5% ±2.2% (3,981  ±1,571) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

7.5% ±1.9% (4,188  ±1,080) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
4,188 Total veterans ±1,080 3,872 Male ±1,031 316 Female ±238

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