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City of East Chicago School District, IN

26,158 Population
14.1 square miles 1,853.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.5 ±1.4 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Lake County: 39.6 ±0.3
  • a little less than the figure in Indiana: 38 ±0.1

Economics

$23,164 ±$1,907 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Lake County: $35,973 ±$597
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Indiana: $37,178 ±$184
$41,071 ±$2,425 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Lake County: $68,985 ±$1,259
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Indiana: $70,051 ±$293

27% ±3.4% (7,030  ±884) Persons below poverty line
  • nearly double the rate in Lake County: 14.6% 72,010 (±0.6% / ±3,174)
  • more than double the rate in Indiana: 12.2% 807,582 (±0.2% / ±11,348)

21.9 minutes ±1.3 (215,895  ±20,249) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Lake County: 28.8 5,928,950 (±0.4 / ±114,412)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Indiana: 24 70,444,496 (±0.1 / ±412,801)

Families

9,987 ±607 Number of households
  • Lake County: 193,474 ±1,188
  • Indiana: 2,681,537 ±6,532
2.6 ±0.2 (26,046  ±104) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Lake County: 2.6 493,751 (±0 / ±61)
  • a little higher than the figure in Indiana: 2.5 6,633,174

5.2% ±1.8% (329  ±117) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Lake County: 6.1% 6,992 (±0.5% / ±574)
  • a little less than the rate in Indiana: 5.5% 86,259 (±0.1% / ±2,195)

Housing

12,429 ±488 Number of housing units
  • Lake County: 216,330 ±101
  • Indiana: 2,953,344 ±390

$92,400 ±$9,389 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Lake County: $214,700 ±$2,989
  • about half the amount in Indiana: $201,600 ±$922

12.9% ±3% (3,329  ±763.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Lake County: 10.4% 51,461 (±0.6% / ±3,136.9)
  • about the same as the rate in Indiana: 13.1% 880,515 (±0.2% / ±12,438.1)

Social

73.7% ±3.9% (12,535  ±819.6) High school grad or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Lake County: 90.2% 307,623 (±1.2% / ±4,219.7)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Indiana: 90.2% 4,113,653 (±0.3% / ±15,656.6)
9.9% ±1.8% (1,686  ±313) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Lake County: 24.9% 84,885 (±0.6% / ±2,098.7)
  • about one-third 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

16.2% ±2.5% (4,225  ±651) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Lake County: 7.2% 35,856
  • more than double the rate in Indiana: 5.9% 404,588

3.2% ±0.9% (619  ±171) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in Lake County: 6% 22,950 (±0.3% / ±1,193)
  • about half the rate in Indiana: 6.5% 338,153 (±0.1% / ±3,149)
619 Total veterans ±171 605 Male ±170 14 Female ±17

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