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Porter County, IN

175,335 Population
418.1 square miles 419.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.4 ±0.7 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Indiana: 38.3 ±0.2
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$40,889 ±$1,858 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Indiana: $37,299 ±$411
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$77,410 ±$4,406 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Indiana: $69,477 ±$808
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

9.7% ±1.7% (16,621  ±2,925) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Indiana: 12.3% 821,401 (±0.4% / ±24,875)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

28.3 minutes ±0.7 (2,132,110  ±70,259) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2023 5-year data
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Indiana: 24 70,444,496 (±0.1 / ±412,801)
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

68,120 ±1,705 Number of households
  • Indiana: 2,754,881 ±9,894
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.5 ±0.1 (171,985  ±75) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Indiana: 2.4 6,683,725
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,701,630

4.6% ±2.1% (1,822  ±819) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Indiana: 5.7% 90,077 (±0.4% / ±5,476)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

73,144 ±46 Number of housing units
  • Indiana: 3,002,580 ±509
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$280,500 ±$10,806 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Indiana: $225,900 ±$1,902
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

7.6% ±1.6% (13,218  ±2,854.9) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Indiana: 12.5% 848,621 (±0.4% / ±24,387.7)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±198,133.8)

Social

93.6% ±4% (115,649  ±5,003.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Indiana: 90.4% 4,173,951 (±0.7% / ±30,298)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±278,776.4)
29.3% ±2.2% (36,158  ±2,762.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Indiana: 30.2% 1,394,398 (±0.4% / ±16,999.7)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 36.2% 83,816,088 (±0.1% / ±181,834.5)

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

3.1% (5,508  ±1,282) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Indiana: 6.3% 432,652
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 14.3% 47,831,412

6.9% ±1.1% (9,462  ±1,544) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Indiana: 6% 318,287 (±0.2% / ±8,440)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
9,462 Total veterans ±1,544 8,603 Male ±1,356 859 Female ±504

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