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Center township, LaPorte County, IN

25,230 Population
31 square miles 813.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.1 ±2.3 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in LaPorte County: 40.8 ±0.3
  • about the same as the figure in Indiana: 38 ±0.1

Economics

$33,558 ±$1,888 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in LaPorte County: $34,650 ±$933
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Indiana: $37,178 ±$184
$70,284 ±$3,809 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in LaPorte County: $70,452 ±$2,189
  • about the same as the amount in Indiana: $70,051 ±$293

15.2% ±3.3% (3,757  ±816) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in LaPorte County: 14% 14,691 (±1.4% / ±1,420)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Indiana: 12.2% 807,582 (±0.2% / ±11,348)

21.1 minutes ±1.6 (223,440  ±22,107) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in LaPorte County: 25 1,138,490 (±1 / ±50,864)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Indiana: 24 70,444,496 (±0.1 / ±412,801)

Families

10,162 ±351 Number of households
  • LaPorte County: 43,681 ±531
  • Indiana: 2,681,537 ±6,532
2.4 ±0.1 (24,799  ±92) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in LaPorte County: 2.4 105,170 (±0 / ±59)
  • about the same as the figure in Indiana: 2.5 6,633,174

7.2% ±2.4% (420  ±142) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in LaPorte County: 6.7% † 1,511 (±1.4% / ±313)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Indiana: 5.5% 86,259 (±0.1% / ±2,195)

Housing

11,369 ±385 Number of housing units
  • LaPorte County: 49,878 ±61
  • Indiana: 2,953,344 ±390

$173,900 ±$10,922 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in LaPorte County: $180,700 ±$4,983
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Indiana: $201,600 ±$922

11.9% ±2.7% (2,961  ±668.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in LaPorte County: 13.3% 14,752 (±1.3% / ±1,414)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Indiana: 13.1% 880,515 (±0.2% / ±12,438.1)

Social

91.5% ±4.8% (15,240  ±937.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in LaPorte County: 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)
22.1% ±2.6% (3,671  ±441.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in LaPorte County: 21.7% 17,189 (±1.1% / ±902.2)
  • about three-quarters 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

3.8% ±1.3% (950  ±333) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in LaPorte County: 3.2% 3,625
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Indiana: 5.9% 404,588

7.9% ±1.5% (1,489  ±288) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in LaPorte County: 7.4% 6,516 (±0.7% / ±569)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Indiana: 6.5% 338,153 (±0.1% / ±3,149)
1,489 Total veterans ±288 1,415 Male ±284 74 Female ±57

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