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Galena township, LaPorte County, IN

1,852 Population
26.9 square miles 68.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

53.3 ±8.5 Median age
  • about 1.3 times the figure in LaPorte County: 41.1 ±0.4
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Indiana: 38.1 ±0.2
  • about 1.4 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$46,656 ±$5,421 Per capita income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in LaPorte County: $35,395 ±$936
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Indiana: $38,351 ±$197
  • a little higher than the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$86,293 ±$32,065 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in LaPorte County: $71,055 ±$2,241
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Indiana: $71,957 ±$352
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

7.5% ±4.8% (139  ±94) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in LaPorte County: 13.6% † 14,248 (±1.5% / ±1,546)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Indiana: 12.3% 821,528 (±0.2% / ±13,330)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

25.6 minutes ±11.9 (19,340  ±5,515) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in LaPorte County: 25 1,105,345 (±1.3 / ±61,389)
  • a little higher than the figure in Indiana: 24.1 70,277,840 (±0.1 / ±387,394)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

854 ±182 Number of households
  • LaPorte County: 43,633 ±564
  • Indiana: 2,716,009 ±6,039
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.2 (1,852  ±431) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in LaPorte County: 2.4 105,039 (±0 / ±61)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Indiana: 2.5 6,671,685
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

1,133 ±214 Number of housing units
  • LaPorte County: 50,038 ±54
  • Indiana: 2,976,568 ±617
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$254,900 ±$59,262 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.3 times the amount in LaPorte County: $195,500 ±$5,794
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Indiana: $218,200 ±$739
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

5.4% ±4.9% (99  ±93.4) Moved since previous year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in LaPorte County: 12.9% † 14,275 (±1.3% / ±1,478.1)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Indiana: 12.7% 860,071 (±0.2% / ±12,028.6)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

96.3% ±27.4% (1,372  ±269.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in LaPorte County: 90.8% 72,030 (±2.3% / ±1,858.5)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Indiana: 90.4% 4,153,503 (±0.4% / ±16,066.5)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
26.3% ±9.9% (375  ±160.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in LaPorte County: 22.7% 17,990 (±1.2% / ±971.4)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Indiana: 29.5% 1,354,639 (±0.2% / ±9,464)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

0.2% ±0.4% (4  ±8) Foreign-born population
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in LaPorte County: 3.4% 3,823
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Indiana: 6.3% 431,255
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

12.4% ±3.7% (192  ±71) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in LaPorte County: 7.8% 6,863 (±0.7% / ±595)
  • about double the rate in Indiana: 6.3% 328,414 (±0.1% / ±4,168)
  • about double the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
192 Total veterans ±71 192 Male ±71 N/A Female ±13

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