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Union township, Porter County, IN

9,445 Population
29.5 square miles 320.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44.8 ±2.2 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Porter County: 40.8 ±0.3
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Indiana: 38.1 ±0.2
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$57,640 ±$12,681 Per capita income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Porter County: $44,216 ±$1,316
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Indiana: $38,351 ±$197
  • about 1.3 times the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$115,664 ±$16,606 Median household income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Porter County: $87,972 ±$3,058
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Indiana: $71,957 ±$352
  • about 1.4 times the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

9.2% ±4.8% (860  ±449) Persons below poverty line
  • a little less than the rate in Porter County: 9.6% † 16,399 (±1% / ±1,757)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Indiana: 12.3% 821,528 (±0.2% / ±13,330)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

31.5 minutes ±2.4 (119,110  ±16,060) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Porter County: 28.5 2,150,995 (±0.5 / ±62,745)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Indiana: 24.1 70,277,840 (±0.1 / ±387,394)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

3,149 ±165 Number of households
  • Porter County: 68,639 ±517
  • Indiana: 2,716,009 ±6,039
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
3 ±0.2 (9,445  ±26) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Porter County: 2.5 171,376 (±0 / ±50)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Indiana: 2.5 6,671,685
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

2.9% ±3.4% (50  ±60) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in Porter County: 5.6% † 2,238 (±1.1% / ±448)
  • about half the rate in Indiana: 5.4% 85,809 (±0.2% / ±2,404)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

3,279 ±159 Number of housing units
  • Porter County: 72,662 ±53
  • Indiana: 2,976,568 ±617
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$358,100 ±$19,122 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Porter County: $281,500 ±$4,859
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Indiana: $218,200 ±$739
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

6.3% ±2.6% (594  ±242) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Porter County: 10.7% † 18,491 (±1.1% / ±1,904.9)
  • about half the rate in Indiana: 12.7% 860,071 (±0.2% / ±12,028.6)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

93.6% ±6.4% (6,026  ±469.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Porter County: 94% 115,036 (±2% / ±2,449.9)
  • a little higher than the rate in Indiana: 90.4% 4,153,503 (±0.4% / ±16,066.5)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
31.3% ±4.2% (2,014  ±283.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Porter County: 31.1% 38,024 (±1.2% / ±1,461.2)
  • a little higher than the rate in Indiana: 29.5% 1,354,639 (±0.2% / ±9,464)
  • about 90 percent 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

2.4% ±1.2% (227  ±117) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Porter County: 4% 7,020
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Indiana: 6.3% 431,255
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

6.9% ±1.9% (508  ±144) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Porter County: 5.9% 8,156 (±0.4% / ±532)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Indiana: 6.3% 328,414 (±0.1% / ±4,168)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
508 Total veterans ±144 468 Male ±131 40 Female ±49

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