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Census Tract 116, Lake, IN

1,725 Population
0.5 square miles 3,649.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.3 ±2.9 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Gary: 36.5 ±1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Lake County: 39.7 ±0.3

Economics

$28,461 ±$10,650 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Gary: $23,453 ±$1,128
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Lake County: $37,284 ±$613
$27,839 ±$8,335 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Gary: $38,731 ±$2,687
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Lake County: $71,493 ±$1,419

32.2% ±11.7% (551  ±253) Persons below poverty line
  • a little less than the rate in Gary: 33.1% 22,346 (±2.6% / ±1,761)
  • more than double the rate in Lake County: 14.3% 70,586 (±0.7% / ±3,555)

18.4 minutes ±0.4 (9,555  ±4,856) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Gary: 25.9 525,460 (±0.9 / ±34,536)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Lake County: 28.5 5,836,960 (±0.3 / ±105,577)

Families

705 ±182 Number of households
  • Gary: 27,227 ±829
  • Lake County: 195,130 ±954
2.4 ±0.3 (1,711  ±479) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Gary: 2.5 67,617 (±0.1 / ±119)
  • a little less than the figure in Lake County: 2.5 495,178 (±0 / ±57)

1.7% ±2.8% (7  ±12) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Gary: 6% † 939 (±1.4% / ±227)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Lake County: 5.8% † 6,629 (±0.6% / ±692)

Housing

1,130 ±182 Number of housing units
  • Gary: 37,816 ±697
  • Lake County: 217,436 ±112

$63,900 ±$24,081 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Gary: $94,700 ±$3,944
  • about one-quarter of the amount in Lake County: $230,600 ±$2,947

1.4% ±1.9% (24  ±32.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Gary: 14% † 9,405 (±2.2% / ±1,491.6)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Lake County: 9.5% 46,968 (±0.6% / ±3,162.5)

Social

93.5% ±40% (1,004  ±285.7) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Gary: 86.4% 37,471 (±2.9% / ±1,467.7)
  • a little higher than the rate in Lake County: 90.2% 309,096 (±1.2% / ±3,962.7)
13.2% ±5.2% (142  ±71.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Gary: 14.8% 6,416 (±1.3% / ±580.3)
  • about half the rate in Lake County: 25.8% 88,466 (±0.6% / ±2,087.4)

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

0.3% ±0.6% (5  ±11) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Gary: 2.4% † 1,647 (±0.7% / ±457)
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Lake County: 7.3% 36,496

5% ±4.4% (57  ±53) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Gary: 7.2% † 3,520 (±0.9% / ±463)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Lake County: 5.8% 22,159 (±0.3% / ±1,215)
57 Total veterans ±53 49 Male ±49 8 Female ±15

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