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Census Tract 124, Lake, IN

4,148 Population
1.6 square miles 2,515.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.7 ±8.9 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

$14,719 ±$3,227 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Gary: $23,453 ±$1,128
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Lake County: $37,284 ±$613
$30,341 ±$4,806 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Gary: $38,731 ±$2,687
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Lake County: $71,493 ±$1,419

48.1% ±15.6% (1,997  ±745) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times 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)

25.3 minutes ±3.4 (26,245  ±8,496) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Gary: 25.9 525,460 (±0.9 / ±34,536)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Lake County: 28.5 5,836,960 (±0.3 / ±105,577)

Families

1,647 ±231 Number of households
  • Gary: 27,227 ±829
  • Lake County: 195,130 ±954
2.5 ±0.3 (4,125  ±765) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Gary: 2.5 67,617 (±0.1 / ±119)
  • about the same as the figure in Lake County: 2.5 495,178 (±0 / ±57)

5.3% ±6% (42  ±49) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Gary: 6% † 939 (±1.4% / ±227)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Lake County: 5.8% † 6,629 (±0.6% / ±692)

Housing

2,242 ±200 Number of housing units
  • Gary: 37,816 ±697
  • Lake County: 217,436 ±112

$69,600 ±$30,361 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Gary: $94,700 ±$3,944
  • about one-third of the amount in Lake County: $230,600 ±$2,947

12.9% ±13.7% (530  ±571.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Gary: 14% † 9,405 (±2.2% / ±1,491.6)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Lake County: 9.5% 46,968 (±0.6% / ±3,162.5)

Social

85.5% ±7.3% (2,415  ±450.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Gary: 86.4% 37,471 (±2.9% / ±1,467.7)
  • a little less than the rate in Lake County: 90.2% 309,096 (±1.2% / ±3,962.7)
10.8% ±4.8% (305  ±145.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Gary: 14.8% 6,416 (±1.3% / ±580.3)
  • about two-fifths of 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

6.5% ±6.3% (268  ±266) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Gary: 2.4% † 1,647 (±0.7% / ±457)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Lake County: 7.3% 36,496

5.5% ±4.2% (164  ±129) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Gary: 7.2% † 3,520 (±0.9% / ±463)
  • a little less than the rate in Lake County: 5.8% 22,159 (±0.3% / ±1,215)
164 Total veterans ±129 164 Male ±129 N/A Female ±13

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