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Census Tract 128, Lake, IN

1,832 Population
0.5 square miles 4,002.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

26 ±12.1 Median age
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Gary: 36.5 ±1
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Lake County: 39.7 ±0.3

Economics

$20,342 ±$11,489 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Gary: $23,453 ±$1,128
  • about half the amount in Lake County: $37,284 ±$613
$36,670 ±$2,153 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Gary: $38,731 ±$2,687
  • about half the amount in Lake County: $71,493 ±$1,419

46.6% ±30.3% (843  ±619) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 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)

28.4 minutes ±6.1 (11,485  ±3,698) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Gary: 25.9 525,460 (±0.9 / ±34,536)
  • about the same as the figure in Lake County: 28.5 5,836,960 (±0.3 / ±105,577)

Families

643 ±176 Number of households
  • Gary: 27,227 ±829
  • Lake County: 195,130 ±954
2.8 ±0.6 (1,810  ±612) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Gary: 2.5 67,617 (±0.1 / ±119)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Lake County: 2.5 495,178 (±0 / ±57)

1.8% ±2.3% (8  ±11) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Gary: 6% † 939 (±1.4% / ±227)
  • about one-third of the rate in Lake County: 5.8% † 6,629 (±0.6% / ±692)

Housing

1,081 ±160 Number of housing units
  • Gary: 37,816 ±697
  • Lake County: 217,436 ±112

$75,600 ±$50,342 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Gary: $94,700 ±$3,944
  • about one-third of the amount in Lake County: $230,600 ±$2,947

40.6% ±33.1% (739  ±651.7) Moved since previous year
  • more than double the rate in Gary: 14% † 9,405 (±2.2% / ±1,491.6)
  • more than double the rate in Lake County: 9.5% 46,968 (±0.6% / ±3,162.5)

Social

80.9% ±17.2% (760  ±218.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Gary: 86.4% 37,471 (±2.9% / ±1,467.7)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Lake County: 90.2% 309,096 (±1.2% / ±3,962.7)
12.9% ±5.6% (121  ±58) 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

1.2% ±1.1% (21  ±22) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Gary: 2.4% † 1,647 (±0.7% / ±457)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Lake County: 7.3% 36,496

9.2% ±4.3% (104  ±52) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Gary: 7.2% † 3,520 (±0.9% / ±463)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Lake County: 5.8% 22,159 (±0.3% / ±1,215)
104 Total veterans ±52 94 Male ±50 10 Female ±15

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