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Census Tract 218, Lake, IN

3,539 Population
0.8 square miles 4,556.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

35 ±7.8 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Hammond: 36 ±0.9
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Lake County: 39.7 ±0.3

Economics

$28,572 ±$5,851 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Hammond: $28,736 ±$1,389
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Lake County: $37,284 ±$613
$52,770 ±$4,139 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Hammond: $55,504 ±$2,507
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Lake County: $71,493 ±$1,419

13.7% ±9.4% (485  ±339) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Hammond: 19.2% † 14,535 (±2.2% / ±1,640)
  • a little less than the rate in Lake County: 14.3% 70,586 (±0.7% / ±3,555)

25.3 minutes ±6 (34,560  ±11,657) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Hammond: 25.7 810,600 (±0.7 / ±45,035)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Lake County: 28.5 5,836,960 (±0.3 / ±105,577)

Families

1,465 ±194 Number of households
  • Hammond: 29,797 ±844
  • Lake County: 195,130 ±954
2.4 ±0.1 (3,539  ±488) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Hammond: 2.6 75,941 (±0.1 / ±53)
  • a little less than the figure in Lake County: 2.5 495,178 (±0 / ±57)

5.7% ±7.4% (54  ±71) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in Hammond: 6% † 1,161 (±1.6% / ±318)
  • about the same as the rate in Lake County: 5.8% † 6,629 (±0.6% / ±692)

Housing

1,539 ±171 Number of housing units
  • Hammond: 32,877 ±880
  • Lake County: 217,436 ±112

$144,900 ±$22,761 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Hammond: $159,900 ±$3,839
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Lake County: $230,600 ±$2,947

9.6% ±4.6% (338  ±168.4) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in Hammond: 9.9% † 7,540 (±1.7% / ±1,311.3)
  • about the same as the rate in Lake County: 9.5% 46,968 (±0.6% / ±3,162.5)

Social

90.2% ±8.3% (1,912  ±315.8) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Hammond: 83.1% 42,126 (±2.7% / ±1,658.7)
  • about the same as the rate in Lake County: 90.2% 309,096 (±1.2% / ±3,962.7)
10.2% ±5.4% (217  ±117.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Hammond: 17.4% 8,833 (±1.5% / ±783)
  • 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

7.4% ±5% (261  ±180) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Hammond: 11.5% † 8,810 (±1.4% / ±1,058)
  • about the same as the rate in Lake County: 7.3% 36,496

6.9% ±3.8% (179  ±101) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Hammond: 4.7% † 2,775 (±0.7% / ±430)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Lake County: 5.8% 22,159 (±0.3% / ±1,215)
179 Total veterans ±101 172 Male ±99 7 Female ±11

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