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Census Tract 304, Lake, IN

2,978 Population
4.3 square miles 696.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.4 ±5.8 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in East Chicago: 36.5 ±1.6
  • about the same as the figure in Lake County: 39.7 ±0.3

Economics

$25,311 ±$4,496 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in East Chicago: $23,656 ±$1,897
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Lake County: $37,284 ±$613
$42,872 ±$9,719 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in East Chicago: $42,125 ±$2,976
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Lake County: $71,493 ±$1,419

18.4% ±9.1% (548  ±284) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in East Chicago: 26.3% † 6,803 (±3.5% / ±917)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Lake County: 14.3% 70,586 (±0.7% / ±3,555)

20.6 minutes ±4.9 (23,830  ±7,813) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in East Chicago: 20.8 207,925 (±1.1 / ±17,865)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Lake County: 28.5 5,836,960 (±0.3 / ±105,577)

Families

1,202 ±212 Number of households
  • East Chicago: 9,943 ±624
  • Lake County: 195,130 ±954
2.5 ±0.6 (2,978  ±442) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in East Chicago: 2.6 25,914 (±0.2 / ±50)
  • about the same as the figure in Lake County: 2.5 495,178 (±0 / ±57)

5.8% ±8.3% (41  ±60) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in East Chicago: 4.7% † 315 (±2.6% / ±174)
  • about the same as the rate in Lake County: 5.8% † 6,629 (±0.6% / ±692)

Housing

1,586 ±193 Number of housing units
  • East Chicago: 12,365 ±516
  • Lake County: 217,436 ±112

$66,900 ±$15,426 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in East Chicago: $105,400 ±$9,759
  • about one-quarter of the amount in Lake County: $230,600 ±$2,947

10.8% ±7.7% (318  ±232.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in East Chicago: 11.8% † 3,030 (±2.7% / ±702.3)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Lake County: 9.5% 46,968 (±0.6% / ±3,162.5)

Social

61.1% ±10.8% (1,262  ±305.4) High school grad or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in East Chicago: 73.8% 12,446 (±4.5% / ±870.4)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Lake County: 90.2% 309,096 (±1.2% / ±3,962.7)
8.1% ±5% (168  ±106.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in East Chicago: 10.7% † 1,800 (±1.9% / ±319.5)
  • about one-third 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

18% ±6.1% (536  ±198) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in East Chicago: 16.4% † 4,268 (±2.9% / ±766)
  • more than double the rate in Lake County: 7.3% 36,496

6.2% ±5% (150  ±123) Population with veteran status
  • nearly double the rate in East Chicago: 3.2% † 626 (±1.1% / ±210)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Lake County: 5.8% 22,159 (±0.3% / ±1,215)
150 Total veterans ±123 150 Male ±123 N/A Female ±13

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