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Census Tract 305, Lake, IN

3,709 Population
0.5 square miles 7,794.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.3 ±6.5 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in East Chicago: 36.5 ±1.6
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Lake County: 39.7 ±0.3

Economics

$25,259 ±$4,459 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
$46,711 ±$26,427 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in East Chicago: $42,125 ±$2,976
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Lake County: $71,493 ±$1,419

23% ±10.1% (849  ±396) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in East Chicago: 26.3% † 6,803 (±3.5% / ±917)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Lake County: 14.3% 70,586 (±0.7% / ±3,555)

20.3 minutes ±4.2 (34,130  ±10,158) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in East Chicago: 20.8 207,925 (±1.1 / ±17,865)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Lake County: 28.5 5,836,960 (±0.3 / ±105,577)

Families

1,296 ±162 Number of households
  • East Chicago: 9,943 ±624
  • Lake County: 195,130 ±954
2.9 ±0.2 (3,707  ±558) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in East Chicago: 2.6 25,914 (±0.2 / ±50)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Lake County: 2.5 495,178 (±0 / ±57)

1.6% ±2.5% (14  ±22) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-third of the rate in East Chicago: 4.7% † 315 (±2.6% / ±174)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Lake County: 5.8% † 6,629 (±0.6% / ±692)

Housing

1,600 ±158 Number of housing units
  • East Chicago: 12,365 ±516
  • Lake County: 217,436 ±112

$114,900 ±$27,823 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in East Chicago: $105,400 ±$9,759
  • about half the amount in Lake County: $230,600 ±$2,947

10.7% ±7.7% (396  ±290.3) 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

67.1% ±8.5% (1,584  ±305.9) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in East Chicago: 73.8% 12,446 (±4.5% / ±870.4)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Lake County: 90.2% 309,096 (±1.2% / ±3,962.7)
10.5% ±4.9% (248  ±121.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in East Chicago: 10.7% † 1,800 (±1.9% / ±319.5)
  • 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

24.1% ±8.6% (893  ±345) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in East Chicago: 16.4% † 4,268 (±2.9% / ±766)
  • more than double the rate in Lake County: 7.3% 36,496

4.7% ±2.8% (133  ±81) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in East Chicago: 3.2% † 626 (±1.1% / ±210)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Lake County: 5.8% 22,159 (±0.3% / ±1,215)
133 Total veterans ±81 133 Male ±81 N/A Female ±13

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