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Census Tract 306, Lake, IN

5,225 Population
0.9 square miles 5,752 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

31 ±5.1 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in East Chicago: 36.5 ±1.6
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Lake County: 39.7 ±0.3

Economics

$23,195 ±$3,571 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in East Chicago: $23,656 ±$1,897
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Lake County: $37,284 ±$613
$58,084 ±$4,233 Median household income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in East Chicago: $42,125 ±$2,976
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Lake County: $71,493 ±$1,419

25.7% ±10.6% (1,340  ±589) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as 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)

19.4 minutes ±2.1 (41,400  ±8,980) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of 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

1,562 ±185 Number of households
  • East Chicago: 9,943 ±624
  • Lake County: 195,130 ±954
3.3 ±0.3 (5,220  ±757) Persons per household
  • about 1.3 times the figure in East Chicago: 2.6 25,914 (±0.2 / ±50)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Lake County: 2.5 495,178 (±0 / ±57)

3.5% ±4.2% (50  ±62) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in East Chicago: 4.7% † 315 (±2.6% / ±174)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Lake County: 5.8% † 6,629 (±0.6% / ±692)

Housing

1,924 ±175 Number of housing units
  • East Chicago: 12,365 ±516
  • Lake County: 217,436 ±112

$132,000 ±$35,313 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in East Chicago: $105,400 ±$9,759
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Lake County: $230,600 ±$2,947

8.1% ±4.4% (421  ±236) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in East Chicago: 11.8% † 3,030 (±2.7% / ±702.3)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Lake County: 9.5% 46,968 (±0.6% / ±3,162.5)

Social

74.3% ±9.6% (2,363  ±406.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in East Chicago: 73.8% 12,446 (±4.5% / ±870.4)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Lake County: 90.2% 309,096 (±1.2% / ±3,962.7)
12.2% ±5% (387  ±165.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in East Chicago: 10.7% † 1,800 (±1.9% / ±319.5)
  • 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

16.7% ±5.8% (871  ±330) Foreign-born population
  • about the same as the rate in East Chicago: 16.4% † 4,268 (±2.9% / ±766)
  • more than double the rate in Lake County: 7.3% 36,496

2.9% ±2.6% (106  ±96) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in East Chicago: 3.2% † 626 (±1.1% / ±210)
  • about half the rate in Lake County: 5.8% 22,159 (±0.3% / ±1,215)
106 Total veterans ±96 106 Male ±96 N/A Female ±18

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