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Census Tract 308, Lake, IN

3,518 Population
0.4 square miles 9,673.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44.1 ±4.3 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in East Chicago: 36.5 ±1.6
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Lake County: 39.7 ±0.3

Economics

$25,768 ±$4,111 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
$47,694 ±$14,520 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

21.2% ±7.1% (746  ±280) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in East Chicago: 26.3% † 6,803 (±3.5% / ±917)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Lake County: 14.3% 70,586 (±0.7% / ±3,555)

20 minutes ±2.5 (30,975  ±7,866) 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

1,325 ±213 Number of households
  • East Chicago: 9,943 ±624
  • Lake County: 195,130 ±954
2.7 ±0.1 (3,516  ±590) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in East Chicago: 2.6 25,914 (±0.2 / ±50)
  • a little higher than the figure in Lake County: 2.5 495,178 (±0 / ±57)

3.5% ±5.2% (28  ±42) 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

1,749 ±188 Number of housing units
  • East Chicago: 12,365 ±516
  • Lake County: 217,436 ±112

$93,100 ±$23,601 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in East Chicago: $105,400 ±$9,759
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Lake County: $230,600 ±$2,947

11% ±6.6% (380  ±237.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in East Chicago: 11.8% † 3,030 (±2.7% / ±702.3)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Lake County: 9.5% 46,968 (±0.6% / ±3,162.5)

Social

83.7% ±21.8% (2,177  ±392.8) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in East Chicago: 73.8% 12,446 (±4.5% / ±870.4)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Lake County: 90.2% 309,096 (±1.2% / ±3,962.7)
11.2% ±4.7% (291  ±133.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than 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

18.4% ±6.8% (647  ±263) 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

1.5% ±1.1% (42  ±33) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in East Chicago: 3.2% † 626 (±1.1% / ±210)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Lake County: 5.8% 22,159 (±0.3% / ±1,215)
42 Total veterans ±33 42 Male ±33 N/A Female ±13

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