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Census Tract 424.04, Lake, IN

2,674 Population
1.6 square miles 1,680 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

57.6 ±11.3 Median age
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Merrillville: 42.4 ±1.6
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Lake County: 39.7 ±0.3

Economics

$26,597 ±$5,827 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Merrillville: $36,629 ±$2,659
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Lake County: $37,284 ±$613
$41,662 ±$1,727 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Merrillville: $67,587 † ±$7,864
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Lake County: $71,493 ±$1,419

24.4% ±14.9% (613  ±402) Persons below poverty line
  • nearly double the rate in Merrillville: 12.6% † 4,499 (±2.9% / ±1,037)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Lake County: 14.3% 70,586 (±0.7% / ±3,555)

29.9 minutes ±10.8 (24,630  ±5,474) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Merrillville: 32.1 503,270 (±2.2 / ±46,970)
  • a little higher than the figure in Lake County: 28.5 5,836,960 (±0.3 / ±105,577)

Families

1,203 ±348 Number of households
  • Merrillville: 15,487 ±810
  • Lake County: 195,130 ±954
2.1 ±0.8 (2,508  ±594) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Merrillville: 2.3 35,884 (±0.1 / ±64)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Lake County: 2.5 495,178 (±0 / ±57)

6.2% ±8.6% (20  ±29) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Merrillville: 3.8% † 313 (±2% / ±167)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Lake County: 5.8% † 6,629 (±0.6% / ±692)

Housing

1,288 ±341 Number of housing units
  • Merrillville: 16,213 ±843
  • Lake County: 217,436 ±112

$216,100 ±$16,723 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Merrillville: $211,400 ±$7,522
  • a little less than the amount in Lake County: $230,600 ±$2,947

6.7% ±3.4% (179  ±99) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Merrillville: 10.3% † 3,732 (±2.4% / ±875.7)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Lake County: 9.5% 46,968 (±0.6% / ±3,162.5)

Social

87.4% ±8.9% (1,847  ±413) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Merrillville: 92.3% 23,568 (±4.7% / ±1,427.7)
  • a little less than the rate in Lake County: 90.2% 309,096 (±1.2% / ±3,962.7)
17.6% ±5.5% (371  ±137.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Merrillville: 26.1% † 6,669 (±2.7% / ±713.9)
  • about two-thirds 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

13.5% ±11.7% (361  ±324) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Merrillville: 6.3% † 2,296 (±1.8% / ±644)
  • nearly double the rate in Lake County: 7.3% 36,496

5.9% ±3.1% (138  ±78) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Merrillville: 7% † 2,016 (±1.6% / ±479)
  • about the same as the rate in Lake County: 5.8% 22,159 (±0.3% / ±1,215)
138 Total veterans ±78 138 Male ±78 N/A Female ±13

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