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Census Tract 425.03, Lake, IN

3,235 Population
2.2 square miles 1,486.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

45.7 ±7.5 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Merrillville: 42.4 ±1.6
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Lake County: 39.7 ±0.3

Economics

$37,433 ±$3,732 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Merrillville: $36,629 ±$2,659
  • about the same as the amount in Lake County: $37,284 ±$613
$63,827 ±$13,432 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Merrillville: $67,587 † ±$7,864
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Lake County: $71,493 ±$1,419

6.3% ±2.3% (200  ±81) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in Merrillville: 12.6% † 4,499 (±2.9% / ±1,037)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Lake County: 14.3% 70,586 (±0.7% / ±3,555)

35 minutes ±12.7 (56,325  ±14,198) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Merrillville: 32.1 503,270 (±2.2 / ±46,970)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Lake County: 28.5 5,836,960 (±0.3 / ±105,577)

Families

1,509 ±178 Number of households
  • Merrillville: 15,487 ±810
  • Lake County: 195,130 ±954
2.1 ±0.3 (3,229  ±588) 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)

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

1,533 ±174 Number of housing units
  • Merrillville: 16,213 ±843
  • Lake County: 217,436 ±112

$215,500 ±$14,444 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Merrillville: $211,400 ±$7,522
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Lake County: $230,600 ±$2,947

14.5% ±7.6% (468  ±261.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Merrillville: 10.3% † 3,732 (±2.4% / ±875.7)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Lake County: 9.5% 46,968 (±0.6% / ±3,162.5)

Social

93.1% ±12.3% (2,301  ±403.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Merrillville: 92.3% 23,568 (±4.7% / ±1,427.7)
  • a little higher than the rate in Lake County: 90.2% 309,096 (±1.2% / ±3,962.7)
25.4% ±6.3% (629  ±172.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Merrillville: 26.1% † 6,669 (±2.7% / ±713.9)
  • about the same as 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

4.1% ±3% (132  ±99) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Merrillville: 6.3% † 2,296 (±1.8% / ±644)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Lake County: 7.3% 36,496

8.4% ±5.3% (230  ±149) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Merrillville: 7% † 2,016 (±1.6% / ±479)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Lake County: 5.8% 22,159 (±0.3% / ±1,215)
230 Total veterans ±149 177 Male ±132 53 Female ±57

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