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Census Tract 501.04, Porter, IN

6,009 Population
13.2 square miles 455.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.6 ±3.2 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Chesterton: 38.4 ±0.9
  • a little higher than the figure in Porter County: 40.8 ±0.3

Economics

$63,046 ±$16,551 Per capita income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Chesterton: $50,086 † ±$7,248
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Porter County: $44,216 ±$1,316
$103,569 ±$11,858 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Chesterton: $91,060 † ±$11,923
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Porter County: $87,972 ±$3,058

8.6% ±6.5% (496  ±379) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Chesterton: 9.3% † 1,324 (±3.3% / ±468)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Porter County: 9.6% † 16,399 (±1% / ±1,757)

31.6 minutes ±4 (73,925  ±16,857) Mean travel time to work
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Chesterton: 25.6 † 147,115 (±4.7 / ±18,420)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Porter County: 28.5 2,150,995 (±0.5 / ±62,745)

Families

2,323 ±210 Number of households
  • Chesterton: 6,004 ±304
  • Porter County: 68,639 ±517
2.5 ±0.3 (5,804  ±402) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Chesterton: 2.4 14,242 (±0.1 / ±78)
  • about the same as the figure in Porter County: 2.5 171,376 (±0 / ±50)

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

Housing

2,639 ±201 Number of housing units
  • Chesterton: 6,317 ±374
  • Porter County: 72,662 ±53

$333,000 ±$39,902 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Chesterton: $300,900 ±$23,011
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Porter County: $281,500 ±$4,859

3.7% ±2% (221  ±123.1) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in Chesterton: 7.9% † 1,132 (±3.6% / ±514.8)
  • about one-third of the rate in Porter County: 10.7% † 18,491 (±1.1% / ±1,904.9)

Social

95.5% ±11.4% (4,186  ±572.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Chesterton: 97% 9,852 (±7.9% / ±887.9)
  • about the same as the rate in Porter County: 94% 115,036 (±2% / ±2,449.9)
36.7% ±7.1% (1,609  ±329.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Chesterton: 42.5% † 4,315 (±5.3% / ±562.3)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Porter County: 31.1% 38,024 (±1.2% / ±1,461.2)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

5.3% ±3.5% (320  ±211) Foreign-born population
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Chesterton: 4.3% † 619 (±2.5% / ±366)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Porter County: 4% 7,020

6.8% ±3% (307  ±138) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in Chesterton: 6.5% † 712 (±1.9% / ±204)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Porter County: 5.9% 8,156 (±0.4% / ±532)
307 Total veterans ±138 292 Male ±132 15 Female ±23

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