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Census Tract 501.05, Porter, IN

5,039 Population
11.6 square miles 435.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.5 ±2.5 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Chesterton: 38.4 ±0.9
  • about the same as the figure in Porter County: 40.8 ±0.3

Economics

$46,348 ±$7,939 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Chesterton: $50,086 † ±$7,248
  • a little higher than the amount in Porter County: $44,216 ±$1,316
$88,209 ±$13,724 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Chesterton: $91,060 † ±$11,923
  • about the same as the amount in Porter County: $87,972 ±$3,058

9.9% ±5.3% (499  ±272) Persons below poverty line
  • a little higher than the rate in Chesterton: 9.3% † 1,324 (±3.3% / ±468)
  • a little higher than the rate in Porter County: 9.6% † 16,399 (±1% / ±1,757)

33.2 minutes ±4.8 (75,670  ±14,627) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Chesterton: 25.6 † 147,115 (±4.7 / ±18,420)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Porter County: 28.5 2,150,995 (±0.5 / ±62,745)

Families

1,951 ±296 Number of households
  • Chesterton: 6,004 ±304
  • Porter County: 68,639 ±517
2.6 ±0.4 (5,039  ±406) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Chesterton: 2.4 14,242 (±0.1 / ±78)
  • a little higher than the figure in Porter County: 2.5 171,376 (±0 / ±50)

4.2% ±4.1% (39  ±39) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Chesterton: 5.9% † 190 (±3.2% / ±104)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Porter County: 5.6% † 2,238 (±1.1% / ±448)

Housing

1,951 ±296 Number of housing units
  • Chesterton: 6,317 ±374
  • Porter County: 72,662 ±53

$356,200 ±$16,943 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Chesterton: $300,900 ±$23,011
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Porter County: $281,500 ±$4,859

2.3% ±2% (117  ±102.8) Moved since previous year
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Chesterton: 7.9% † 1,132 (±3.6% / ±514.8)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Porter County: 10.7% † 18,491 (±1.1% / ±1,904.9)

Social

93.5% ±7.2% (3,153  ±437.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than 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)
31.7% ±7.5% (1,068  ±280.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Chesterton: 42.5% † 4,315 (±5.3% / ±562.3)
  • about the same as 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

N/A Foreign-born population

5.3% ±3.1% (200  ±119) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Chesterton: 6.5% † 712 (±1.9% / ±204)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Porter County: 5.9% 8,156 (±0.4% / ±532)
200 Total veterans ±119 194 Male ±119 6 Female ±11

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