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Census Tract 501.06, Porter, IN

3,727 Population
19 square miles 196.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44.4 ±6.8 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Porter County: 40.8 ±0.3
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Indiana: 38.1 ±0.2

Economics

$61,630 ±$7,859 Per capita income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Porter County: $44,216 ±$1,316
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Indiana: $38,351 ±$197
$123,920 ±$19,401 Median household income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Porter County: $87,972 ±$3,058
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Indiana: $71,957 ±$352

2.9% ±3.1% (107  ±115) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-third of the rate in Porter County: 9.6% † 16,399 (±1% / ±1,757)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Indiana: 12.3% 821,528 (±0.2% / ±13,330)

29.4 minutes ±8.8 (39,155  ±7,634) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Porter County: 28.5 2,150,995 (±0.5 / ±62,745)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Indiana: 24.1 70,277,840 (±0.1 / ±387,394)

Families

1,419 ±170 Number of households
  • Porter County: 68,639 ±517
  • Indiana: 2,716,009 ±6,039
2.6 ±0.4 (3,718  ±398) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Porter County: 2.5 171,376 (±0 / ±50)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Indiana: 2.5 6,671,685

2.8% ±4.7% (19  ±32) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in Porter County: 5.6% † 2,238 (±1.1% / ±448)
  • about half the rate in Indiana: 5.4% 85,809 (±0.2% / ±2,404)

Housing

1,467 ±167 Number of housing units
  • Porter County: 72,662 ±53
  • Indiana: 2,976,568 ±617

$394,100 ±$34,398 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Porter County: $281,500 ±$4,859
  • nearly double the amount in Indiana: $218,200 ±$739

7.8% ±4.7% (290  ±176) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Porter County: 10.7% † 18,491 (±1.1% / ±1,904.9)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Indiana: 12.7% 860,071 (±0.2% / ±12,028.6)

Social

96.3% ±5.7% (2,586  ±327.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Porter County: 94% 115,036 (±2% / ±2,449.9)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Indiana: 90.4% 4,153,503 (±0.4% / ±16,066.5)
32.2% ±5.9% (865  ±186.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Porter County: 31.1% 38,024 (±1.2% / ±1,461.2)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Indiana: 29.5% 1,354,639 (±0.2% / ±9,464)

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

2.5% ±2.2% (94  ±84) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Porter County: 4% 7,020
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Indiana: 6.3% 431,255

6.7% ±2.9% (189  ±85) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Porter County: 5.9% 8,156 (±0.4% / ±532)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Indiana: 6.3% 328,414 (±0.1% / ±4,168)
189 Total veterans ±85 184 Male ±84 5 Female ±9

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