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Census Tract 502.02, Porter, IN

6,017 Population
1.8 square miles 3,312.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.3 ±3.5 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Chesterton: 38.4 ±0.9
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Porter County: 40.8 ±0.3

Economics

$37,134 ±$4,637 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Chesterton: $50,086 † ±$7,248
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Porter County: $44,216 ±$1,316
$71,104 ±$5,927 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Chesterton: $91,060 † ±$11,923
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Porter County: $87,972 ±$3,058

9.6% ±4% (574  ±243) Persons below poverty line
  • a little higher than the rate in Chesterton: 9.3% † 1,324 (±3.3% / ±468)
  • about the same as the rate in Porter County: 9.6% † 16,399 (±1% / ±1,757)

24.2 minutes ±2.4 (64,915  ±13,033) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Chesterton: 25.6 † 147,115 (±4.7 / ±18,420)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Porter County: 28.5 2,150,995 (±0.5 / ±62,745)

Families

2,529 ±260 Number of households
  • Chesterton: 6,004 ±304
  • Porter County: 68,639 ±517
2.4 ±0.3 (6,013  ±561) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Chesterton: 2.4 14,242 (±0.1 / ±78)
  • a little less than the figure in Porter County: 2.5 171,376 (±0 / ±50)

5.7% ±3.9% (81  ±58) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in Chesterton: 5.9% † 190 (±3.2% / ±104)
  • about the same as the rate in Porter County: 5.6% † 2,238 (±1.1% / ±448)

Housing

2,551 ±258 Number of housing units
  • Chesterton: 6,317 ±374
  • Porter County: 72,662 ±53

$237,800 ±$24,911 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Chesterton: $300,900 ±$23,011
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Porter County: $281,500 ±$4,859

8.6% ±5.9% (506  ±349.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Chesterton: 7.9% † 1,132 (±3.6% / ±514.8)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Porter County: 10.7% † 18,491 (±1.1% / ±1,904.9)

Social

96.6% ±6.3% (3,923  ±510.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Chesterton: 97% 9,852 (±7.9% / ±887.9)
  • a little higher than the rate in Porter County: 94% 115,036 (±2% / ±2,449.9)
31.6% ±6.1% (1,283  ±285.5) 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

2.8% ±1.6% (170  ±99) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Chesterton: 4.3% † 619 (±2.5% / ±366)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Porter County: 4% 7,020

6.6% ±2.4% (294  ±110) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as 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)
294 Total veterans ±110 282 Male ±101 12 Female ±21

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