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Census Tract 506.05, Porter, IN

4,592 Population
6.3 square miles 725.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

47.5 ±5.6 Median age
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Valparaiso: 37 ±1.4
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Porter County: 40.8 ±0.3

Economics

$60,113 ±$7,188 Per capita income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Valparaiso: $38,894 ±$2,329
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Porter County: $44,216 ±$1,316
$132,468 ±$34,129 Median household income
  • nearly double the amount in Valparaiso: $69,872 ±$3,502
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Porter County: $87,972 ±$3,058

2% ±1.4% (90  ±66) Persons below poverty line
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Valparaiso: 14.9% † 4,800 (±3.1% / ±986)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Porter County: 9.6% † 16,399 (±1% / ±1,757)

32.4 minutes ±7.7 (69,360  ±23,552) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Valparaiso: 24.8 382,325 (±2.1 / ±38,672)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Porter County: 28.5 2,150,995 (±0.5 / ±62,745)

Families

1,895 ±256 Number of households
  • Valparaiso: 14,611 ±527
  • Porter County: 68,639 ±517
2.4 ±0.4 (4,588  ±545) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Valparaiso: 2.2 32,060 (±0.1 / ±445)
  • a little less than the figure in Porter County: 2.5 171,376 (±0 / ±50)

6% ±6.4% (52  ±56) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Valparaiso: 2.9% † 268 (±1% / ±95)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Porter County: 5.6% † 2,238 (±1.1% / ±448)

Housing

1,895 ±256 Number of housing units
  • Valparaiso: 15,558 ±580
  • Porter County: 72,662 ±53

$353,600 ±$13,437 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Valparaiso: $267,300 ±$14,866
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Porter County: $281,500 ±$4,859

5.5% ±2.7% (253  ±126.4) Moved since previous year
  • about one-third of the rate in Valparaiso: 17.5% † 6,055 (±2.8% / ±975.8)
  • about half the rate in Porter County: 10.7% † 18,491 (±1.1% / ±1,904.9)

Social

97.4% ±18.8% (3,431  ±430.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Valparaiso: 94.7% 21,912 (±4.1% / ±1,162.5)
  • a little higher than the rate in Porter County: 94% 115,036 (±2% / ±2,449.9)
49% ±4.3% (1,724  ±294.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Valparaiso: 40.6% 9,392 (±2.9% / ±717.9)
  • about 1.5 times 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

6.4% ±3.6% (294  ±167) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Valparaiso: 5.6% † 1,927 (±1% / ±332)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Porter County: 4% 7,020

7.9% ±2.5% (301  ±104) Population with veteran status
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Valparaiso: 4.6% † 1,297 (±0.9% / ±256)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Porter County: 5.9% 8,156 (±0.4% / ±532)
301 Total veterans ±104 289 Male ±103 12 Female ±20

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