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Census Tract 507.06, Porter, IN

5,082 Population
1.6 square miles 3,270.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.6 ±1.1 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Valparaiso: 37 ±1.4
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Porter County: 40.8 ±0.3

Economics

$32,537 ±$4,860 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Valparaiso: $38,894 ±$2,329
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Porter County: $44,216 ±$1,316
$61,197 ±$17,828 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Valparaiso: $69,872 ±$3,502
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Porter County: $87,972 ±$3,058

18.3% ±9.2% (887  ±456) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Valparaiso: 14.9% † 4,800 (±3.1% / ±986)
  • nearly double the rate in Porter County: 9.6% † 16,399 (±1% / ±1,757)

21.3 minutes ±2.8 (49,435  ±13,092) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Valparaiso: 24.8 382,325 (±2.1 / ±38,672)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Porter County: 28.5 2,150,995 (±0.5 / ±62,745)

Families

2,413 ±295 Number of households
  • Valparaiso: 14,611 ±527
  • Porter County: 68,639 ±517
2 ±0.3 (4,787  ±582) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Valparaiso: 2.2 32,060 (±0.1 / ±445)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Porter County: 2.5 171,376 (±0 / ±50)

2.1% ±3.7% (29  ±53) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Valparaiso: 2.9% † 268 (±1% / ±95)
  • about one-third of the rate in Porter County: 5.6% † 2,238 (±1.1% / ±448)

Housing

2,513 ±303 Number of housing units
  • Valparaiso: 15,558 ±580
  • Porter County: 72,662 ±53

$212,700 ±$22,600 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Valparaiso: $267,300 ±$14,866
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Porter County: $281,500 ±$4,859

20% ±11.3% (1,012  ±579.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Valparaiso: 17.5% † 6,055 (±2.8% / ±975.8)
  • nearly double the rate in Porter County: 10.7% † 18,491 (±1.1% / ±1,904.9)

Social

94.2% ±10.2% (3,368  ±605.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Valparaiso: 94.7% 21,912 (±4.1% / ±1,162.5)
  • about the same as the rate in Porter County: 94% 115,036 (±2% / ±2,449.9)
40% ±9.5% (1,431  ±396.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Valparaiso: 40.6% 9,392 (±2.9% / ±717.9)
  • about 1.3 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

2.7% ±1.6% (138  ±81) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Valparaiso: 5.6% † 1,927 (±1% / ±332)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Porter County: 4% 7,020

7.1% ±3.2% (290  ±137) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Valparaiso: 4.6% † 1,297 (±0.9% / ±256)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Porter County: 5.9% 8,156 (±0.4% / ±532)
290 Total veterans ±137 255 Male ±131 35 Female ±35

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