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Census Tract 509.01, Porter, IN

2,219 Population
1.4 square miles 1,568 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

24.5 ±3.7 Median age
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Valparaiso: 37 ±1.4
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Porter County: 40.8 ±0.3

Economics

$27,646 ±$4,894 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Valparaiso: $38,894 ±$2,329
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Porter County: $44,216 ±$1,316
$41,705 ±$9,851 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Valparaiso: $69,872 ±$3,502
  • about half the amount in Porter County: $87,972 ±$3,058

23% ±15.8% (474  ±347) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Valparaiso: 14.9% † 4,800 (±3.1% / ±986)
  • more than double the rate in Porter County: 9.6% † 16,399 (±1% / ±1,757)

22.5 minutes ±6 (22,630  ±10,593) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Valparaiso: 24.8 382,325 (±2.1 / ±38,672)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Porter County: 28.5 2,150,995 (±0.5 / ±62,745)

Families

825 ±177 Number of households
  • Valparaiso: 14,611 ±527
  • Porter County: 68,639 ±517
2.5 ±0.3 (2,027  ±517) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Valparaiso: 2.2 32,060 (±0.1 / ±445)
  • about the same as the figure in Porter County: 2.5 171,376 (±0 / ±50)

1.9% ±2.7% (15  ±22) 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

1,050 ±165 Number of housing units
  • Valparaiso: 15,558 ±580
  • Porter County: 72,662 ±53

$270,000 ±$54,253 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Valparaiso: $267,300 ±$14,866
  • a little less than the amount in Porter County: $281,500 ±$4,859

26.3% ±11.6% (584  ±291) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Valparaiso: 17.5% † 6,055 (±2.8% / ±975.8)
  • more than double the rate in Porter County: 10.7% † 18,491 (±1.1% / ±1,904.9)

Social

96.7% ±9.9% (1,005  ±186.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as 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)
38.9% ±9.5% (404  ±116.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Valparaiso: 40.6% 9,392 (±2.9% / ±717.9)
  • about 25 percent higher than 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

8% ±5.1% (178  ±121) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Valparaiso: 5.6% † 1,927 (±1% / ±332)
  • about double the rate in Porter County: 4% 7,020

3.7% ±2% (66  ±39) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Valparaiso: 4.6% † 1,297 (±0.9% / ±256)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Porter County: 5.9% 8,156 (±0.4% / ±532)
66 Total veterans ±39 57 Male ±36 9 Female ±14

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