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Gary, IN

68,269 Population
49.9 square miles 1,367.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.8 ±5.1 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 39 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Indiana: 38.3 ±0.2

Economics

$24,025 ±$3,725 Per capita income
  • about half the amount in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: $48,011 ±$493
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Indiana: $37,299 ±$411
$35,033 ±$3,488 Median household income
  • about two-fifths of the amount in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: $87,071 ±$941
  • about half the amount in Indiana: $69,477 ±$808

32.3% ±6.5% (21,831  ±4,568) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 11% 1,001,327 (±0.3% / ±31,097)
  • more than double the rate in Indiana: 12.3% 821,401 (±0.4% / ±24,875)

27.4 minutes ±1.1 (584,225  ±33,213) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2022 5-year data
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 31 126,733,960 (±0.1 / ±614,002)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Indiana: 24 70,930,790 (±0.1 / ±439,123)

Families

27,688 ±1,762 Number of households
  • the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 3,671,659 ±10,232
  • Indiana: 2,754,881 ±9,894
2.5 ±0.2 (67,878  ±4,000) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 2.5 9,116,615 (±0 / ±2,516)
  • about the same as the figure in Indiana: 2.4 † 6,683,725 (±,201.7 / ±-555,555,600)

7.3% ±3.9% (1,171  ±652) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 4.5% 100,521 (±0.2% / ±5,146)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Indiana: 5.7% 90,077 (±0.4% / ±5,476)

Housing

37,686 ±2,014 Number of housing units
  • the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 3,911,902 ±917
  • Indiana: 3,002,580 ±509

$89,900 ±$8,520 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about one-quarter of the amount in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: $316,500 ±$2,570
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Indiana: $225,900 ±$1,902

15.9% ±4.8% (10,583  ±3,266.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 10.6% 967,333 (±0.3% / ±27,737.9)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Indiana: 12.5% 848,621 (±0.4% / ±24,387.7)

Social

86.1% ±4.9% (36,763  ±3,316.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 89.8% 5,782,176 (±0.6% / ±39,379.2)
  • a little less than the rate in Indiana: 90.4% 4,173,951 (±0.7% / ±30,298)
14.3% ±2.7% (6,086  ±1,232.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about one-third of the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 42.1% 2,709,482 (±0.4% / ±25,714.2)
  • about half the rate in Indiana: 30.2% 1,394,398 (±0.4% / ±16,999.7)

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

2.8% ±1.7% (1,937  ±1,151) Foreign-born population
  • less than a fifth of the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 18.9% 1,748,189 (±0.3% / ±26,434)
  • about half the rate in Indiana: 6.3% † 432,652 (±,510.4% / ±13,055)

6.3% ±2.1% (3,013  ±1,018) Population with veteran status
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 3.7% 268,209 (±0.1% / ±8,256)
  • a little higher than the rate in Indiana: 6% 318,287 (±0.2% / ±8,440)
3,013 Total veterans ±1,018 2,960 Male ±1,006 53 Female ±66

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