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Gary, IN

75,486 Population
49.7 square miles 1,517.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2020 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.5 ±0.8 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Metro Area: 37.7 ±0.1
  • about the same as the figure in Indiana: 37.8 ±0.1

Economics

$19,100 ±$822 Per capita income
  • about half the amount in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Metro Area: $39,625 ±$177
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Indiana: $30,693 ±$166
$31,315 ±$1,665 Median household income
  • about two-fifths of the amount in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Metro Area: $74,621 ±$406
  • about half the amount in Indiana: $58,235 ±$305

33.2% ±1.9% (24,737  ±1,447) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Metro Area: 11.3% 1,052,416 (±0.2% / ±15,120)
  • more than double the rate in Indiana: 12.9% 838,149 (±0.2% / ±12,468)

28.6 minutes ±0.8 (683,445  ±36,666) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Metro Area: 31.8 136,327,670 (±0.1 / ±668,391)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Indiana: 23.9 71,270,140 (±0.1 / ±453,116)

Families

31,207 ±658 Number of households
  • the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Metro Area: 3,548,735 ±5,885
  • Indiana: 2,602,770 ±6,793
2.4 ±0.1 (74,709  ±241) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Metro Area: 2.6 9,317,981
  • a little less than the figure in Indiana: 2.5 6,507,458 (±0)

7.5% ±1.4% (1,265  ±242) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Metro Area: 5% 116,191 (±0.1% / ±2,678)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Indiana: 5.4% 83,566 (±0.2% / ±2,518)

Housing

42,124 ±593 Number of housing units
  • the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Metro Area: 3,856,019 ±936
  • Indiana: 2,903,720 ±564

$68,400 ±$3,065 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about one-quarter of the amount in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Metro Area: $247,400 ±$797
  • about half the amount in Indiana: $148,900 ±$542

17.7% ±2.4% (13,185  ±1,752.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Metro Area: 12.2% 1,140,470 (±0.2% / ±14,069.9)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Indiana: 14.3% 948,972 (±0.2% / ±11,039.2)

Social

85.2% ±2.8% (42,327  ±1,533.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Metro Area: 89.2% 5,761,244 (±0.3% / ±18,786.3)
  • a little less than the rate in Indiana: 89.3% 3,989,755 (±0.4% / ±15,794.4)
13.5% ±1.2% (6,708  ±614.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about one-third of the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Metro Area: 39% 2,521,242 (±0.2% / ±11,972.4)
  • about half the rate in Indiana: 27.2% 1,212,794 (±0.2% / ±9,180.3)

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

1.7% ±0.5% (1,270  ±406) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent of the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Metro Area: 17.6% 1,665,672 (±0.1% / ±10,702)
  • about one-third of the rate in Indiana: 5.3% 355,838 (±0.1% / ±5,341)

8.1% ±0.8% (4,525  ±469) Population with veteran status
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Metro Area: 4.6% 334,804 (±0.1% / ±4,260)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Indiana: 7.3% 372,074 (±0.1% / ±3,784)
4,525 Total veterans ±469 4,176 Male ±439 349 Female ±148

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