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Hammond, IN

76,035 Population
22.7 square miles 3,343.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.4 ±1.9 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 38.9 ±0.2
  • a little less than the figure in Indiana: 38.3 ±0.1

Economics

$30,943 ±$3,434 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: $49,948 ±$510
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Indiana: $38,794 ±$395
$58,647 ±$7,015 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: $90,770 ±$879
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Indiana: $71,959 ±$630

15.7% ±4.1% (11,751  ±3,037) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 11.1% 1,026,828 (±0.3% / ±23,643)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Indiana: 12.2% 823,667 (±0.4% / ±25,971)

25.7 minutes ±0.7 (810,600  ±45,035) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 30.3 115,653,336 (±0.1 / ±501,154)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Indiana: 24.1 70,277,840 (±0.1 / ±387,394)

Families

30,545 ±2,094 Number of households
  • the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 3,690,402 ±9,692
  • Indiana: 2,775,637 ±11,977
2.5 ±0.2 (75,123  ±48) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 2.5 9,254,461 (±0 / ±1,750)
  • about the same as the figure in Indiana: 2.4 6,744,786

5.8% ±2.9% (1,106  ±560) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 4.6% 104,224 (±0.3% / ±6,102)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Indiana: 5% 79,935 (±0.3% / ±5,148)

Housing

33,623 ±2,293 Number of housing units
  • the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 3,924,020 ±943
  • Indiana: 3,026,101 ±258

$173,300 ±$9,105 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: $339,700 ±$1,930
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Indiana: $243,500 ±$1,916

6.9% ±2.6% (5,222  ±1,931.1) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 10.2% 945,818 (±0.3% / ±31,727.7)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Indiana: 11.7% 804,074 (±0.3% / ±23,194.5)

Social

81% ±5.1% (41,404  ±3,598.8) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 90% 5,903,400 (±0.7% / ±42,582.7)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Indiana: 90.6% 4,244,133 (±0.7% / ±33,890.8)
22.3% ±3.7% (11,396  ±2,016) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 43.1% 2,825,577 (±0.4% / ±27,146)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Indiana: 30.7% 1,436,427 (±0.5% / ±21,038)

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

15.2% ±3.2% (11,587  ±2,421) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 19.4% 1,825,700 (±0.3% / ±28,683)
  • more than double the rate in Indiana: 7% 487,371

4.4% ±1.2% (2,626  ±740) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 3.6% 266,098 (±0.1% / ±7,628)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Indiana: 5.9% 316,228 (±0.1% / ±7,742)
2,626 Total veterans ±740 2,423 Male ±733 203 Female ±180

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