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Hammond, IN

76,141 Population
22.7 square miles 3,350 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2020 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.7 ±0.9 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Metro Area: 37.7 ±0.1
  • a little less than the figure in Indiana: 37.8 ±0.1

Economics

$22,901 ±$1,159 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Metro Area: $39,625 ±$177
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Indiana: $30,693 ±$166
$46,974 ±$2,084 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Metro Area: $74,621 ±$406
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Indiana: $58,235 ±$305

21.2% ±2% (15,894  ±1,533) Persons below poverty line
  • nearly double the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Metro Area: 11.3% 1,052,416 (±0.2% / ±15,120)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Indiana: 12.9% 838,149 (±0.2% / ±12,468)

25.2 minutes ±0.9 (797,090  ±40,721) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Metro Area: 31.8 136,327,670 (±0.1 / ±668,391)
  • a little higher than the figure in Indiana: 23.9 71,270,140 (±0.1 / ±453,116)

Families

28,836 ±766 Number of households
  • the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Metro Area: 3,548,735 ±5,885
  • Indiana: 2,602,770 ±6,793
2.6 ±0.1 (75,112  ±211) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Metro Area: 2.6 9,317,981
  • a little higher than the figure in Indiana: 2.5 6,507,458 (±0)

7.5% ±1.7% (1,412  ±316) 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

32,054 ±752 Number of housing units
  • the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Metro Area: 3,856,019 ±936
  • Indiana: 2,903,720 ±564

$98,700 ±$2,210 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-fifths of the amount in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Metro Area: $247,400 ±$797
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Indiana: $148,900 ±$542

13.8% ±2% (10,356  ±1,465.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Metro Area: 12.2% 1,140,470 (±0.2% / ±14,069.9)
  • a little less than the rate in Indiana: 14.3% 948,972 (±0.2% / ±11,039.2)

Social

83.1% ±2.5% (40,511  ±1,533.6) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Metro Area: 89.2% 5,761,244 (±0.3% / ±18,786.3)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Indiana: 89.3% 3,989,755 (±0.4% / ±15,794.4)
14.7% ±1.4% (7,146  ±691.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-fifths 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

11.3% ±1.2% (8,628  ±911) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Metro Area: 17.6% 1,665,672 (±0.1% / ±10,702)
  • more than double the rate in Indiana: 5.3% 355,838 (±0.1% / ±5,341)

5.8% ±0.8% (3,310  ±464) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Metro Area: 4.6% 334,804 (±0.1% / ±4,260)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Indiana: 7.3% 372,074 (±0.1% / ±3,784)
3,310 Total veterans ±464 3,019 Male ±419 291 Female ±155

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