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Hobart, IN

29,558 Population
26.2 square miles 1,128.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.5 ±2.1 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 38.6 ±0.1
  • a little higher than the figure in Indiana: 38.1 ±0.2

Economics

$36,514 ±$2,493 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: $49,513 ±$260
  • a little less than the amount in Indiana: $38,351 ±$197
$75,160 ±$7,447 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: $90,887 ±$454
  • a little higher than the amount in Indiana: $71,957 ±$352

10% ±3.4% (2,938  ±989) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 11.2% 1,032,570 (±0.2% / ±15,833)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Indiana: 12.3% 821,528 (±0.2% / ±13,330)

26.6 minutes ±1.7 (372,450  ±32,930) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 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

12,226 ±558 Number of households
  • the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 3,643,783 ±5,293
  • Indiana: 2,716,009 ±6,039
2.4 ±0.1 (29,338  ±144) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 2.5 9,219,341
  • about the same as the figure in Indiana: 2.5 6,671,685

3.8% ±2.1% (262  ±147) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 4.8% 108,184 (±0.1% / ±3,055)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Indiana: 5.4% 85,809 (±0.2% / ±2,404)

Housing

13,079 ±603 Number of housing units
  • the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 3,900,420 ±495
  • Indiana: 2,976,568 ±617

$215,200 ±$9,705 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: $323,000 ±$1,010
  • about the same as the amount in Indiana: $218,200 ±$739

13.1% ±3.4% (3,834  ±984.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 10.9% 1,009,281 (±0.1% / ±13,353.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in Indiana: 12.7% 860,071 (±0.2% / ±12,028.6)

Social

94.5% ±4.5% (20,201  ±1,206) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 89.8% 5,823,631 (±0.3% / ±20,216.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in Indiana: 90.4% 4,153,503 (±0.4% / ±16,066.5)
21.2% ±2.8% (4,541  ±611.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 41.6% 2,696,647 (±0.2% / ±12,947.4)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Indiana: 29.5% 1,354,639 (±0.2% / ±9,464)

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

4.6% ±1.3% (1,348  ±379) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 18.6% 1,744,561
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Indiana: 6.3% 431,255

5.7% ±1.4% (1,336  ±323) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 3.9% 282,963 (±0.1% / ±4,136)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Indiana: 6.3% 328,414 (±0.1% / ±4,168)
1,336 Total veterans ±323 1,155 Male ±269 181 Female ±154

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