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Hobart, IN

29,646 Population
26.2 square miles 1,131.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.6 ±2 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 38.4 ±0.1
  • about the same as the figure in Indiana: 38 ±0.1

Economics

$35,822 ±$2,386 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: $48,107 ±$228
  • a little less than the amount in Indiana: $37,178 ±$184
$71,680 ±$5,909 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: $88,850 ±$436
  • about the same as the amount in Indiana: $70,051 ±$293

13.4% ±3.5% (3,914  ±1,017) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 11.1% 1,021,163 (±0.2% / ±15,430)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Indiana: 12.2% 807,582 (±0.2% / ±11,348)

28.4 minutes ±2.1 (397,000  ±38,507) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 30.7 119,705,344 (±0.1 / ±621,476)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Indiana: 24 70,444,496 (±0.1 / ±412,801)

Families

11,967 ±567 Number of households
  • the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 3,615,628 ±5,264
  • Indiana: 2,681,537 ±6,532
2.5 ±0.1 (29,412  ±103) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 2.6 9,211,705
  • about the same as the figure in Indiana: 2.5 6,633,174

3.1% ±2.1% (219  ±147) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 4.9% 110,497 (±0.1% / ±2,994)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Indiana: 5.5% 86,259 (±0.1% / ±2,195)

Housing

12,818 ±573 Number of housing units
  • the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 3,886,535 ±487
  • Indiana: 2,953,344 ±390

$203,400 ±$9,559 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: $301,900 ±$1,331
  • about the same as the amount in Indiana: $201,600 ±$922

13.1% ±3.2% (3,844  ±953.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 11.3% 1,041,799 (±0.2% / ±14,237.1)
  • about the same as the rate in Indiana: 13.1% 880,515 (±0.2% / ±12,438.1)

Social

94.2% ±4.7% (19,434  ±1,223.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 89.7% 5,783,224 (±0.3% / ±19,540.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in Indiana: 90.2% 4,113,653 (±0.3% / ±15,656.6)
22.6% ±2.9% (4,662  ±633.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 40.9% 2,636,743 (±0.2% / ±12,175.1)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Indiana: 28.8% 1,313,086 (±0.2% / ±9,554.8)

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

4.4% ±1.1% (1,309  ±313) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 18.3% 1,710,628
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Indiana: 5.9% 404,588

5.9% ±1.4% (1,371  ±333) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 4% 292,113 (±0.1% / ±4,373)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Indiana: 6.5% 338,153 (±0.1% / ±3,149)
1,371 Total veterans ±333 1,163 Male ±262 208 Female ±166

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