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Griffith Public Schools, IN

15,997 Population
6.1 square miles 2,610.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.5 ±1.2 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Lake County: 39.7 ±0.3
  • about the same as the figure in Indiana: 38.1 ±0.2
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$40,583 ±$3,174 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Lake County: $37,284 ±$613
  • a little higher than the amount in Indiana: $38,351 ±$197
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$76,741 ±$5,288 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Lake County: $71,493 ±$1,419
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Indiana: $71,957 ±$352
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

7.1% ±2.8% (1,125  ±450) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in Lake County: 14.3% 70,586 (±0.7% / ±3,555)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Indiana: 12.3% 821,528 (±0.2% / ±13,330)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

28.3 minutes ±3.2 (224,495  ±31,522) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Lake County: 28.5 5,836,960 (±0.3 / ±105,577)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Indiana: 24.1 70,277,840 (±0.1 / ±387,394)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

6,852 ±380 Number of households
  • Lake County: 195,130 ±954
  • Indiana: 2,716,009 ±6,039
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0.1 (15,988  ±37) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Lake County: 2.5 495,178 (±0 / ±57)
  • a little less than the figure in Indiana: 2.5 6,671,685
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

8.4% ±5.4% (331  ±214) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Lake County: 5.8% † 6,629 (±0.6% / ±692)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Indiana: 5.4% 85,809 (±0.2% / ±2,404)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

7,184 ±394 Number of housing units
  • Lake County: 217,436 ±112
  • Indiana: 2,976,568 ±617
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$207,900 ±$10,970 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Lake County: $230,600 ±$2,947
  • a little less than the amount in Indiana: $218,200 ±$739
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

15.8% ±5% (2,475  ±781.5) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Lake County: 9.5% 46,968 (±0.6% / ±3,162.5)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Indiana: 12.7% 860,071 (±0.2% / ±12,028.6)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

95.7% ±6.5% (10,839  ±945.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Lake County: 90.2% 309,096 (±1.2% / ±3,962.7)
  • a little higher than the rate in Indiana: 90.4% 4,153,503 (±0.4% / ±16,066.5)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
27.7% ±3.6% (3,144  ±444.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Lake County: 25.8% 88,466 (±0.6% / ±2,087.4)
  • a little less than the rate in Indiana: 29.5% 1,354,639 (±0.2% / ±9,464)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

6% ±2.5% (955  ±402) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Lake County: 7.3% 36,496
  • a little less than the rate in Indiana: 6.3% 431,255
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

8% ±3.2% (1,026  ±414) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Lake County: 5.8% 22,159 (±0.3% / ±1,215)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Indiana: 6.3% 328,414 (±0.1% / ±4,168)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
1,026 Total veterans ±414 1,001 Male ±412 25 Female ±30

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