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Hammond School City, IN

76,318 Population
22.8 square miles 3,348.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.1 ±2.2 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Lake County: 39.8 ±0.4
  • a little less than the figure in Indiana: 38.3 ±0.2

Economics

$27,605 ±$3,051 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Lake County: $36,442 ±$1,341
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Indiana: $37,299 ±$411
$51,854 ±$5,001 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Lake County: $69,166 ±$2,861
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Indiana: $69,477 ±$808

24.4% ±5.7% (18,471  ±4,341) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Lake County: 13.8% † 68,330 (±1.7% / ±8,139)
  • about double the rate in Indiana: 12.3% 821,401 (±0.4% / ±24,875)

25 minutes ±0.6 (794,390  ±39,105) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2023 5-year data
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Lake County: 28.8 5,928,950 (±0.4 / ±114,412)
  • a little higher than the figure in Indiana: 24 70,444,496 (±0.1 / ±412,801)

Families

29,375 ±1,959 Number of households
  • Lake County: 197,595 ±2,805
  • Indiana: 2,754,881 ±9,894
2.6 ±0.2 (75,555  ±167) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Lake County: 2.5 495,562 (±0 / ±82)
  • a little higher than the figure in Indiana: 2.4 6,683,725

5.8% ±3.2% (1,087  ±602) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in Lake County: 5.9% † 6,602 (±1.4% / ±1,530)
  • about the same as the rate in Indiana: 5.7% 90,077 (±0.4% / ±5,476)

Housing

33,055 ±2,250 Number of housing units
  • Lake County: 218,648 ±69
  • Indiana: 3,002,580 ±509

$162,800 ±$8,391 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Lake County: $236,800 ±$5,718
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Indiana: $225,900 ±$1,902

10.5% ±2.8% (7,916  ±2,090) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Lake County: 9.4% † 46,375 (±1.3% / ±6,453)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Indiana: 12.5% 848,621 (±0.4% / ±24,387.7)

Social

78.8% ±6% (39,197  ±3,593.2) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Lake County: 89.3% 306,926 (±2.8% / ±9,479.8)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Indiana: 90.4% 4,173,951 (±0.7% / ±30,298)
15.3% ±3% (7,605  ±1,553.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Lake County: 25.6% 87,833 (±1.5% / ±4,994.8)
  • about half the rate in Indiana: 30.2% 1,394,398 (±0.4% / ±16,999.7)

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

12.6% ±2.9% (9,626  ±2,218) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Lake County: 7% 35,266
  • about double the rate in Indiana: 6.3% 432,652

4% ±1.3% (2,360  ±765) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Lake County: 5.5% † 21,299 (±0.6% / ±2,470)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Indiana: 6% 318,287 (±0.2% / ±8,440)
2,360 Total veterans ±765 2,309 Male ±768 51 Female ±88

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