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Hammond School City, IN

76,201 Population
22.8 square miles 3,343.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.4 ±1.9 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Lake County: 40.1 ±0.4
  • a little less than the figure in Indiana: 38.3 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$30,909 ±$3,432 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Lake County: $38,310 ±$1,185
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Indiana: $38,794 ±$395
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$58,740 ±$7,038 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Lake County: $73,250 ±$2,871
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Indiana: $71,959 ±$630
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

15.6% ±4% (11,751  ±3,037) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Lake County: 12.8% † 63,277 (±1.5% / ±7,265)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Indiana: 12.2% 823,667 (±0.4% / ±25,971)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

25.7 minutes ±0.8 (812,240  ±45,463) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Lake County: 28.5 5,836,960 (±0.3 / ±105,577)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Indiana: 24.1 70,277,840 (±0.1 / ±387,394)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

30,573 ±2,084 Number of households
  • Lake County: 198,738 ±2,035
  • Indiana: 2,775,637 ±11,977
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.5 ±0.2 (75,289  ±294) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Lake County: 2.5 497,573 (±0 / ±55)
  • about the same as the figure in Indiana: 2.4 6,744,786
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

5.8% ±2.9% (1,106  ±560) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Lake County: 5% † 5,842 (±1% / ±1,203)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Indiana: 5% 79,935 (±0.3% / ±5,148)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

33,651 ±2,281 Number of housing units
  • Lake County: 219,629 ±63
  • Indiana: 3,026,101 ±258
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$173,200 ±$9,031 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Lake County: $257,000 ±$6,826
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Indiana: $243,500 ±$1,916
  • about half the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

6.9% ±2.6% (5,222  ±1,931.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Lake County: 8.5% † 42,536 (±1.1% / ±5,674.9)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Indiana: 11.7% 804,074 (±0.3% / ±23,194.5)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

80.9% ±5.2% (41,440  ±3,603) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Lake County: 90.2% 312,652 (±2.4% / ±8,357.8)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Indiana: 90.6% 4,244,133 (±0.7% / ±33,890.8)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
22.3% ±3.7% (11,432  ±2,023.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Lake County: 28.4% 98,548 (±1.4% / ±4,940.7)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Indiana: 30.7% 1,436,427 (±0.5% / ±21,038)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

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

15.3% ±3.2% (11,654  ±2,414) Foreign-born population
  • about double the rate in Lake County: 7.7% 38,648
  • more than double the rate in Indiana: 7% 487,371
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

4.4% ±1.2% (2,626  ±740) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Lake County: 5.4% 21,045 (±0.5% / ±2,019)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Indiana: 5.9% 316,228 (±0.1% / ±7,742)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
2,626 Total veterans ±740 2,423 Male ±733 203 Female ±180

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