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Valparaiso Community Schools, IN

46,518 Population
29.5 square miles 1,574.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.1 ±1.8 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Porter County: 40.6 ±0.4
  • a little higher than the figure in Indiana: 38 ±0.1

Economics

$43,179 ±$1,805 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Porter County: $42,814 ±$1,136
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Indiana: $37,178 ±$184
$77,855 ±$6,386 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Porter County: $85,828 ±$3,114
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Indiana: $70,051 ±$293

10.6% ±1.8% (4,684  ±774) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Porter County: 9.2% 15,723 (±0.8% / ±1,346)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Indiana: 12.2% 807,582 (±0.2% / ±11,348)

24.9 minutes ±1.3 (509,280  ±35,506) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Porter County: 28.3 2,132,110 (±0.7 / ±70,259)
  • a little higher than the figure in Indiana: 24 70,444,496 (±0.1 / ±412,801)

Families

18,972 ±506 Number of households
  • Porter County: 68,049 ±601
  • Indiana: 2,681,537 ±6,532
2.3 ±0.1 (43,992  ±63) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Porter County: 2.5 170,628 (±0 / ±44)
  • a little less than the figure in Indiana: 2.5 6,633,174

4% ±2.4% (460  ±272) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Porter County: 5.3% † 2,096 (±1.2% / ±477)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Indiana: 5.5% 86,259 (±0.1% / ±2,195)

Housing

20,160 ±520 Number of housing units
  • Porter County: 72,102 ±74
  • Indiana: 2,953,344 ±390

$283,900 ±$9,134 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Porter County: $261,900 ±$5,523
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Indiana: $201,600 ±$922

12.5% ±1.7% (5,777  ±758.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Porter County: 10.7% 18,436 (±1.1% / ±1,820)
  • a little less than the rate in Indiana: 13.1% 880,515 (±0.2% / ±12,438.1)

Social

94.5% ±3.7% (29,838  ±1,344.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Porter County: 93.8% 113,744 (±2% / ±2,413.5)
  • a little higher than the rate in Indiana: 90.2% 4,113,653 (±0.3% / ±15,656.6)
42.3% ±2.6% (13,350  ±877.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Porter County: 30.1% 36,473 (±1.2% / ±1,450)
  • about 1.5 times 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

5.6% ±0.9% (2,599  ±398) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Porter County: 3.6% 6,289
  • a little less than the rate in Indiana: 5.9% 404,588

5.7% ±0.7% (2,103  ±271) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Porter County: 6.5% 8,855 (±0.4% / ±558)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Indiana: 6.5% 338,153 (±0.1% / ±3,149)
2,103 Total veterans ±271 2,020 Male ±267 83 Female ±58

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