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Whiting School City, IN

4,428 Population
1.8 square miles 2,481.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

33.3 ±8.2 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Lake County: 39.6 ±0.3
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Indiana: 38 ±0.1

Economics

$29,327 ±$4,927 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Lake County: $35,973 ±$597
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Indiana: $37,178 ±$184
$65,217 ±$15,393 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Lake County: $68,985 ±$1,259
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Indiana: $70,051 ±$293

21.6% ±7.6% (952  ±337) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Lake County: 14.6% 72,010 (±0.6% / ±3,174)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Indiana: 12.2% 807,582 (±0.2% / ±11,348)

31.6 minutes ±1.8 (53,390  ±9,238) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Lake County: 28.8 5,928,950 (±0.4 / ±114,412)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Indiana: 24 70,444,496 (±0.1 / ±412,801)

Families

1,537 ±180 Number of households
  • Lake County: 193,474 ±1,188
  • Indiana: 2,681,537 ±6,532
2.9 ±0.3 (4,428  ±64) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Lake County: 2.6 493,751 (±0 / ±61)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Indiana: 2.5 6,633,174

3.8% ±3.3% (49  ±44) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Lake County: 6.1% 6,992 (±0.5% / ±574)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Indiana: 5.5% 86,259 (±0.1% / ±2,195)

Housing

1,769 ±217 Number of housing units
  • Lake County: 216,330 ±101
  • Indiana: 2,953,344 ±390

$203,100 ±$26,302 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Lake County: $214,700 ±$2,989
  • about the same as the amount in Indiana: $201,600 ±$922

13.2% ±5.4% (578  ±236.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Lake County: 10.4% 51,461 (±0.6% / ±3,136.9)
  • about the same as the rate in Indiana: 13.1% 880,515 (±0.2% / ±12,438.1)

Social

82.9% ±6.4% (2,101  ±302.1) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Lake County: 90.2% 307,623 (±1.2% / ±4,219.7)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Indiana: 90.2% 4,113,653 (±0.3% / ±15,656.6)
16.9% ±4.7% (429  ±128.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Lake County: 24.9% 84,885 (±0.6% / ±2,098.7)
  • about three-fifths 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

15.4% ±4.8% (680  ±212) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Lake County: 7.2% 35,856
  • more than double the rate in Indiana: 5.9% 404,588

3.9% ±1.9% (121  ±60) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Lake County: 6% 22,950 (±0.3% / ±1,193)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Indiana: 6.5% 338,153 (±0.1% / ±3,149)
121 Total veterans ±60 110 Male ±58 11 Female ±18

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