Porter County, Indiana (IN)

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• • 140,21082.3%White Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 17,71810.4%Hispanic or Latino
  • 6,8324.0%Black Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 2,4131.4%Two or more races
  • 2,3761.4%Asian alone
  • 3840.2%Some other race alone
  • 3570.2%American Indian and Alaska Native alone
  • 990.06%Native Hawaiian and Other
    Pacific Islander alone

Mean price in 2019:

Detached houses: $249,979

Here:	$249,979
State:	$196,369

Townhouses or other attached units: $213,919

Here:	$213,919
State:	$179,895

In 2-unit structures: $259,326

Here:	$259,326
State:	$129,696

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $158,459

Here:	$158,459
State:	$148,047

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $965,098

Here:	$965,098
State:	$188,172

Mobile homes: $30,421

Here:	$30,421
State:	$63,481

Crime in 2005 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):

• Murders: 1
• Rapes: 3
• Robberies: 5
• Assaults: 44
• Burglaries: 178
• Thefts: 640
• Auto thefts: 92

Crime in 2004 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):

• Murders: 0
• Rapes: 2
• Robberies: 7
• Assaults: 40
• Burglaries: 205
• Thefts: 599
• Auto thefts: 126

Health of residents in Porter County based on CDC Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Survey Questionnaires from 2013 to 2019:

1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020

Graphs represent county-level data. Detailed 2008 Election Results

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2019: $1,891 (0.9%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2019: $1,617 (0.9%)

Area name: Gary, IN HUD Metro FMR Area
Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Porter County is $596 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $727 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $869 a month.

Cities in this county include: Portage, Valparaiso, Chesterton, Lakes of the Four Seasons, South Haven, Porter, Hebron, Shorewood Forest, Salt Creek Commons, Kouts.

2018 air pollution in Porter County:

Ozone (1-hour): 0.028 ppm (standard limit: 0.12 ppm). Near U.S. average.
Particulate Matter (PM₁₀) Annual: 20.9 µg/m³. Near U.S. average.
Particulate Matter (PM_2.5) Annual: 7.9 µg/m³(standard limit: 15.0 µg/m³). Near U.S. average.

Neighboring counties: New London County, Connecticut , Columbia County, Pennsylvania , Deuel County, Nebraska , Huron County, Ohio , Kane County, Illinois , Lucas County, Ohio .

Current college students: 8,959
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 94.9%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 27.7%

Number of foreign born residents: 5,892 (57.6% naturalized citizens)

• Year of entry for the foreign-born population
• 1,2242010 or later
• 1,1822000 to 2009
• 1,0581990 to 1999
• 6521980 to 1989
• 5751970 to 1979
• 1,687Before 1970

Mean travel time to work (commute): 25.9 minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 56.2%

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 50,975
• One, attached: 3,232
• Two: 2,393
• 3 or 4: 2,830
• 5 to 9: 3,621
• 10 to 19: 2,105
• 20 to 49: 594
• 50 or more: 477
• Mobile homes: 3,542
• Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 97

Housing units in Porter County with a mortgage: 33,795 (507 second mortgage, 2,202 home equity loan, 49 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 15,244

Religion statistics for Porter County

Food Environment Statistics:

Agriculture in Porter County:

Tornado activity:

Earthquake activity:

Most recent natural disasters:

• Indiana Covid-19 Pandemic, Incident Period: January 31, 2020, FEMA Id: 4515, Natural disaster type: Other
• Indiana Severe Storms And Flooding, Incident Period: February 14, 2018 - March 4, 2018, FEMA Id: 4363, Natural disaster type: Storm, Flood
• Indiana Severe Storms and Flooding, Incident Period: September 12, 2008 to October 06, 2008, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1795: September 23, 2008, FEMA Id: 1795, Natural disaster type: Storm, Flood
• Indiana Snow, Incident Period: February 12, 2007 to February 14, 2007, Emergency Declared EM-3274: March 12, 2007, FEMA Id: 3274, Natural disaster type: Snow
• Indiana Hurricane Katrina Evacuation, Incident Period: August 29, 2005 to October 01, 2005, Emergency Declared EM-3238: September 10, 2005, FEMA Id: 3238, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
• Indiana Severe Winter Storms and Flooding, Incident Period: January 01, 2005 to February 11, 2005, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1573: January 21, 2005, FEMA Id: 1573, Natural disaster type: Winter Storm, Flood
• Indiana Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding, Incident Period: July 04, 2003 to August 06, 2003, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1476: July 11, 2003, FEMA Id: 1476, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Flood
• Indiana Severe Winter Storm, Incident Period: December 11, 2000 to December 31, 2000, Emergency Declared EM-3162: January 24, 2001, FEMA Id: 3162, Natural disaster type: Winter Storm
• Indiana Winter Storm, Incident Period: January 01, 1999 to January 15, 1999, Emergency Declared EM-3135: January 15, 1999, FEMA Id: 3135, Natural disaster type: Winter Storm
• Indiana Severe Winter Storm, Incident Period: March 09, 1998 to March 12, 1998, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1217: May 08, 1998, FEMA Id: 1217, Natural disaster type: Winter Storm
• 2 other natural disasters have been reported since 1953.

6.05% of this county's 2011 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2010 ($54,934 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
3.95% relocated from other counties in Indiana ($30,745 average AGI)
2.10% relocated from other states ($24,189 average AGI)

Porter County:	2.10%
Indiana average:	2.21%

from Lake County, IN	2.59% ($47,223 average AGI)
from LaPorte County, IN	0.60% ($47,608)
from Cook County, IL	0.55% ($78,234)
from Jasper County, IN	0.16% ($49,787)
from Will County, IL	0.09% ($66,593)
from Marion County, IN	0.08% ($38,714)
from DuPage County, IL	0.07% ($116,289)

6.08% of this county's 2010 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2011 ($52,258 average adjusted gross income)

0.03% of residents moved to foreign countries ($267 average AGI)

Porter County:	0.03%
Indiana average:	0.03%

3.43% relocated to other counties in Indiana ($24,935 average AGI)
2.62% relocated to other states ($27,055 average AGI)

Porter County:	2.62%
Indiana average:	2.40%

to Lake County, IN	1.71% ($42,248 average AGI)
to LaPorte County, IN	0.68% ($44,131)
to Cook County, IL	0.39% ($64,409)
to Jasper County, IN	0.17% ($47,391)
to Marion County, IN	0.14% ($35,398)
to Starke County, IN	0.09% ($47,476)
to St. Joseph County, IN	0.08% ($49,269)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 12.3
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 12.0
Births per 1000 population from 2007 to 2019: 10.6

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 7.2
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 7.7
Deaths per 1000 population from 2007 to 2019: 8.5

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 7.5
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2006: 7.6

Percentage of population without health insurance coverage in Porter County

All 18-64 40-64 50-64 Under 19

Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 11%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 9%

Household type by relationship:

• Male householders: 36,576 (8,207 living alone), Female householders: 28,729 (8,290 living alone)

• 34,859 spouses (34,484 opposite-sex spouses), 7,253 unmarried partners, (6,799 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 46,476 children (41,479 natural, 1,482 adopted, 3,515 stepchildren), 4,422 grandchildren, 988 brothers or sisters, 2,275 parents, 43 foster children, 1,683 other relatives, 3,267 non-relatives

• In group quarters: 3,818

Size of family households: 19,487 2-persons, 8,929 3-persons, 8,478 4-persons, 4,515 5-persons, 1,259 6-persons, 619 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 16,497 1-person, 5,107 2-persons, 124 3-persons, 290 4-persons.

26,411 married couples with children.
6,577 single-parent households (2,591 men, 3,986 women).

93.6% of residents of Porter speak English at home.
3.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (79% speak English very well, 13% speak English well, 7% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
1.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (75% speak English very well, 17% speak English well, 8% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
1.0% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (71% speak English very well, 22% speak English well, 7% speak English not well).
0.3% of residents speak other language at home (68% speak English very well, 5% speak English well, 27% speak English not well).

In fiscal year 2004:

Federal Government expenditure: $603,239,000 ($3,893 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $9,378,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $349,100,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $130,415,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $4,319,000
Federal grants: $80,746,000
Federal procurement contracts: $11,602,000 ($2,981,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $27,057,000 ($804,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $23,631,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $97,432,000
Federal Government insurance: $32,009,000

Population change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:

Here:	+43 per 1000 residents
State:	-3 per 1000 residents

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 15.11 millions of gallons per day (30% from ground, 70% from surface)

• Year house built in Porter County, Indiana
• 3,0902014 or later
• 1,1842010 to 2013
• 11,5252000 to 2009
• 12,7891990 to 1999
• 6,6141980 to 1989
• 12,9041970 to 1979
• 7,5301960 to 1969
• 5,7651950 to 1959
• 1,7771940 to 1949
• 6,6881939 or earlier

Rooms in houses/apartments in Porter County, Indiana

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Porter County, Indiana
• 541 room
• 02 rooms
• 5693 rooms
• 2,1154 rooms
• 9,5525 rooms
• 10,7946 rooms
• 10,5257 rooms
• 6,2308 rooms
• 9,2009+ rooms

• Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Porter County, Indiana
• 2471 room
• 8592 rooms
• 2,9323 rooms
• 5,1914 rooms
• 4,5155 rooms
• 1,2426 rooms
• 6967 rooms
• 2788 rooms
• 3069+ rooms

Bedrooms in houses/apartments in Porter County, Indiana

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in Porter County, Indiana
• 54no bedroom
• 2671 bedroom
• 5,2592 bedrooms
• 27,5653 bedrooms
• 13,2414 bedrooms
• 2,6535+ bedrooms

• Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Porter County, Indiana
• 281no bedroom
• 3,9071 bedroom
• 6,8652 bedrooms
• 4,5953 bedrooms
• 6184 bedrooms
• 05+ bedrooms

Cars and other vehicles available in Porter County, Indiana in houses/condos/apartments

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Cars and other vehicles available in Porter County in owner-occupied houses/condos
• 1,179no vehicle
• 11,2071 vehicle
• 21,6022 vehicles
• 10,3923 vehicles
• 3,5824 vehicles
• 1,0775+ vehicles

• Cars and other vehicles available in Porter County in renter-occupied apartments
• 1,753no vehicle
• 8,1281 vehicle
• 5,4392 vehicles
• 6223 vehicles
• 2964 vehicles
• 285+ vehicles

87.5% of Porter County residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 34% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 53% lived in Indiana.

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

• This state: 109,878
• Other state: 53,278
• Northeast: 4,877
• Midwest: 34,258
• South: 10,145
• West: 3,998

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) in 2006:

• Total number of recipients: 1,501
• Number of aged recipients: 79
• Number of blind and disabled recipients: 1,422
• Number of recipients under 18: 360
• Number of recipients between 18 and 64: 1,001
• Number of recipients older than 64: 140
• Number of recipients also receiving OASDI: 433
• Amount of payments (thousands of dollars): 716

Porter County on our top lists:

• #8 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest percentage of residents relocating from foreign countries between 2010 and 2011 (pop. 50,000+)"
• #21 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest Particulate Matter (PM_2.5) Annual air pollution readings in 2012 (µg/m³)"
• #24 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest percentage of residents relocating from foreign countries between 2010 and 2011"
• #33 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest percentage of residents relocating to foreign countries in 2011"
• #80 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest Particulate Matter (PM₁₀) Annual air pollution readings in 2012 (µg/m³)"
• #81 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest percentage of residents relocating to foreign countries in 2011 (pop. 50,000+)"