Housing units in zip code 46394 with a mortgage: 2,752 (232 second mortgage, 270 home equity loan, 40 both second mortgage and home equity loan) Houses without a mortgage: 1,669
Median monthly owner costs for units with a mortgage: $1,309
Median monthly owner costs for units without a mortgage: $485
Residents with income below the poverty level in 2010:
This zip code:
14.3%
Whole state:
14.2%
Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2010:
Notable locations in this zip code not listed on our city pages:
Notable locations in zip code 46394: Whiting Robertsdale Boat Club (A), Hammond Fire Department Station 2 (B), Whiting Fire Department (C), British Petroleum Products - North America Whiting Fire Station (D). Display/hide their locations on the map
Churches in zip code 46394 include: First Baptist Church of Whiting (A), Plymouth Congregational Church (B), Saint John the Baptist Catholic Church (C), Whiting Church of the Nazarene (D), First Church of Christ (E), Hungarian Reformed Church (F), Sacred Heart Church (G), Saint John Lutheran Church (H), Saint Mary's Byzantine Church (I). Display/hide their locations on the map
Parks in zip code 46394 include: G R Clark Athletic Field (1), Forsyth Park (2), Wolf Lake Park (3), Whiting Park (4). Display/hide their locations on the map
Year house built
2005 or later: 75
2000 to 2004: 44
1990 to 1999: 278
1980 to 1989: 143
1970 to 1979: 298
1960 to 1969: 524
1950 to 1959: 844
1940 to 1949: 1,246
1939 or earlier: 4,807
Estimated household income distribution in 2009:
Estimate of home value of owner-occupied houses/condos in 2010 in zip code 46394:
Less than $10,000: 166
$10,000 to $14,999: 1,752
$15,000 to $19,999: 601
$20,000 to $24,999: 479
$30,000 to $34,999: 1,300
$35,000 to $39,999: 70
$40,000 to $49,999: 119
$50,000 to $59,999: 137
$60,000 to $69,999: 639
$70,000 to $79,999: 267
$80,000 to $89,999: 394
$90,000 to $99,999: 396
$100,000 to $124,999: 1,210
$125,000 to $149,999: 695
$150,000 to $174,999: 591
$175,000 to $199,999: 400
$200,000 to $249,999: 261
$250,000 to $299,999: 990
$300,000 to $399,999: 79
$500,000 to $749,999: 938
$750,000 to $999,999: 81
$1,000,000 or more: 42
Rent paid by renters in 2010 in zip code 46394:
$150 to $199: 1,496
$200 to $249: 27
$250 to $299: 65
$300 to $349: 631
$350 to $399: 110
$400 to $449: 199
$450 to $499: 326
$500 to $549: 271
$550 to $599: 335
$600 to $649: 233
$650 to $699: 385
$700 to $749: 1,468
$750 to $799: 140
$800 to $899: 1,068
$900 to $999: 569
$1,000 to $1,249: 206
$1,250 to $1,499: 928
No cash rent: 287
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2010: $203,432.
Estimated median house (or condo) value in 2010 for:
White Non-Hispanic householders: $117,717
Asian householders: $163,891
Some other race householders: $140,804
Two or more races householders: $101,861
Hispanic or Latino householders: $123,552
Estimated median house or condo value in 2010: $118,606
46394:
$118,606
Indiana:
$124,100
Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $91,541 - $149,735
Mean price in 2010:
Detached houses: $123,539
Here:
$123,539
State:
$156,815
Owners and renters by unit type in %
Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders
Housing units in structures:
One, detached: 5,088
One, attached: 330
Two: 1,236
3 or 4: 877
5 to 9: 2,239
10 to 19: 1,254
20 to 49: 1,633
50 or more: 781
Mobile homes: 51
Means of transportation to work
Drove a car alone: 5,234 (79%)
Carpooled: 618 (9%)
Bus or trolley bus: 294 (4%)
Subway or elevated: 1,029 (16%)
Railroad: 448 (7%)
Bicycle: 1,211 (18%)
Walked: 343 (5%)
Other means: 46 (1%)
Worked at home: 225 (3%)
Travel time to work (commute)
Less than 5 minutes: 303
5 to 9 minutes: 772
10 to 14 minutes: 1,077
15 to 19 minutes: 642
20 to 24 minutes: 866
25 to 29 minutes: 726
30 to 34 minutes: 853
35 to 39 minutes: 177
40 to 44 minutes: 491
45 to 59 minutes: 1,090
60 to 89 minutes: 433
90 or more minutes: 198
Percentage of zip code residents living and working in this county: 61.9%
Household type by relationship:
Households: 12,650
In family households: 10,311 (2,437 male householders, 830 female householders)
2,345 spouses, 3,899 children (3,718 natural, 37 adopted, 144 stepchildren), 194 grandchildren, 149 brothers or sisters, 100 parents, 146 other relatives, 211 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 2,339 (908 male householders (799 living alone)), 1,149 female householders (1,013 living alone)), 282 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 78 (77 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 1,605 2-persons, 1,059 3-persons, 824 4-persons, 544 5-persons, 137 6-persons, 108 7-or-more-persons
Size of nonfamily households: 2,325 1-person, 187 2-persons
1,814 married couples with children.
1,690 single-parent households (514 men, 1,176 women).
73.4% of residents of 46394 zip code speak English at home.
65.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (37% very well, 34% well, 18% not well, 12% not at all).
26.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (19% very well, 19% well, 62% not well).
0.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% well).
17.4% of residents speak other language at home (96% very well, 4% not well).
Foreign born population: 1,728 (10.5%) (42.9% of them are naturalized citizens)
This zip code:
10.5%
Whole state:
4.5%
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
Mexico (67%)
Czechoslovakia (includes Czech Republic and Slovakia) (5%)
India (5%)
Yugoslavia (4%)
Philippines (4%)
Pakistan (3%)
Poland (2%)
Year of entry for the foreign-born population
2000 or later: 1,499
1990 to 1999: 388
1980 to 1989: 312
Before 1980: 676
Races in zip code 46394:
White population: 9,368 Black population: 526 American Indian population: 35 Asian population: 72 Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander population: 0 Some other race population: 1,172 Two or more races population: 304 Hispanic or Latino population: 5,912
Major facilities with environmental interests located in this zip code:
BP AMOCO OIL COMPANY WHITING REFINERY (2815 INDIANAPOLIS BOULEVARD in WHITING, IN)
AIR MAJOR (AIRS/AFS) AIR MINOR (AIRS/AFS) AIR MAJOR (AIRS/AFS) - ICIS-, ENFORCEMENT/COMPLIANCE ACTIVITY, ICIS-05-2005-4545, AIR PROGRAM (Clean Air Markets Division Business System) OIL CONTROL (Facility Response Plan for oil discharge) ENFORCEMENT/COMPLIANCE ACTIVITY (Integrated Compliance Information System) (Integrated Compliance Information System) - ICIS-05-1989-0090, FORMAL ENFORCEMENT ACTION, ICIS-05-1975-0002, (Integrated Compliance Information System) - ICIS-05-2000-0586, FORMAL ENFORCEMENT ACTION STATE MASTER (Indiana facility tracking) - ACES-CP-2742, AIR PROGRAM, ACES-CP-2849, ACES-CP-2919, ACES-CP-2924, ACES-OP-08900003, CRTK-537, EPCRA, SPILL-198901020, RELEASE ASSESSMENT, SPILL-198903041, SPILL-198904009, SPILL-198910014, SPILL-198911087, SPILL-198912096, SPILL-198912103, SPILL-198912123, SPILL-199004060, SPILL-199005096, SPILL-199008158, SPILL-199012106, SPILL-199103132, SPILL-199105046, SPILL-199105106, SPILL-199108010, SPILL-199109031, SPILL-199109124, STATE MASTER (Indiana facility tracking) COMPLIANCE ACTIVITY (Tracking inspections of insecticide, fungicide, and rodenticide, and toxic substances) CRITERIA AND HAZARDOUS AIR POLLUTANT INVENTORY (Inventory of air pollution sources) National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System MAJOR (Tracking pollutant discharge elimination systems) - permit Conditionally Exempt Small Quantity Generators, less than 100 kg/month of hazardous waste (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) HAZARDOUS WASTE BIENNIAL REPORTER (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) Small Quantity Generators, between 100 kg and 1000 kg of hazardous waste/month (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) Large Quantity Generators, more that 1000 kg of hazardous waste/month (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) - notification TRANSPORTER (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) - notification TSD (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) - notification USED OIL PROGRAM (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) Conditionally Exempt Small Quantity Generators, less than 100 kg/month of hazardous waste (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) - notification TRI REPORTER (Tracking of toxic chemicals releasing facilities) Business SIC classification: INDUSTRIAL ORGANIC CHEMICALS; PETROLEUM REFINING; ASPHALT PAVING MIXTURES AND BLOCKS; LUBRICATING OILS AND GREASES; PETROLEUM BULK STATIONS AND TERMINALS; ENGINEERING SERVICES Organizations: BP PRODUCTS NORTH AMERICA, INC. (CONTACT/GENERAL)
, BP PROD NORTH AMERICA INC BOAT DOCKS (CONTACT/OPERATOR)
, BP PRODUCTS NORTH AMERICA INC (CONTACT/OPERATOR)
, BP PRODUCTS N AMERICA INC W TANK FIELD (CONTACT/OPERATOR)
, GEORGE COOK CERT 5404 (CONTACT/OPERATOR)
, BP PRODUCTS NORTH AMERICA INC (CONTACT/OWNER)
, WALTER L JONES (CONTACT/OWNER)
, BP PRODUCTS NORTH AMERICA (OWNER/OPERATOR)
Alternative names: AMOCO OIL CO WHITING REFINERY, AMOCO OIL REFINERY, BP/AMOCO, BP AMOCO REFINERY, BP EXPLORATION & OIL CO, BP PRODS. N.A. WHITING BUSINESS UNIT, BP PRODUCTS N AMERICA INC BUFFALO SIDE, BP PRODUCTS N AMERICA INC W TANK FIELD, BP PRODUCTS NORTH AMERICA INC, BP PRODUCTS NORTH AMERICA INC BOAT DOCKS, BP PRODUCTS NORTH AMERICA, INC. WHITING BUSINESS UNIT, BP WHITING BUSINESS UNIT, BP WHITING REFINERY - COMBP, PETROLEUM CONTRACTORS CORP
SAXON METALS COMPANY (2230 INDIANAPOLIS BLVD. in WHITING, IN)
AIR MINOR (AIRS/AFS) (Integrated Compliance Information System) - ICIS-05-1989-0037, FORMAL ENFORCEMENT ACTION STATE MASTER (Indiana facility tracking) - CRTK-19142, EPCRA, CRTK-19839, UST-4328, UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANK PROGRAM CRITERIA AND HAZARDOUS AIR POLLUTANT INVENTORY (Inventory of air pollution sources) TSD (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) TRI REPORTER (Tracking of toxic chemicals releasing facilities) Business SIC classification: SECONDARY SMELTING AND REFINING OF NONFERROUS METALS; NONCLASSIFIABLE ESTABLISHMENTS Business NAICS classification: SECONDARY SMELTING AND ALLOYING OF ALUMINUM. Alternative names: FEDERATED METALS CORP
AMOCO TERM 291 (2530 INDIANAPOLIS BLVD in WHITING, IN)
AIR MAJOR (AIRS/AFS) STATE MASTER (Indiana facility tracking) - CRTK-3102, EPCRA, LUST-199012500, LEAKING STORAGE TANK, ACES-CP-2055, AIR PROGRAM, ACES-CP-2180, ACES-CP-2209, ACES-CP-2233, ACES-CP-2607, ACES-OP-08900004, UST-11472, UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANK PROGRAM CRITERIA AND HAZARDOUS AIR POLLUTANT INVENTORY (Inventory of air pollution sources) Conditionally Exempt Small Quantity Generators, less than 100 kg/month of hazardous waste (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) - notification (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) TRI REPORTER (Tracking of toxic chemicals releasing facilities) Business SIC classification: PETROLEUM REFINING; ELECTRIC SERVICES; PETROLEUM BULK STATIONS AND TERMINALS Business NAICS classification: LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS (BOTTLED GAS) DEALERS. Organizations: BP PRODUCTS NORTH AMERICA INC (CONTACT/OWNER)
, AMOCO OIL COMPANY (CONTACT/OWNER)
Alternative names: AMOCO OIL CO., WHITING TERMINAL, AMOCO WHITING MOTOR VEHICLE FLEET, BP AMOCO OIL CO. WHITING TERMINAL, BP PRODUCTS NORTH AMERICA INC TERMINAL, BP PRODUCTS NORTH AMERICA WHITING MARKETING TERMINAL, BP WHITING BUSINESS UNIT
BP AMOCO CHEMICAL CO (2357 STANDARD AVE in WHITING, IN)
AIR MAJOR (AIRS/AFS) STATE MASTER (Indiana facility tracking) - CRTK-949, EPCRA, LUST-198903041, LEAKING STORAGE TANK, UST-1210, UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANK PROGRAM, LUST-199812555, LEAKING STORAGE TANK CRITERIA AND HAZARDOUS AIR POLLUTANT INVENTORY (Inventory of air pollution sources) Small Quantity Generators, between 100 kg and 1000 kg of hazardous waste/month (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) TRANSPORTER (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) TRI REPORTER (Tracking of toxic chemicals releasing facilities) Business SIC classification: PLASTICS MATERIALS, SYNTHETIC RESINS, AND NONVULCANIZABLE ELASTOMERS; INDUSTRIAL ORGANIC CHEMICALS Organizations: BP AMOCO CHEMICAL COMPANY (CONTACT/OPERATOR)
, BP PRODUCTS NORTH AMERICA INC (CONTACT/OWNER)
, O&D USA LLC (CONTACT/OWNER)
, INNOVENE USA LLC (CONTACT/OWNER)
Alternative names: AMOCO CHEMICAL CO.
GRAHAM PACKAGING (1701 121ST ST in WHITING, IN)
AIR MINOR (AIRS/AFS) STATE MASTER (Indiana facility tracking) - ACES-OP-08900002, AIR PROGRAM (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) Business SIC classification: PLASTICS BOTTLES Organizations: SUNOCO GRAHAM CO (CONTACT/OWNER)
Alternative names: SUNOCO GRAHAM CO
HALUSKA INC (1640 CENTER ST in WHITING, IN)
STATE MASTER (Indiana facility tracking) - CRTK-10339, EPCRA, LUST-198803091, LEAKING STORAGE TANK, UST-20070, UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANK PROGRAM (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) Organizations: FORMER HALUSKA PROPERTY (CONTACT/OPERATOR)
, CITY OF WHITING (CONTACT/OWNER)
Alternative names: FORMER HALUSKA PROPERTY
AMOCO 18677 FAC 25565 (1360 INDIANAPOLIS BLVD in WHITING, IN)
STATE MASTER (Indiana facility tracking) - UST-11506, UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANK PROGRAM, CRTK-7351, EPCRA, LUST-199109143, LEAKING STORAGE TANK, LUST-199110511, (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) Organizations: PAYNE JAMES (CONTACT/OWNER)
Alternative names: AMOCO #18677 FAC#25565, JIMS AMOCO
AMOCO OIL STATION 5423 (2300 INDIANAPOLIS BLVD in WHITING, IN)
STATE MASTER (Indiana facility tracking) - CRTK-7321, EPCRA, LUST-199406105, LEAKING STORAGE TANK, LUST-199506506, UST-11483, UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANK PROGRAM (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) Organizations: AMOCO OIL CO (CONTACT/OWNER)
Alternative names: AMOCO 5423, AMOCO OIL STATION #5423
CALUMET COLLEGE (2400 NEW YORK AVENUE in WHITING, IN)
STATE MASTER (Indiana facility tracking) - UST-8499, UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANK PROGRAM National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System NON-MAJOR (Tracking pollutant discharge elimination systems) - permit
BP PRODUCTS NORTH AMERICA INC LAKEFRONT (NE OF 119TH & FRONT STS in WHITING, IN)
HAZARDOUS WASTE BIENNIAL REPORTER (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) Large Quantity Generators, more that 1000 kg of hazardous waste/month (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) - notification TRANSPORTER (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) - notification TSD (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) - notification Alternative names: AMOCO OIL CO WHITING LAKEFRONT
NATHAN HALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (1831 OLIVER ST in WHITING, IN)
(Geographic Names Information System) (National Center for Education Statistics) - STATE ID-4361 Organizations: WHITING SCHOOL CITY (SCHOOL DISTRICT)
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN ELEM SCH (1000 116TH ST in WHITING, IN)
(National Center for Education Statistics) - STATE ID-4451 Organizations: SCHOOL CITY OF HAMMOND (SCHOOL DISTRICT)
AMOCO OIL CO (2500 NEW YORK AVE in WHITING, IN)
STATE MASTER (Indiana facility tracking) (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) Organizations: LTV STEEL CO (CONTACT/OWNER)
Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 10.0%
Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 10.2%
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
Utility gas (82%)
Electricity (6%)
Other fuel (4%)
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (2%)
Wood (2%)
No fuel used (2%)
Bottled, tank, or LP gas (2%)
Population in 1990: 13,157. Population change in the 1990s: -429 (-3.3%).
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
This state: 7,651
Northeast: 215
Midwest: 3,046
South: 526
West: 143
68% of the 46394 zip code residents lived in the same house 5 years ago. Out of people who lived in different houses, 70% lived in this county. Out of people who lived in different counties, 50% lived in Indiana.
Year Householders Moved Into Unit:
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 2,752
Here:
57.2%
Indiana:
12.0%
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 1,216
Here:
60.3%
Indiana:
9.0%
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 3,423
Here:
79.9%
Indiana:
22.2%
Educational Attainment (%)
School Enrollment by Level of School (%)
Class of Workers (%)
Top industries in this zip code by the number of employees in 2005:
Educational Services: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools (250-499 employees: 1 establishment)
Health Care and Social Assistance: Nursing Care Facilities (100-249: 1)