Lake Station.
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Indiana·Lake County
3 tracts·16K people·$137K median·1,928/mi²
White 59 · Hispanic 33 · Multiracial 4 · Black 3 · Asian 1 · Other 0
Other 38 · Married couple 37 · Living alone 25
Retail 30 · Health 20 · Leisure 15 · Manufacturing 10 · Professional 8 · Public admin 7 · Other 11
Production · transport 28 · Sales · office 19 · Management · business · science · arts 19 · Service 17 · Construction · maintenance 17
Drive alone 85 · Carpool 12 · Work from home 5 · Walk 2 · Transit 0 · Bike 0
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Rep-tract reading · FEMA National Risk Index, national ranks 0–100; the tick is the national median
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The median home value in Lake Station is $137,400 (Census ACS) — 0.3× the US median of $458,812.
Lake Station has 13,185 residents across 3 census tracts and 3 named neighborhoods (Census ACS).
The median age is 33.5; the population is 59.1% White, 32.8% Hispanic or Latino, 4.2% Multiracial, 2.5% Black, 1.4% Asian and 0.0% Other; the average household has 2.8 people; 7.4% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher; the poverty rate is 15.4% (Census ACS).
Henry S Evans Elementary School (25%), Virgil I Bailey Elementary School (22%) and Alexander Hamilton Elementary Sch (20%) lead the elementary schools; River Forest Middle School is the middle school with reported scores (18%); Thomas A Edison Jr-Sr HS is the high school with reported scores (14%). Average of ELA and math proficiency (state DOE / NCES).
Median gross rent is $1,124/month, 29% below the US median (Census ACS).
The median household income in Lake Station is $59,591 a year, 31% below the US median (Census ACS).
In Lake Station, median rent is $1,124/month and the median home value is $137,400 (Census ACS).
Lake Station reported 0.3 violent crimes and 1.4 property crimes per 1,000 residents (FBI UCR, 2019).
Summer highs average 82°F; winter lows average 21°F; there are 85 comfortable days a year; annual precipitation is 39 inches; snowfall averages 27 inches a year (NOAA GridMET).
The highest-rated natural hazards in Lake Station are cold wave (97), tornado (94) and winter weather (75), scored 0–100 against all US communities (FEMA National Risk Index). Peak ground shaking is 0.10g (USGS; 2% chance in 50 years).
In Lake Station, 1.5% of workers walk to work (Census ACS).