Demographics of Porter County, Indiana

Porter County, Indiana had 176,049 people on July 1, 2025, by the Census Bureau’s estimate: +2,730 since July 2020. Age, income, poverty, housing and origin below come from the American Community Survey, averaged over 2020–2024, each with its margin of error.

Porter County, in four figures

176,049
Population: July 1, 2025, Vintage 2025 estimate.; +1.6%
Change since July 2020: +2,730 people.; 40.8 ±0.3
Median age: ACS 2020–⁠2024.; $87,972 ±$3,058
Median household income: ACS 2020–⁠2024, in 2024 dollars.

Population, year by year

July 1 estimates from the Census Bureau’s Vintage 2025. Each year's change is births less deaths, net moves from abroad and net moves from elsewhere in the country, with the Bureau's small residual. The 2020 row's components run 3 months, from the April census to July 1.

Porter County, Indiana's population grew 1.6% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally

The July 1 estimate of Porter County, Indiana's resident population and the nation's, each year of the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025, as a share of its July 2020 level (= 100).

U.S. Census Bureau — Census Bureau population estimates — counties and Puerto Rico municipios, with components of change

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Porter County, Indiana's population grew 1.6% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally. The July 1 estimate of Porter County, Indiana's resident population and the nation's, each year of the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025, as a share of its July 2020 level (= 100).
July 1	Population	Index	United States
2020	173,319	100.0	100.0
2021	174,457	100.7	100.2
2022	174,767	100.8	100.7
2023	174,845	100.9	101.6
2024	175,420	101.2	102.5
2025	176,049	101.6	103.1

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Population of Porter County, Indiana on July 1 of each year, Vintage 2025
July 1	Population	Change	Births less deaths	From abroad	From elsewhere in the country
2020	173,319	+97	−94	0	+125
2021	174,457	+1,138	−305	+52	+1,281
2022	174,767	+310	−268	+212	+504
2023	174,845	+78	−382	+170	+335
2024	175,420	+575	−201	+219	+569
2025	176,049	+629	−196	+91	+727

Age, 2020–2024

The median age is 40.8 ±0.3: for men 40.0 ±0.5 and for women 41.6 ±0.4. Shares are of everyone the survey counts, in the Bureau’s sex-by-age table (B01001).

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People in Porter County by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	People	Share	Indiana	United States
Under 5	8,784 ±69	5.0% ±<0.1	6.0% ±<0.1	5.6% ±<0.1
5 to 17	28,537 ±782	16.3% ±0.4	17.3% ±0.1	16.3% ±<0.1
18 to 24	15,105 ±713	8.6% ±0.4	9.6% ±0.1	9.1% ±<0.1
25 to 44	44,837 ±1,002	25.6% ±0.6	25.8% ±0.1	26.9% ±<0.1
45 to 64	45,602 ±945	26.1% ±0.5	24.5% ±0.1	24.8% ±<0.1
65 and over	31,953 ±1,082	18.3% ±0.6	16.8% ±0.1	17.2% ±<0.1

Income and poverty, 2020–2024

Median household income is $87,972 ±$3,058, and income per person $44,216 ±$1,316, in 2024 dollars. The median is $71,957 ±$352 in Indiana and $80,734 ±$166 in the United States.

Households by income

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Households in Porter County by income, ACS 2020–2024
Household income	Households	Share	Indiana	United States
Under $25,000	7,763 ±740	11.3% ±1.1	15.0% ±0.2	14.6% ±<0.1
$25,000 to $49,999	11,278 ±963	16.4% ±1.4	19.4% ±0.2	16.7% ±<0.1
$50,000 to $74,999	11,020 ±881	16.1% ±1.3	17.7% ±0.2	15.5% ±<0.1
$75,000 to $99,999	8,874 ±695	12.9% ±1.0	13.9% ±0.2	12.6% ±<0.1
$100,000 to $149,999	14,220 ±889	20.7% ±1.3	17.5% ±0.2	17.5% ±<0.1
$150,000 to $199,999	7,820 ±645	11.4% ±0.9	8.3% ±0.1	9.6% ±<0.1
$200,000 or more	7,664 ±522	11.2% ±0.8	8.2% ±0.1	13.4% ±0.1

Poverty by age

The poverty rate is the share of people whose family income is below the federal threshold for their family’s size, of everyone for whom the Bureau determines it (B17020).

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Poverty rate in Porter County by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	Below poverty	Rate	Indiana	United States
All ages	16,399 ±1,757	9.6% ±1.0	12.3% ±0.2	12.5% ±0.1
Under 18	4,372 ±671	11.9% ±1.8	16.0% ±0.3	16.1% ±0.1
18 to 59	8,870 ±1,112	9.7% ±1.2	11.9% ±0.2	11.6% ±0.1
60 and over	3,157 ±493	7.4% ±1.1	9.6% ±0.2	11.0% ±<0.1

Housing, 2020–2024

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Housing in Porter County, ACS 2020–2024
Measure	Porter County	Indiana	United States
Housing units	72,662 ±53	2,976,568 ±617	143,775,355 ±10,234
Occupied	94.5% ±0.7	91.2% ±0.2	89.9% ±0.1
Vacant	5.5% ±0.7	8.8% ±0.2	10.1% ±0.1
Owner occupied	77.7% ±1.2	70.6% ±0.3	65.2% ±0.3
Renter occupied	22.3% ±1.3	29.4% ±0.3	34.8% ±0.1
Median home value	$281,500 ±$4,859	$218,200 ±$739	$332,700 ±$236
Median gross rent	$1,219 ±$26	$1,062 ±$5	$1,413 ±$2
Median year built	1982 ±2	1976 ±1	1980 ±1

Occupied and vacant are shares of all housing units; owner and renter occupied are shares of occupied units. Value and rent are medians in 2024 dollars.

Origin and place of birth, 2020–2024

Hispanic or Latino origin is not a race in the Census Bureau’s tables. Here the people of Hispanic origin, of any race, are one row, and everyone else is counted by race alone (B03002), so the rows add to the whole.

Hispanic origin and race

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People in Porter County by Hispanic origin and race, ACS 2020–2024
Origin	People	Share	Indiana	United States
Hispanic or Latino	20,367 ±0	11.7% ±<0.1	8.6% ±<0.1	19.3% ±<0.1
White alone, not Hispanic	138,257 ±807	79.1% ±0.5	75.4% ±<0.1	57.4% ±<0.1
Black alone, not Hispanic	7,501 ±432	4.3% ±0.2	9.1% ±0.1	11.9% ±<0.1
Asian alone, not Hispanic	2,533 ±247	1.4% ±0.1	2.6% ±<0.1	5.9% ±<0.1
American Indian and Alaska Native alone, not Hispanic	34 to 132	< 0.1% to 0.1%	0.1% ±<0.1	0.5% ±<0.1
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, not Hispanic	0 to 30	0% to < 0.1%	< 0.1% ±<0.1	0.2% ±<0.1
Some other race alone, not Hispanic	259 to 1,049	0.1% to 0.6%	0.4% ±<0.1	0.6% ±<0.1
Two or more races, not Hispanic	5,412 ±887	3.1% ±0.5	3.8% ±0.1	4.3% ±<0.1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Place of birth and citizenship

“Born a citizen outside the states” counts people born in Puerto Rico, the island areas, or abroad to American parents. Naturalized citizens and those who are not citizens together make up the people born abroad (B05002).

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People in Porter County by place of birth and citizenship, ACS 2020–2024
Born	People	Share	Indiana	United States
Born in the state	114,198 ±1,845	65.3% ±1.1	67.0% ±0.2	57.3% ±<0.1
Born in another state	52,476 ±1,791	30.0% ±1.0	25.8% ±0.2	26.9% ±<0.1
Born a citizen outside the states	1,124 ±294	0.6% ±0.2	0.8% ±<0.1	1.7% ±<0.1
Born abroad	7,020 ±837	4.0% ±0.5	6.3% ±0.1	14.1% ±<0.1
Naturalized citizens	4,214 ±728	2.4% ±0.4	2.6% ±0.1	7.4% ±<0.1
Not citizens	2,806 ±399	1.6% ±0.2	3.7% ±0.1	6.8% ±<0.1

Porter County among the counties of Indiana

10th of 92 by population, July 2025. Every one is listed on the Indiana page.

Counties of Indiana near Porter County in population, July 2025
County	July 2025	Change since 2020
St. Joseph County	272,861	+0.1%
Elkhart County	208,774	+0.9%
Hendricks County	193,510	+10.2%
Tippecanoe County	190,456	+2.2%
Vanderburgh County	181,995	+0.9%
Porter County	176,049	+1.6%
Johnson County	174,262	+7.4%
Monroe County	143,345	+1.9%
Madison County	135,088	+3.8%
Clark County	130,451	+7.5%
Delaware County	113,106	+1.2%

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Sources

Census Bureau population estimates — counties and Puerto Rico municipios, with components of change — U.S. Census Bureau · U.S. Government work · retrieved September 25, 2026
American Community Survey 5-year estimates — table-based Summary File · U.S. Government work

Data retrieved September 25, 2026