Gary, IN
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None of the households in Gary, IN reported speaking a non-English language at home as their primary shared language. This does not consider the potential multi-lingual nature of households, but only the primary self-reported language spoken by all members of the household.
Most people in Gary, IN drove alone to work, and the average commute time was 26.4 minutes. The average car ownership in Gary, IN was 1 car per household.
The economy of Gary, IN employs 22.6k people. The largest industries in Gary, IN are Health Care & Social Assistance (4,591 people), Retail Trade (2,824 people), and Manufacturing (2,414 people), and the highest paying industries are Utilities ($71,591), Construction ($53,125), and Information ($52,962).
Males in Indiana have an average income that is 1.36 times higher than the average income of females, which is $53,980. The income inequality in Indiana (measured using the Gini index) is N/A, which is N/A than the national average.
The most common job groups, by number of people living in Gary, IN, are Office & Administrative Support Occupations (2,806 people), Material Moving Occupations (2,009 people), and Sales & Related Occupations (1,935 people). This chart illustrates the share breakdown of the primary jobs held by residents of Gary, IN.
This chart shows weekly unemployment insurance claims in Indiana (not-seasonally adjusted) compared with the four states with the most similar impact.
The most recent data point uses Advance State Claims data, which can be revised in subsequent weeks.
The most common employment sectors for those who live in Gary, IN, are Health Care & Social Assistance (4,591 people), Retail Trade (2,824 people), and Manufacturing (2,414 people). This chart shows the share breakdown of the primary industries for residents of Gary, IN, though some of these residents may live in Gary, IN and work somewhere else. Census data is tagged to a residential address, not a work address.
The industries with the best median earnings for men in 2023 are Finance & Insurance, & Real Estate & Rental & Leasing ($69,840), Construction ($55,123), and Information ($53,641).
The industries with the best median earnings for women in 2023 are Construction ($46,188), Manufacturing ($45,602), and Public Administration ($37,383).
As of N/A N/A, there are N/A people employed in N/A. This represents a N/A% N/A in employment when compared to N/A N/A.
Right after the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, during N/A, a general dip can be seen across industry sectors, resulting in an overall N/A in employment by N/A%.
The following chart shows monthly employment numbers for each industry sector in N/A.
Todd Young and Jim Banks are the senators currently representing the state of Indiana. In the United States, senators are elected to 6-year terms with the terms for individual senators staggered.
Indiana is currently represented by 9 members in the U.S. house, and members of the House of Representives are elected to 2-year terms.
Todd Young and Jim Banks are the senators currently representing Indiana.
In the United States, senators are elected to 6-year terms with the terms for individual senators staggered.
The following chart shows elected senators in Indiana over time, excluding special elections, colored by their political party.
Indiana is currently represented by 9 members in the U.S. house.
Members of the House of Representives are elected to 2-year terms, and the following chart shows the how the members for Indiana have changed over time starting in 2008.
In 2022, universities in Gary, IN awarded 655 degrees. The student population of Gary, IN in 2022 is skewed towards women, with 823 male students and 2,413 female students.
The graph shows the evolution of awarded degrees by degrees. Under the paragraphs, the average number of awarded degrees by university in each degree is shown.
In N/A, N/A% of men over 25 years of age had not completed any academic degree (no schooling), while N/A% of women were in the same situation.
This visualization shows the gender distribution of the population according to the academic level reached.
The most common educational levels obtained by the working population in 2022 were N/A.
This visualization illustrates the percentage distribution of the population according to the highest educational level reached. You can filter the data by race by using the selector above.
People in Gary, IN have an average commute time of 26.4 minutes, and they drove alone to work. Car ownership in Gary, IN is lower than the national average, with an average of 1 car per household.
Median household income in Gary, IN is N/A. In 2023, the place with the highest median household income in Gary, IN was Census Tract 101 with a value of $70,114, followed by Census Tract 112 and Census Tract 125, with respective values of $52,891 and $52,796.
This chart shows the percentage of owner in Gary, IN compared it's parent and neighboring geographies.
In 2023, the place with the highest Median Household Income (N/A) in Gary, IN was Census Tract 101 with a value of $70,114, followed by Census Tract 112 and Census Tract 125, with respective values of $52,891 and $52,796.
The following map shows all of the places in Gary, IN colored by their Median Household Income (N/A).
The following chart displays the households in Gary, IN distributed between a series of income buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households have an income in the < $10k range.
In N/A, the income inequality in N/A was N/A according to the GINI calculation of the wage distribution. Income inequality had a N/A N/A from N/A to N/A, which means that wage distribution grew somewhat N/A even. The GINI for N/A was N/A than the national average of 0.478. In other words, wages are distributed N/A evenly in N/A in comparison to the national average.
This chart shows the number of workers in Gary, IN across various wage buckets compared to the national average.
In 2023, 76.2% of workers in Gary, IN drove alone to work, followed by those who carpooled to work (12.2%) and those who worked at home (5.41%).
The following chart shows the number of households using each mode of transportation over time, using a logarithmic scale on the y-axis to help better show variations in the smaller means of commuting.
Using averages, employees in Gary, IN have a shorter commute time (26.4 minutes) than the normal US worker (26.6 minutes). Additionally, 1.6% of the workforce in Gary, IN have "super commutes" in excess of 90 minutes.
The chart below shows how the median household income in Gary, IN compares to that of it's neighboring and parent geographies.
The following chart displays the households in Gary, IN distributed between a series of car ownership buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households in Gary, IN have 1 car.
N/A% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in Gary, IN (N/A out of N/A people) live below the poverty line, a number that is approximately the same as the national average of 12.4%. The largest demographic living in poverty are N/A N/A, followed by N/A N/A and then N/A N/A.
The most common racial or ethnic group living below the poverty line in Gary, IN is Black, followed by Hispanic and White.
The Census Bureau uses a set of money income thresholds that vary by family size and composition to determine who classifies as impoverished. If a family's total income is less than the family's threshold than that family and every individual in it is considered to be living in poverty.
N/A% of the population of Gary, IN has health coverage, with N/A% on employee plans, N/A% on Medicaid, N/A% on Medicare, N/A% on non-group plans, and N/A% on military or VA plans.
Primary care physicians in Lake County, IN see 1882 patients per year on average, which represents a 0.738% decrease from the previous year (1896 patients). Compare this to dentists who see 1563 patients per year, and mental health providers who see 484 patients per year.
Primary care physicians in Lake County, IN see an average of 1,882 patients per year. This represents a 0.738% decrease from the previous year (1,896 patients).
The following chart shows how the number of patients seen by primary care physicians has been changing over time in Lake County, IN in comparison to its neighboring geographies.
In N/A, insured persons according to age ranges were distributed in .
By gender, of the total number of insured persons, N/A were men and N/A were women.
The following chart shows the number of people with health coverage by gender.
The following chart shows how the percent of uninsured individuals in Gary, IN changed over time compared with the percent of individuals enrolled in various types of health insurance.
