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American Community Survey 2019–2023

Gary area census tracts by residents below the poverty level

Residents below the poverty level is highest in East Chicago city (north-northwest 1) (66.7%). This table ranks 130 eligible mapped census tracts.

Residents below the poverty level values are ACS five-year survey estimates. Percentage and median rankings exclude tracts below 500 residents; this reduces but does not eliminate sampling uncertainty.

#Census tract areaResidents below the poverty level
1East Chicago city (north-northwest 1)66.7%
2Gary city (south-southeast)62%
3Hammond city (south-southwest)54.1%
4Gary city (east-southeast)53.8%
5Gary city (northeast 1)50.6%
6Gary city (north)48.5%
7Gary city (west-northwest)47.5%
8New Chicago town (north-northwest)46.6%
9New Chicago town (west-southwest 2)46.5%
10Griffith town (north 2)45.9%
11Ross CDP (east-southeast)44.3%
12East Chicago city (north-northwest 3)43.3%
13New Chicago town (north-northeast)42%
14Gary city (west)41.3%
15Lake Station city (north-northeast)40.8%
16Hammond city (south 1)40.7%
17East Chicago city (east-southeast)40.4%
18Gary city (east 2)40.3%
19East Chicago city (east 3)40%
20East Chicago city (northwest 1)39.9%
21Gary city (west-southwest 1)38.9%
22Gary city (northeast 2)38.5%
23East Chicago city (north-northwest 2)38.2%
24Hammond city (south 2)36.4%
25Gary city (north-northeast)34.9%
26Ross CDP (east)32.6%
27New Chicago town (west-southwest 1)31.8%
28East Chicago city (west-southwest 1)31.7%
29Gary city (south-southwest)31.7%
30East Chicago city (west-southwest 2)30.3%
31Gary city (east 1)29%
32Ross CDP (north-northwest)28.5%
33East Chicago city (south-southeast)28.1%
34Crown Point city (west-northwest)27.9%
35New Chicago town (south-southwest)27.9%
36New Chicago town (east)27.3%
37Gary city (northwest)23.3%
38Gary city (west-southwest 2)22.8%
39Hammond city (east-southeast)22.7%
40Whiting city (east-southeast)22.3%
41East Chicago city (southwest 1)22.1%
42East Chicago city (northwest 2)21.9%
43Merrillville town (southwest)21.7%
44Gary city (south)21.6%
45New Chicago town (east-southeast)21.6%
46Highland town (west-southwest)20.7%
47Whiting city (west-northwest)20.3%
48Merrillville town (north-northeast 2)20.1%
49East Chicago city (west)19.8%
50East Chicago city (east 2)18.8%
51East Chicago city (northwest 3)18.7%
52Hammond city (south-southeast)18.3%
53Merrillville town (west-southwest)18%
54Highland town (southeast)17.4%
55Hobart city (west 1)17.2%
56East Chicago city (northwest 4)17.1%
57Schererville town (east-southeast)16.4%
58East Chicago city (east 1)16%
59Hammond city (north-northwest)15.8%
60Hobart city (west 2)15.8%
61Munster town (east-northeast)15.8%
62Lake Station city (south-southwest)15.7%
63Dyer town (south-southeast)15.4%
64Merrillville town (north-northeast 1)15.3%
65East Chicago city (southwest 2)15.1%
66Lake Station city (northwest)15.1%
67East Chicago city (south-southwest 1)14.7%
68Merrillville town (northwest)14.7%
69Munster town (west-southwest)14.7%
70Hammond city (north 2)14.2%
71Hammond city (north 1)14%
72Munster town (northwest 2)13.7%
73East Chicago city (south-southwest 2)13.6%
74East Chicago city (south)11.8%
75Ross CDP (west-southwest)11.7%
76Shelby CDP (west-southwest)11.3%
77Hobart city (east-southeast)10.6%
78Munster town (northwest 1)10.6%
79Merrillville town (east)10.3%
80Munster town (north)10%
81Schererville town (northwest)9.9%
82Merrillville town (south-southeast)9.8%
83Merrillville town (southeast)9.6%
84Munster town (north-northwest)9.4%
85Griffith town (south 2)9.3%
86Schererville town (south-southeast)9.3%
87Munster town (south-southeast 2)9.2%
88Dyer town (east)8.9%
89Hobart city (east-northeast)8.9%
90Munster town (north-northeast)8.8%
91St. John town (east 1)8.8%
92Ross CDP (south)8.3%
93Ross CDP (west-northwest)8.1%
94Lowell town7.6%
95Crown Point city (north-northeast 2)7.4%
96Cedar Lake town (west)7.1%
97Lake Station city (southeast)7%
98Griffith town (south 1)6.7%
99Schererville town (northeast)6.5%
100Dyer town (west)6.2%
101Highland town (east-northeast)6.1%
102Lakes of the Four Seasons CDP6.1%
103Shelby CDP (east-northeast)6.1%
104Crown Point city (east-northeast)5.8%
105Cedar Lake town (northeast)5.7%
106Munster town (east-southeast)5.6%
107Griffith town (north 1)5.4%
108Munster town (south-southeast 1)4.8%
109Schererville town (west)4.6%
110St. John town (west-southwest)4.3%
111St. John town (east-southeast)4.1%
112Highland town (south-southwest)3.8%
113Munster town (south-southwest)3.7%
114Winfield town (north)3.6%
115Cedar Lake town (southeast)3.4%
116Highland town (north-northeast)3.4%
117Dyer town (north)3.1%
118Winfield town (south)3.1%
119Crown Point city (west)3%
120Crown Point city (south-southwest)2.7%
121St. John town (east 2)2.6%
122St. John town (southwest)2.6%
123Crown Point city (north-northeast 1)2.2%
124Schneider town2%
125Cedar Lake town (southwest)1.8%
126St. John town (west-northwest 1)1.7%
127Dyer town (south)1.4%
128Crown Point city (south-southeast)1.3%
129St. John town (north)0.7%
130St. John town (west-northwest 2)0.5%

Method and source

Values come from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates. Census tracts are small statistical areas, not necessarily neighbourhood boundaries. The result is a descriptive comparison of the mapped area, not a measure of individual households or a prediction. Read about the American Community Survey.