Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US counties.

Safety19#2,508/3,096
Economy42#1,838/3,143
Housing21#2,475/3,140
Health40#1,876/3,144
Healthcare77#719/3,143
Environment10#2,796/3,108
Education51#1,532/3,144
Infrastructure66#1,058/3,144
Community47#1,657/3,144
Leisure & amenities58#1,326/3,143

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Lake County, Indiana ranks highest and lowest among US counties (score = percentile, 100 = best).

Strengths

Drought exposure · low0%
98/100Indiana 19%United States 43%Oct 2025–Sep 2026National Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAA
Distance to an emergency room · low3.1 mi
95/100Indiana 5.2 miUnited States 5.5 miJul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Access to exercise opportunities · high92.6%
92/100Indiana 76.2%United States 84.5%2022 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Public transit commuters · high1.4%
91/100Indiana 0.6%United States 3.2%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08301
Distance to an Amtrak station · low8 mi
91/100Indiana 29 miUnited States 43 mi2026Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau
Natural hazard risk · low12.1
88/100Indiana 24.52025Federal Emergency Management Agency

Weaknesses

Median Air Quality Index · high53
3/1002025U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Days with unhealthy air · high4.1%
3/1002025U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
High ozone days · high5 days
4/100Indiana 2 daysUnited States 7 days2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Fine particulate matter (PM2.5) · high8.9 µg/m³
9/100Indiana 8.8 µg/m³United States 8.0 µg/m³2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Preventable hospital stays · high4,344 /100k
10/100Indiana 3,202 /100kUnited States 2,769 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Students per teacher · high17.3×
10/100Indiana 15.4×United States 15.2×2024National Center for Education Statistics

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

Child care cost burdenWorsening
22.1% (2020 & 2021) → 37.7% (2023 & 2024)
+16 pts3 yearsUS 24.5% → 27.9%
Drug overdose deathsImproving
43.5 /100k (2021) → 21.2 /100k (Mar 2025–Feb 2026)
−51%5 yearsUS 30.8 /100k → 18.4 /100k
Homicide rateImproving
17.0 /100k (2021) → 8.4 /100k (May 2025–Apr 2026)
−51%5 yearsUS 7.8 /100k → 4.8 /100k
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
79.9% (2015-2019) → 89.7% (2020-2024)
+9.8 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Drought exposureImproving
8% (2021) → 0% (Oct 2025–Sep 2026)
−8.3 pts5 yearsUS 40% → 43%
Firearm deathsImproving
25.4 /100k (2021) → 15.6 /100k (May 2025–Apr 2026)
−39%5 yearsUS 14.7 /100k → 12.1 /100k

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Lake County, Indiana improved on 12 of 33 measures with a comparison and declined on 7. 12 moved within the margin of error and 2 barely changed.

Earlier period
Latest period
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among counties: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts. Periods differ by measure (most compare 2020 with 2025); each row names its own in its tooltip and in the table.

Improved12

Unemployment−5.2 points10.3% → 5.1%
Firearm deaths−36%24.5 /100k → 15.6 /100k
Homicides−52%17.4 /100k → 8.4 /100k
Students / teacher−1.3×18.6× → 17.3×
Household income+28%$57,280 → $73,228

Declined7

Transit use−1.5 points2.9% → 1.4%
New businesses−11%15.6 /1k → 13.9 /1k
Suicides+36%11.0 /100k → 15.0 /100k
Violent crime+19%314 /100k → 376 /100k
Rent / income+2.1 points29.4% → 31.5%

All 33 measures

Change of every measure of Lake County, Indiana between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	2.8 /10k2020	3.2 /10k2025	+15%	Within the margin of error	65%
Average commute time	29.2 min2015-2019	28.5 min2020-2024	−0.7 min	Within the margin of error	74%
Average weekly wage	$9782020	$1,2002025	+23%	Improved	42%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.6%2015-2019	25.8%2020-2024	+3.2 points	Improved	58%
Broadband subscriptions	79.9%2015-2019	89.7%2020-2024	+9.8 points	Improved	48%
Child poverty rate	20.3%2019	19.5%2024	−0.8 points	Within the margin of error	38%
Distance to an airport	26 mi2020	26 mi2025	0 mi	Little change	50%
Drug overdose deaths	33.3 /100k2020	21.2 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	−36%	Improved	60%
Effective property tax rate	1.15%2015-2019	0.93%2020-2024	−0.2 points	Little change	78%
Firearm deaths	24.5 /100k2020	15.6 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−36%	Improved	92%
Grocery stores	1.5 /10k2020	1.6 /10k2025	+6.9%	Within the margin of error	75%
Gyms and fitness centers	1.0 /10k2020	1.1 /10k2025	+6.5%	Within the margin of error	62%
High school diploma or higher	88.7%2015-2019	90.2%2020-2024	+1.5 points	Within the margin of error	42%
Home price to income ratio	2.7×2015-2019	3.2×2020-2024	+0.6×	Declined	32%
Homicide rate	17.4 /100k2020	8.4 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−52%	Improved	74%
Income adjusted for local prices	$43,9842019	$56,3962024	+28%	Improved	27%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4502015-2019	0.4562020-2024	+0.006	Within the margin of error	43%
Median household income	$57,2802019	$73,2282024	+28%	Improved	65%
New business applications	15.6 /1k2020	13.9 /1k2025	−11%	Declined	5%
Pharmacies	1.8 /10k2020	1.7 /10k2025	−5.6%	Within the margin of error	49%
Poverty rate	14.5%2019	13.3%2024	−1.2 points	Within the margin of error	72%
Property crime rate	2,200 /100k2020	1,366 /100k2025	−38%	Improved	54%
Public libraries	0.5 /10k2019	0.4 /10k2024	−18%	Within the margin of error	5%
Public transit commuters	2.9%2015-2019	1.4%2020-2024	−1.5 points	Declined	12%
Rent as share of income	29.4%2015-2019	31.5%2020-2024	+2.1 points	Declined	26%
Rent-burdened households	48.4%2015-2019	52.3%2020-2024	+3.9 points	Declined	31%
Restaurants and bars	8.4 /10k2020	8.3 /10k2025	−1.1%	Within the margin of error	46%
Students per teacher	18.6×2019	17.3×2024	−1.3×	Improved	74%
Suicide rate	11.0 /100k2020	15.0 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+36%	Declined	10%
Traffic deaths	10.6 /100k2015-2019	11.3 /100k2020-2024	+6.7%	Within the margin of error	47%
Unemployment rate	10.3%2020	5.1%2025	−5.2 points	Improved	95%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	9.9%2019	8.7%2024	−1.2 points	Improved	54%
Violent crime rate	314 /100k2020	376 /100k2025	+19%	Declined	19%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 2303 counties that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts; Local Area Unemployment Statistics; Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages; Mapping Injury, Overdose, and Violence; American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates; Business Formation Statistics; Small Area Health Insurance Estimates; Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates; Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master files; Public Libraries Survey; Common Core of Data; Fatality Analysis Reporting System; Distance to airports and intercity rail. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 3144 counties that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Counties like Lake County, Indiana five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Lake County, Indiana in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Lake County, Indiana itself moved +0.3 points in standing on average over the same 32 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

500,379 residents

Men
Women

80 and over
70–79
60–69

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

195,130 households (±954)

Lake County, Indiana
Indiana share

Under $25k17%33,518
$25k–50k18%35,948
$50k–75k17%32,437

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

195,130 households (±954)

Lake County, Indiana
Indiana share

Own72%139,856
Rent28%55,274

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (+2.0 points).

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Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

223,415 workers (±2,673)

Lake County, Indiana
Indiana share

Drive alone80%177,816
Carpool8.0%17,794
Public transit1.4%3,210

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

Lake County has 10,566 employer establishments, 211 for every 10,000 residents (0.85× the US rate of 248; 0.93× Indiana's), with 171,790 paid employees at an average annual pay of $57,154. The Census Bureau also counts 35,311 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 10,566; 35,311 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 211; US 248 · Indiana 226
Paid employees: 171,790
Average annual pay: $57,154; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Lake County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Ambulatory health care services	1,071	21.4	1.03×About typical	16,364	$68,052	1,790
Restaurants and other eating places	923	18.5	1.00×About typical	18,320	$19,472	230
Specialty trade contractors	638	12.8	0.82×About typical	7,976	$85,404	1,727
Limited-service restaurants	484	9.7	1.21×About typical	9,201	$17,803	108
Truck transportation	415	8.3	1.64×More than typical	3,848	$60,862	1,634
Offices of physicians	386	7.7	1.19×About typical	7,322	$92,828	237
Automotive repair and maintenance	362	7.2	1.44×More than typical	2,094	$46,582	454
Lessors of real estate	362	7.2	0.59×Fewer than typical	1,254	$43,400	3,618
Full-service restaurants	320	6.4	0.83×About typical	7,460	$21,876	72
Construction of buildings	287	5.7	0.76×Fewer than typical	2,119	$83,719	949
Religious organizations	277	5.5	1.00×About typical	2,336	$28,570	—
Legal services	263	5.3	0.98×About typical	1,129	$74,329	275

Rank places for an industry

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 500,134 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contract spending

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $85.5M on contracts performed in Lake County, Indiana: $169 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $85.5M; +348% vs FY2025
Per resident: $169; US $1,994
Sole-source: 61%; US 30%
Single offer: 1.2%; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Defense Logistics Agency$65.8M77%
Department of the Army$8M9.4%
Federal Bureau of Investigation$7.4M8.6%
Public Buildings Service$2.2M2.5%
Department of Veterans Affairs$378.8K0.4%
U.S. Secret Service$372K0.4%
Agricultural Marketing Service$364.9K0.4%
Offices, Boards and Divisions$345.6K0.4%

Top recipients

RIO TINTO SERVICES INC$51.6M60%
MERSEN USA GS CORP.$10M12%
PROFESSIONAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS, INC.$7.4M8.6%
ROEN SALVAGE CO.$5.1M6.0%
ARCONIC CORPORATION$2.6M3.1%

Spending by fiscal year

24.7MFY2017
33.9MFY2018
28.3MFY2019
33MFY2020
39.5MFY2021
27.3MFY2022
25.8MFY2023
22.2M

Top industries (NAICS)

Nonferrous metal (except aluminum) production and processing · 3314$51.6M60%
Other electrical equipment and component manufacturing · 3359$10M12%
Software publishers · 5112$7.4M8.6%
Other heavy and civil engineering construction · 2379$5.6M6.5%
Alumina and aluminum production and processing · 3313$2.8M3.3%
Utility system construction · 2371$1.6M

Largest awards

SCANDIUM OXIDE TASK ORDER TWO$24.8M
RIO TINTO SERVICES INC· Lake County, IN· Other equipment & supplies· Feb 19, 2026 – Feb 19, 2026· SP800026F0009
SCANDIUM OXIDE DO#2 RE-AWARD$24.8M
RIO TINTO SERVICES INC· Lake County, IN· Other equipment & supplies· Apr 17, 2026 – Apr 30, 2026· SP800026F0016
LAKE GEORGE CANAL MIDDLE SECTION RESTORATION - $14,747,222.00$21.1M
J. F. BRENNAN COMPANY, INC.· Lake County, IN· Construction & real property· Sep 23, 2021 – May 7, 2026· W912P621C0009
ISO-MOLD-GRAPHITE$10M

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

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Federal grants & assistance

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $3.1B in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Lake County, Indiana: $6,204 per resident (US $12,955).

Assistance · FY2026: $3.1B; −0.6% vs FY2025
Per resident: $6,204; US $12,955
Loan face value: $87.1M; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 0.1%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$1.9B61%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$267.4M8.5%
96.004 · Social Security Survivors Insurance$226.2M7.2%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$210.2M6.7%
20.937 · National Infrastructure Project Assistance (Mega Projects)$127.5M4.1%
96.006 · Supplemental Security Income$101M3.2%
57.001 · Social Insurance for Railroad Workers$53.2M1.7%
14.871 · Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers$38.9M1.2%

Top recipients (organizations)

INDIANA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION$174.6M5.6%
INDIANAPOLIS, IN
HOUSING AUTHORITY OF CITY OF GARY TH$28.6M0.9%
GARY, IN
GARY/CHICAGO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AUTHORITY$21.5M0.7%
GARY, IN
SOUTHLAKE/TRI-CITY MANAGEMENT CORP.$20M0.6%
MERRILLVILLE, IN
PURDUE UNIVERSITY

Organizations only: awards to individuals and county aggregate records count in the totals but are never listed. Grants to state governments recorded at the agency's own address are counted statewide, not in the capital's county.

Top agencies

Social Security Administration$2.5B80%
Under Secretary for Benefits/Veterans Benefits Administration$237.7M7.6%
Department of Veterans Affairs
Federal Highway Administration$175.6M5.6%
Department of Transportation
Railroad Retirement Board$53.2M1.7%
Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing$53.1M

Assistance by fiscal year

2.8BFY2021
2.6BFY2022
2.8BFY2023
2.9BFY2024
3.2BFY2025
3.1BFY2026

County aggregates

90%

Share of obligations reported only as county totals of many small awards (for example Social Security or Medicare payments), with no recipient named.

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.

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Public money & outcomes

Federal money per resident by fiscal year next to how the place changed, and, when its money jumped, how it compares with similar counties. A comparison, not cause and effect.

How Lake County, Indiana compares: the federal money it received per resident, and how jobs, income, housing and other outcomes moved, each next to the United States.

Money per resident

By federal fiscal year (October to September, named by the year it ends), obligations per resident. A year with no record counts as $0.

Lake County, Indiana
United States
partial year

Federal contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Lake County, Indiana and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Lake County, Indiana	United States
FY2017	$50.89	$1,436
FY2018	$69.97	$1,552
FY2019	$58.16	$1,654
FY2020	$66.11	$1,880
FY2021	$79.21	$1,810
FY2022	$54.67	$1,917
FY2023	$51.67	$2,079
FY2024	$44.25	$2,047
FY2025	$37.84	$2,165
FY2026	$169 (partial year)	$1,911

Construction contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Lake County, Indiana and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Lake County, Indiana	United States
FY2017	$23.36	$93.28
FY2018	$23.75	$105
FY2019	$33.17	$128
FY2020	$47.65	$145
FY2021	$56.78	$117
FY2022

Contracts and grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Lake County, Indiana and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Lake County, Indiana	United States
FY2021	$349	$5,748
FY2022	$202	$5,221
FY2023	$301	$5,364
FY2024	$275	$5,501
FY2025	$334	$5,732
FY2026	$640

Transportation grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Lake County, Indiana and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Lake County, Indiana	United States
FY2021	$41.69	$298
FY2022	$30.67	$357
FY2023	$96.14	$301
FY2024	$104	$319
FY2025	$165	$360
FY2026	$391

Housing assistanceUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Lake County, Indiana and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Lake County, Indiana	United States
FY2021	$200	$239
FY2022	$125	$185
FY2023	$175	$229
FY2024	$157	$229
FY2025	$171	$249
FY2026	$143

HHS grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Lake County, Indiana and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Lake County, Indiana	United States
FY2021	$91.14	$2,304
FY2022	$55.60	$2,197
FY2023	$63.31	$2,274
FY2024	$62.77	$2,267
FY2025	$57.98	$2,397
FY2026	$49.41

SBA lending volumeUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Lake County, Indiana and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Lake County, Indiana	United States
FY2021	$1,256	$1,186
FY2022	$348	$465
FY2023	$22.76	$76.52
FY2024	$81.80	$120
FY2025	$102	$148
FY2026	$45.39

Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)

How outcomes moved

Calendar years. Charts share the same years as the money above. Levels are shown as percent change since 2016; rates are shown as the rate itself.

Lake County, Indiana
United States
Years with money loaded

Job growthpercent

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Job growth, Lake County, Indiana and the United States, by year
Calendar years	Lake County, Indiana	United States
2014	−0.8%	2.0%
2015	−0.1%

When its money jumped

A county-year with at least 10,000 residents whose money per resident is at least twice its earlier average counts as a jump. Each is compared with up to five similar counties in the same region whose money did not jump.

No jump in federal money met the criteria in the years loaded, so there is no comparison for this place.

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, Business Formation Statistics, Building Permits Survey, Cartographic Boundary Files, Gazetteer and metro delineations, Population Estimates Program, Small Area Health Insurance Estimates, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission), Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System), Zillow Home Value Index, Observed Rent Index and affordability. JSON · /api/v1/outcomes/places/18089

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Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Lake County, Indiana is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Frank J. MrvanD-IN-1 · 100% of residentsWith party 92%Missed 2.8%

Senate

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Metro area

The metro or micro area Lake County belongs to. A county is in at most one.

Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN66Central county

Cities and towns in Lake County

Places whose residents live mostly in Lake County, largest first.

Neighboring counties

Places that share a border, best score first.

Similar counties

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

Mapping Injury, Overdose, and ViolenceCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2026-10-01
PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Daily county PM2.5 and ozone (EPA downscaler model)Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2022
Care Compare: Hospital General Information and Timely and Effective CareCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services · release 2026-07-22
Distance to airports and intercity railFederal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau · release 2025+amtrak-2026-04-23
Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master filesFederal Bureau of Investigation · release 2025
National Risk IndexFederal Emergency Management Agency · release v1.20.0
Health Professional Shortage AreasHealth Resources and Services Administration · release 2026-10-03
Public Libraries SurveyInstitute of Museum and Library Services · release FY2024
Common Core of DataNational Center for Education Statistics · release 2024
U.S. Drought Monitor county statisticsNational Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAA · release 2026-09-29
Fatality Analysis Reporting SystemNational Highway Traffic Safety Administration · release 2024
nClimGrid-Daily county averagesNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information · release 2025
Regional Economic AccountsU.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · release 2024
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
Quarterly Census of Employment and WagesU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2026 Q1
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Business Formation StatisticsU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-10-01
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Alternative Fuels Data Center station locatorU.S. Department of Energy · release 2026-10
Election Administration and Voting SurveyU.S. Election Assistance Commission · release 2024
Air Quality Index Annual Summary by CountyU.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2025
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Calendar years	Lake County, Indiana	United States
2014	−1.0%	−4.2%
2015	−0.1%	−1.3%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+2.5%	+3.3%
2018	+6.2%	+6.8%
2019	+7.9%	+10.5%
2020	+12.5%	+19.4%
2021	+21.2%	+26.1%
2022	+26.9%	+30.6%
2023	+30.6%	+35.0%
2024	+35.4%	+41.0%
2025	+38.1%	+46.8%

Calendar years	Lake County, Indiana	United States
2014	−6.4%	−5.5%
2015	−2.7%	−1.9%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+3.3%	+4.1%
2018	+8.4%	+8.9%
2019	+11.1%	+13.5%
2020	+18.5%	+20.8%
2021	+29.9%	+32.1%
2022	+31.5%	+35.4%
2023	+38.5%	+42.9%
2024	+43.8%	+49.5%

Calendar years	Lake County, Indiana	United States
2014	1.8/1k	3.3/1k
2015	2.1/1k	3.7/1k
2016	2.3/1k	3.7/1k
2017	2.9/1k	3.9/1k
2018	2.7/1k	4.1/1k
2019	2.6/1k	4.2/1k
2020	3.0/1k	4.4/1k
2021	3.5/1k	5.2/1k
2022	2.6/1k	5.0/1k
2023	2.6/1k	4.5/1k
2024	3.3/1k	4.3/1k
2025	2.5/1k	4.2/1k

Calendar years	Lake County, Indiana	United States
2014	−5.3%	−6.9%
2015	−5.6%	−3.2%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+2.5%	+4.7%
2018	+3.1%	+7.5%
2019	+6.9%	+14.0%
2020	+10.4%	+16.9%
2021	+14.7%	+21.0%
2022	+23.4%	+29.7%
2023	+29.1%	+34.9%
2024	+36.6%	+41.6%

Calendar years	Lake County, Indiana	United States
2014	17.6%	15.5%
2015	16.6%	14.7%
2016	16.6%	14.0%
2017	15.9%	13.4%
2018	15.7%	13.1%
2019	14.5%	12.3%
2020	15.8%	11.9%
2021	13.9%	12.8%
2022	14.7%	12.6%
2023	14.3%	12.5%
2024	13.3%	12.1%

Calendar years	Lake County, Indiana	United States
2014	7.9%	6.2%
2015	6.8%	5.3%
2016	6.2%	4.9%
2017	5.0%	4.4%
2018	4.9%	3.9%
2019	4.8%	3.7%
2020	10.3%	8.1%
2021	6.4%	5.4%
2022	4.6%	3.7%
2023	5.0%	3.6%
2024	5.5%	4.0%
2025	5.1%	4.3%

Calendar years	Lake County, Indiana	United States
2014	−8.7% (Dec 2014)	−10.8% (Dec 2014)
2015	−4.7% (Dec 2015)	−5.2% (Dec 2015)
2016	0.0% (Dec 2016)	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	+6.7% (Dec 2017)	+6.4% (Dec 2017)
2018	+14.7% (Dec 2018)	+12.6% (Dec 2018)
2019	+22.6% (Dec 2019)	+18.1% (Dec 2019)
2020	+32.6% (Dec 2020)	+29.3% (Dec 2020)
2021	+52.1% (Dec 2021)	+49.8% (Dec 2021)
2022	+65.5% (Dec 2022)	+64.7% (Dec 2022)
2023	+72.3% (Dec 2023)	+69.0% (Dec 2023)
2024	+79.1% (Dec 2024)	+73.4% (Dec 2024)
2025	+81.4% (Dec 2025)	+73.7% (Dec 2025)

Calendar years	Lake County, Indiana	United States
2015	−2.5% (Dec 2015)	−3.3% (Dec 2015)
2016	0.0% (Dec 2016)	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	+3.5% (Dec 2017)	+4.4% (Dec 2017)
2018	+8.2% (Dec 2018)	+8.8% (Dec 2018)
2019	+12.4% (Dec 2019)	+13.1% (Dec 2019)
2020	+20.5% (Dec 2020)	+15.2% (Dec 2020)
2021	+36.2% (Dec 2021)	+32.8% (Dec 2021)
2022	+42.3% (Dec 2022)	+42.1% (Dec 2022)
2023	+51.8% (Dec 2023)	+46.3% (Dec 2023)
2024	+61.5% (Dec 2024)	+50.4% (Dec 2024)
2025	+70.3% (Dec 2025)	+53.5% (Dec 2025)

Calendar years	Lake County, Indiana	United States
2014	14.7%	13.5%
2015	11.6%	10.9%
2016	8.6%	10.0%
2017	9.7%	10.2%
2018	8.8%	10.4%
2019	9.9%	10.8%
2020	8.1%	10.4%
2021	9.3%	10.2%
2022	7.7%	9.5%
2023	7.4%	9.5%
2024	8.7%	9.8%

Calendar years	Lake County, Indiana	United States
2014	7.7/1k	8.5/1k
2015	7.6/1k	8.7/1k
2016	8.1/1k	9.1/1k
2017	8.1/1k	9.8/1k
2018	8.8/1k	10.7/1k
2019	9.3/1k	10.6/1k
2020	15.6/1k	13.1/1k
2021	18.1/1k	16.2/1k
2022	14.8/1k	15.1/1k
2023	14.5/1k	16.2/1k
2024	13.5/1k	15.4/1k
2025	13.9/1k	16.6/1k

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