Scores by category

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

Safety83#542/3,096
Economy82#558/3,143
Housing36#2,019/3,140
Health67#1,029/3,144
Healthcare82#571/3,143
Environment23#2,400/3,108
Education89#337/3,144
Infrastructure88#370/3,144
Community59#1,280/3,144
Leisure & amenities42#1,827/3,143

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Porter 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
Math scores · high3.51
96/100Indiana 3.19United States 3.032019University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Natural hazard risk · low4.3
96/100Indiana 24.52025Federal Emergency Management Agency
Reading scores · high3.40
95/100Indiana 3.08United States 3.052019University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Primary care shortage · low0.0
94/100Indiana 7.8United States 6.2Oct 2026Health Resources and Services Administration
Broadband subscriptions · high92.9%
92/100Indiana 89.9%United States 91.0%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B28002

Weaknesses

High ozone days · high6 days
3/100Indiana 2 daysUnited States 7 days2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Days with unhealthy air · high3.0%
7/1002025U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Hospital quality rating · low2.0
14/100Indiana 3.4United States 3.2Jul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Preventable hospital stays · high3,988 /100k
14/100Indiana 3,202 /100kUnited States 2,769 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Grocery stores · low0.9 /10k
15/100Indiana 1.3 /10kUnited States 1.7 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Fine particulate matter (PM2.5) · high8.5 µg/m³
19/100Indiana 8.8 µg/m³United States 8.0 µg/m³2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Trends

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

Child care cost burdenWorsening
18.7% (2020 & 2021) → 34.5% (2023 & 2024)
+16 pts3 yearsUS 24.5% → 27.9%
Drug overdose deathsImproving
28.6 /100k (2021) → 13.1 /100k (Mar 2025–Feb 2026)
−54%5 yearsUS 30.8 /100k → 18.4 /100k
Drought exposureImproving
10% (2021) → 0% (Oct 2025–Sep 2026)
−9.7 pts5 yearsUS 40% → 43%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
83.9% (2015-2019) → 93.0% (2020-2024)
+9 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Cost of buying a home todayWorsening
20.2% (Dec 2021) → 28.7% (Aug 2026)
+8.5 pts5 yearsUS 26.4% → 34.1%
Gyms and fitness centersImproving
0.8 /10k (2020) → 1.1 /10k (2025)
+41%5 yearsUS 1.2 /10k → 1.3 /10k

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, Porter County, Indiana improved on 10 of 33 measures with a comparison and declined on 2. 19 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.

Improved10

Students / teacher−2.2×17.8× → 15.6×
Weekly wage+31%$917 → $1,202
Unemployment−4.3 points8.3% → 4.0%
Overdose deaths−46%24.2 /100k → 13.1 /100k
Bachelor's++2.6 points28.4% → 31.1%

Declined2

Transit use−0.5 points1.1% → 0.6%
Price / income+0.6×2.6× → 3.2×

All 33 measures

Change of every measure of Porter County, Indiana between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	2.8 /10k2020	3.0 /10k2025	+6.5%	Within the margin of error	53%
Average commute time	27.8 min2015-2019	28.4 min2020-2024	+0.7 min	Within the margin of error	43%
Average weekly wage	$9172020	$1,2022025	+31%	Improved	87%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.4%2015-2019	31.1%2020-2024	+2.6 points	Improved	48%
Broadband subscriptions	83.9%2015-2019	93.0%2020-2024	+9 points	Improved	42%
Child poverty rate	8.5%2019	9.8%2024	+1.3 points	Within the margin of error	11%
Distance to an airport	38 mi2020	38 mi2025	0 mi	Little change	50%
Drug overdose deaths	24.2 /100k2020	13.1 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	−46%	Improved	72%
Effective property tax rate	0.92%2015-2019	0.81%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Little change	50%
Firearm deaths	9.8 /100k2020	10.8 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+10%	Within the margin of error	34%
Grocery stores	0.8 /10k2020	0.9 /10k2025	+13%	Within the margin of error	81%
Gyms and fitness centers	0.8 /10k2020	1.1 /10k2025	+41%	Within the margin of error	83%
High school diploma or higher	93.6%2015-2019	94.0%2020-2024	+0.4 points	Within the margin of error	18%
Home price to income ratio	2.6×2015-2019	3.2×2020-2024	+0.6×	Declined	30%
Homicide rate	3.5 /100k2020	3.4 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−2.9%	Within the margin of error	23%
Income adjusted for local prices	$52,6102019	$66,8812024	+27%	Improved	22%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4272015-2019	0.4342020-2024	+0.008	Within the margin of error	40%
Median household income	$74,0642019	$88,7952024	+20%	Improved	24%
New business applications	8.8 /1k2020	10.0 /1k2025	+13%	Improved	16%
Pharmacies	1.4 /10k2020	1.2 /10k2025	−9.8%	Within the margin of error	41%
Poverty rate	8.1%2019	8.5%2024	+0.4 points	Within the margin of error	33%
Property crime rate	794 /100k2020	554 /100k2025	−30%	Improved	40%
Public libraries	0.4 /10k2019	0.4 /10k2024	−2.7%	Within the margin of error	38%
Public transit commuters	1.1%2015-2019	0.6%2020-2024	−0.5 points	Declined	31%
Rent as share of income	28.6%2015-2019	30.2%2020-2024	+1.6 points	Within the margin of error	32%
Rent-burdened households	46.6%2015-2019	50.5%2020-2024	+3.9 points	Within the margin of error	31%
Restaurants and bars	8.4 /10k2020	7.8 /10k2025	−6.9%	Within the margin of error	31%
Students per teacher	17.8×2019	15.6×2024	−2.2×	Improved	90%
Suicide rate	15.6 /100k2020	16.0 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+2.6%	Within the margin of error	52%
Traffic deaths	11.1 /100k2015-2019	11.5 /100k2020-2024	+2.9%	Within the margin of error	52%
Unemployment rate	8.3%2020	4.0%2025	−4.3 points	Improved	87%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	7.4%2019	7.2%2024	−0.2 points	Within the margin of error	32%
Violent crime rate	108 /100k2020	119 /100k2025	+9.8%	Within the margin of error	24%

“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 Porter County, Indiana five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Porter 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, Porter County, Indiana itself moved −0.6 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

174,818 residents

Men
Women

80 and over
70–79
60–69
50–59
40–49
30–39
20–29
10–19
Under 10

Share of all residents, each sex

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: 70–79 women (+0.6 points).

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

174,818 residents

Porter County, Indiana
Indiana share

White79%138,257
Black4.3%7,501
Hispanic or Latino12%20,367

Education

122,392 residents (±160)

Porter County, Indiana
Indiana share

No high school diploma6.0%7,356
High school or GED33%40,530
Some college21%25,629

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Income

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

Household income

68,639 households (±517)

Porter County, Indiana
Indiana share

Under $25k11%7,763
$25k–50k16%11,278
$50k–75k16%11,020
$75k–100k13%8,874
$100k–150k21%14,220
$150k–200k11%7,820
$200k or more11%7,664

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: $200k or more (+5.2 points).

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B19001View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Homes

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

Owners and renters

68,639 households (±517)

Porter County, Indiana
Indiana share

Own78%53,352
Rent22%15,287

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (+2.7 points).

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American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

14,153 households (±774)

Porter County, Indiana
Indiana share

Under $7507.9%1,120
$750–1,00016%2,243
$1,000–1,50050%7,100

Home values

53,352 homes (±909)

Porter County, Indiana
Indiana share

Under $150k14%7,526
$150k–250k28%15,114
$250k–400k34%18,330

Age of homes

72,662 homes (±53)

Porter County, Indiana
Indiana share

2010 or later10%7,424
2000–200914%10,449
1980–199928%20,244

Size of homes

72,662 homes (±53)

Porter County, Indiana
Indiana share

Studio1.6%1,181
1 bedroom6.3%4,588
2 bedrooms20%14,631

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Getting to work

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

How people get to work

83,571 workers (±1,564)

Porter County, Indiana
Indiana share

Drive alone81%67,683
Carpool6.6%5,543
Public transit0.6%535
Walk1.2%988
Bike0.2%†186
Work from home9.5%7,964
Other0.8%672

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Work from home (+4.9 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

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American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

75,607 workers (±1,553)

Porter County, Indiana
Indiana share

Under 15 min24%18,134
15–29 min33%24,846
30–44 min25%18,929

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

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.

Porter County has 3,734 employer establishments, 214 for every 10,000 residents (0.86× the US rate of 248; 0.94× Indiana's), with 55,789 paid employees at an average annual pay of $55,920. The Census Bureau also counts 11,955 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 3,734; 11,955 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 214; US 248 · Indiana 226
Paid employees: 55,789
Average annual pay: $55,920; US $68,342

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

Ambulatory health care services	337	19.3	0.92×About typical	3,825	$69,036	608
Restaurants and other eating places	308	17.6	0.96×About typical	6,344	$20,180	47
Specialty trade contractors	264	15.1	0.98×About typical	2,726	$74,928	631
Lessors of real estate	153	8.8	0.71×Fewer than typical	583	$43,184	1,522
Limited-service restaurants	135	7.7	0.96×About typical	2,840	$18,971	17
Full-service restaurants	133	7.6	0.99×About typical	2,914	$21,781	20
Construction of buildings	132	7.5	1.00×About typical	703	$62,421	368
Services to buildings and dwellings	131	7.5	1.11×About typical	701	$45,335	573
Truck transportation	112	6.4	1.27×More than typical	1,153	$59,635	268
Building equipment contractors	103	5.9	0.98×About typical	816	$68,890	108
Offices of other health practitioners	102	5.8	0.96×About typical	593	$46,570	279
Religious organizations	99	5.7	1.02×About typical	630	$23,060	—

Rank places for an industry

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 174,845 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 $12.5M on contracts performed in Porter County, Indiana: $70.83 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $12.5M; −44% vs FY2025
Per resident: $70.83; US $1,994
Sole-source: 2.0%; US 30%
Single offer: 17%; 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

Federal Highway Administration$5.1M41%
National Park Service$4.9M39%
Defense Logistics Agency$1.8M15%
Department of the Army$372.7K3.0%
U.S. Geological Survey$201.3K1.6%
Environmental Protection Agency$4,6290.0%

Top recipients

CENTRAL SOUTHERN CONSTRUCTION CORP.$4.8M38%
NEHEMIAH CONSTRUCTION LLC$3.4M27%
NGH RETAIL LLC$1.7M13%
DDL GROUP LLC$418.5K3.4%
ROCKSOL CONSULTING GROUP, INC.$372.8K3.0%

Spending by fiscal year

7.8MFY2017
6.7MFY2018
12.9MFY2019
7.4MFY2020
6.9MFY2021
7.4MFY2022
14.8MFY2023
40.6M

Top industries (NAICS)

Highway, street, and bridge construction · 2373$4.8M38%
Other heavy and civil engineering construction · 2379$3.5M28%
Engine, turbine, and power transmission equipment manufacturing · 3336$1.1M8.7%
Nonresidential building construction · 2362$631.9K5.1%
Services to buildings and dwellings · 5617$618.8K5.0%
Architectural, engineering, and related services · 5413

Largest awards

INDU 318674 - STABILIZATION AND RESTORATION OF HISTORIC BUILDINGS FOR ADAPTIVE REUSE, INDIANA DUNES NATIONAL LAKESHORE$23.5M
FIBER BUSINESS SOLUTIONS GROUP INC· Porter County, IN· Construction & real property· Feb 2, 2024 – Aug 27, 2026· 140P2024C0019
CONSTRUCTION SERVICES FOR PROJECT IN NP INDU PMS(1), PAVEMENT PRESERVATION INDIANA DUNES. THIS WORK CONSISTS OF CRACK SEALING, PATCHING, APPLICATION OF CHIP SEAL AND MICRO SURFACE TREATMENTS AND PAVEMENT MARKING.$4.8M
CENTRAL SOUTHERN CONSTRUCTION CORP.· Porter County, IN· Construction & real property· Feb 13, 2026 – Feb 13, 2026· 69056726F00025N
CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT NO. W912P624C0018 AWARD OF SOLICITATION NO. W912P624B0009 TOWN OF HEBRON WATER MAIN REPLACEMENT, HEBRON, PORTER COUNTY, INDIANA (USACE ACQUISTION)$4M
GRIMMER CONSTRUCTION INC· Porter County, IN· Construction & real property

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 $1.1B in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Porter County, Indiana: $6,436 per resident (US $12,955).

Assistance · FY2026: $1.1B; −4.2% vs FY2025
Per resident: $6,436; US $12,955
Loan face value: $68.7M; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 0.5%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$790.3M70%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$91.3M8.1%
96.004 · Social Security Survivors Insurance$81.5M7.2%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$79.9M7.1%
96.006 · Supplemental Security Income$16.5M1.5%
57.001 · Social Insurance for Railroad Workers$15.9M1.4%
93.224 · Health Center Program$10.6M0.9%
20.287 · Surface Transportation Block Grant Program$10M0.9%

Top recipients (organizations)

INDIANA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION$22.8M2.0%
INDIANAPOLIS, IN
NORTHSHORE HEALTH CENTERS, INC$5.7M0.5%
PORTAGE, IN
LUTHERAN UNIVERSITY ASSOCIATION INC$5.2M0.5%
VALPARAISO, IN
HEALTHLINC INC$4.9M0.4%
VALPARAISO, IN
COLLEGE OF COURT REPORTING INC$861.8K

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$979.6M86%
Under Secretary for Benefits/Veterans Benefits Administration$90M7.9%
Department of Veterans Affairs
Federal Highway Administration$23.4M2.1%
Department of Transportation
Railroad Retirement Board$15.9M1.4%
Health Resources and Services Administration$10.9M

Assistance by fiscal year

925.8MFY2021
920.7MFY2022
1BFY2023
1.1BFY2024
1.2BFY2025
1.1BFY2026

County aggregates

96%

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 Porter 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.

Porter County, Indiana
United States
partial year

Federal contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Porter County, Indiana and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Porter County, Indiana	United States
FY2017	$45.99	$1,436
FY2018	$39.72	$1,552
FY2019	$75.51	$1,654
FY2020	$42.94	$1,880
FY2021	$39.80	$1,810
FY2022	$42.19	$1,917
FY2023	$84.46	$2,079
FY2024	$231	$2,047
FY2025	$126	$2,165
FY2026	$70.83 (partial year)	$1,911

Construction contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Porter County, Indiana and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Porter County, Indiana	United States
FY2017	$18.74	$93.28
FY2018	$12.36	$105
FY2019	$50.61	$128
FY2020	$15.17	$145
FY2021	$17.69	$117
FY2022

Contracts and grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Porter County, Indiana and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Porter County, Indiana	United States
FY2021	$308	$5,748
FY2022	$169	$5,221
FY2023	$250	$5,364
FY2024	$449	$5,501
FY2025	$372	$5,732
FY2026	$264

Transportation grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Porter County, Indiana and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Porter County, Indiana	United States
FY2021	$10.31	$298
FY2022	$52.51	$357
FY2023	$85.98	$301
FY2024	$129	$319
FY2025	$169	$360
FY2026	$134

Housing assistanceUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Porter County, Indiana and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Porter County, Indiana	United States
FY2021	$18.83	$239
FY2022	$18.09	$185
FY2023	$16.97	$229
FY2024	$14.55	$229
FY2025	$15.04	$249
FY2026	$8.85

HHS grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Porter County, Indiana and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Porter County, Indiana	United States
FY2021	$171	$2,304
FY2022	$59.13	$2,197
FY2023	$73.61	$2,274
FY2024	$69.35	$2,267
FY2025	$68.16	$2,397
FY2026	$59.66

SBA lending volumeUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Porter County, Indiana and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Porter County, Indiana	United States
FY2021	$810	$1,186
FY2022	$282	$465
FY2023	$39.51	$76.52
FY2024	$81.53	$120
FY2025	$118	$148
FY2026	$94.01

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.

Porter County, Indiana
United States
Years with money loaded

Job growthpercent

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Job growth, Porter County, Indiana and the United States, by year
Calendar years	Porter County, Indiana	United States
2014	1.4%	2.0%
2015

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/18127

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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.

Porter 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

Explore Congress The 2026 races

Metro area

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

Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN66Central county

Cities and towns in Porter County

Places whose residents live mostly in Porter 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
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement
Zillow Home Value Index, Observed Rent Index and affordabilityZillow Research · release 2026-08

JSON · /api/v1/places/18127

Calendar years	Porter County, Indiana	United States
2014	−2.4%	−4.2%
2015	−1.1%	−1.3%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+3.9%	+3.3%
2018	+7.1%	+6.8%
2019	+8.7%	+10.5%
2020	+12.2%	+19.4%
2021	+22.0%	+26.1%
2022	+29.5%	+30.6%
2023	+30.4%	+35.0%
2024	+37.1%	+41.0%
2025	+47.1%	+46.8%

Calendar years	Porter County, Indiana	United States
2014	−5.1%	−5.5%
2015	−2.6%	−1.9%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+4.8%	+4.1%
2018	+9.7%	+8.9%
2019	+13.0%	+13.5%
2020	+18.2%	+20.8%
2021	+28.6%	+32.1%
2022	+32.5%	+35.4%
2023	+39.6%	+42.9%
2024	+45.0%	+49.5%

Calendar years	Porter County, Indiana	United States
2014	2.7/1k	3.3/1k
2015	3.6/1k	3.7/1k
2016	3.7/1k	3.7/1k
2017	4.2/1k	3.9/1k
2018	3.4/1k	4.1/1k
2019	3.2/1k	4.2/1k
2020	3.3/1k	4.4/1k
2021	3.7/1k	5.2/1k
2022	2.6/1k	5.0/1k
2023	3.6/1k	4.5/1k
2024	3.2/1k	4.3/1k
2025	3.2/1k	4.2/1k

Calendar years	Porter County, Indiana	United States
2014	−6.3%	−6.9%
2015	−1.8%	−3.2%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+0.3%	+4.7%
2018	+3.0%	+7.5%
2019	+10.0%	+14.0%
2020	+17.0%	+16.9%
2021	+20.2%	+21.0%
2022	+25.3%	+29.7%
2023	+18.0%	+34.9%
2024	+31.9%	+41.6%

Calendar years	Porter County, Indiana	United States
2014	10.0%	15.5%
2015	11.6%	14.7%
2016	7.8%	14.0%
2017	10.4%	13.4%
2018	8.9%	13.1%
2019	8.1%	12.3%
2020	8.6%	11.9%
2021	9.7%	12.8%
2022	8.9%	12.6%
2023	9.3%	12.5%
2024	8.5%	12.1%

Calendar years	Porter County, Indiana	United States
2014	6.2%	6.2%
2015	5.4%	5.3%
2016	5.2%	4.9%
2017	4.1%	4.4%
2018	3.9%	3.9%
2019	3.8%	3.7%
2020	8.3%	8.1%
2021	4.2%	5.4%
2022	3.4%	3.7%
2023	3.8%	3.6%
2024	4.3%	4.0%
2025	4.0%	4.3%

Calendar years	Porter County, Indiana	United States
2014	−5.8% (Dec 2014)	−10.8% (Dec 2014)
2015	−2.8% (Dec 2015)	−5.2% (Dec 2015)
2016	0.0% (Dec 2016)	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	+3.6% (Dec 2017)	+6.4% (Dec 2017)
2018	+9.4% (Dec 2018)	+12.6% (Dec 2018)
2019	+16.6% (Dec 2019)	+18.1% (Dec 2019)
2020	+27.0% (Dec 2020)	+29.3% (Dec 2020)
2021	+43.7% (Dec 2021)	+49.8% (Dec 2021)
2022	+54.6% (Dec 2022)	+64.7% (Dec 2022)
2023	+62.0% (Dec 2023)	+69.0% (Dec 2023)
2024	+67.8% (Dec 2024)	+73.4% (Dec 2024)
2025	+69.9% (Dec 2025)	+73.7% (Dec 2025)

Calendar years	Porter County, Indiana	United States
2015	—	−3.3% (Dec 2015)
2016	—	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	—	+4.4% (Dec 2017)
2018	— (Dec 2018)	+8.8% (Dec 2018)
2019	— (Dec 2019)	+13.1% (Dec 2019)
2020	— (Dec 2020)	+15.2% (Dec 2020)
2021	— (Dec 2021)	+32.8% (Dec 2021)
2022	— (Dec 2022)	+42.1% (Dec 2022)
2023	— (Dec 2023)	+46.3% (Dec 2023)
2024	— (Dec 2024)	+50.4% (Dec 2024)
2025	— (Dec 2025)	+53.5% (Dec 2025)

Calendar years	Porter County, Indiana	United States
2014	10.9%	13.5%
2015	8.7%	10.9%
2016	7.3%	10.0%
2017	7.5%	10.2%
2018	7.9%	10.4%
2019	7.4%	10.8%
2020	6.3%	10.4%
2021	6.3%	10.2%
2022	6.9%	9.5%
2023	6.1%	9.5%
2024	7.2%	9.8%

Calendar years	Porter County, Indiana	United States
2014	6.1/1k	8.5/1k
2015	5.9/1k	8.7/1k
2016	7.3/1k	9.1/1k
2017	9.7/1k	9.8/1k
2018	11.6/1k	10.7/1k
2019	7.9/1k	10.6/1k
2020	8.8/1k	13.1/1k
2021	10.3/1k	16.2/1k
2022	9.9/1k	15.1/1k
2023	10.3/1k	16.2/1k
2024	10.0/1k	15.4/1k
2025	10.0/1k	16.6/1k

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