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  The population of Porter county is estimated at 167,438. In 2017 there were 1,667 births and 1,579 deaths in Porter county. Porter county has 35,194 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 12,083 that are owned free and clear and 14,721 that are renter occupied.


  The upstanding residents of Porter County filed 81,640 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 2.6% of all Indiana filings and 0.055% of the entire nation. Porter had a combined total federal tax liability of $901,803,000 on earned income of $5,626,066,000. Other notable statistics from Porter County were 2,350 unemployment claims which collected a total of $11,433,000 and 19,380 charitable contributions valued at $86,519,000. 22,960 filings from Porter County paid a combined total of $69,187,000 in property taxes and 20,620 filings paid $146,982,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 Porter county had 134 religious congregations with an estimated 66,076 members.

27.5% of the Porter population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 7.7% have less than a highschool diploma level education.


Approximately 46% of Porter County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This represents an increase from the 2012 election by 4,005 votes.

At $67,525 the median income is 124.7% of the Indiana average. An estimated 3,470 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Porter, the equivalant of around 4.1% of the county population. This represents a decrease in the level of unemployment from the previous year's value of 5.1%.


Top 15 Industries in Porter County.
Total # EmployedIndustry Job Type
11,313Administrative and support services
9,239Manufacturing
7,837Health care and social assistance
6,931Retail trade
5,925Accommodation and food services
5,533Food services and drinking places
5,355Restaurants and other eating places
2,964Ambulatory health care services
2,587Full-service restaurants
2,437Limited-service restaurants
2,039Transportation and warehousing
2,035Professional, scientific, and technical services
2,002Other services (except public administration)
1,860Wholesale trade
1,713General merchandise stores


In 2018 the average price reduction was 2.13% in Porter County (averaging across 4 zip codes; 46368, 46385, 46383 and 46304).

In 2018 21.07% of listings in Porter County (averaging across 4 zip codes; 46385, 46383, 46304 and 46368) dropped their price.


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