The median owner-occupied home in Porter County had a real-estate tax bill of $2,172 (± $56) a year, compared with $1,496 in Indiana and $2,969 nationwide. The median home value was $261,900 (± $5,523), compared with $201,600 in Indiana and $303,400 nationwide.
| Measure | Porter County | Indiana | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
| Population | 174,150 | 6,811,752 | 332,387,540 |
| Median annual property tax bill (homeowners) | $2,172 ± $56 | $1,496 ± $7 | $2,969 ± $3 |
| Median home value | $261,900 ± $5,523 | $201,600 ± $922 | $303,400 ± $362 |
| Median household income | $85,828 ± $3,114 | $70,051 ± $293 | $78,538 ± $176 |
| Property tax as a share of home value (calculated) | 0.83% ± 0.03 points | 0.74% ± under 0.01 points | 0.98% ± under 0.01 points |
| Homes lived in by their owners | 77.2% ± 1.3 points | 70.4% ± 0.4 points | 65.0% ± 0.3 points |
| Owner households headed by someone 65 or older | 30.7% ± 1.0 points | 30.5% ± 0.1 points | 32.6% ± 0.2 points |
| Owners spending 30% or more of income on housing costs | 18.3% ± 1.5 points | 16.2% ± 0.2 points | 22.2% ± 0.1 points |
How to read these numbers
- These are estimates from a survey, not a count. The American Community Survey asks a sample of households. The ± figure is the Census Bureau’s margin of error: the true value is very likely within that range of the estimate. Small places have large margins.
- “Too imprecise to report” means the margin of error is at least half of the estimate, so printing the number would suggest accuracy that does not exist. A “rough guide only” note means the margin is a quarter to a half of the estimate.
- Property tax bill and home value are medians for owner-occupied homes. Half of the homes are above the figure and half below. A median bill is not the rate set by a city or town; the bill combines taxes levied by every local government that serves the home, such as the school district and county.
- “Calculated” rows are worked out by Untax the Roof from the Census figures above them. They compare two medians, so they describe the place, not a particular household.
- Missing is not zero. Where the Census Bureau publishes no figure, this page says so.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2019–2023: tables B25103 (real estate taxes), B25077 (home value), B19013 (household income), B01003 (population), B25003 (owners and renters), B25007 (age of householder), B25091 (housing costs as a share of income); see the Census ACS data page.
Cities, towns and villages in Porter County (11)
Incorporated places with their own local government. A place that crosses a county line is listed in each county it touches and marked “partly”; its page shows figures for the whole place.
- Beverly Shores
- Burns Harbor
- Chesterton
- Dune Acres
- Hebron
- Kouts
- Ogden Dunes
- Portage
- Porter
- Town of Pines
- Valparaiso
Census-designated places in Porter County (8)
Unincorporated communities that the Census Bureau defines for statistics. They have no city government of their own.
- Aberdeen
- Lake Eliza
- Lakes of the Four Seasons (partly in this county)
- Malden
- Salt Creek Commons
- Shorewood Forest
- South Haven
- Wheeler
Other named communities in Porter County (56)
These names come from the U.S. Geological Survey’s Geographic Names Information System (GNIS), which records historical and local names of populated places: small settlements, neighborhoods, rural localities and former towns. The Census Bureau does not report them as cities, towns or census-designated places, so no figures exist for them at this level. The county figures above are the closest available estimate. A name can appear for a place that no longer exists or that lies inside a larger place.
- Apple Valley Estates
- Aylesworth
- Babcock
- Beatrice
- Beverly Hill
- Blackhawk Beach
- Boone Grove
- Brummitt Acres
- Burdick
- Burlington Beach
- Camelot Manor Estates
- Clanricarde
- Cobbs Corner
- Coburg
- Coolwood Acres
- Crestview
- Crisman
- Crocker
- Dune Acres Station
- Edgewater
- Five Points Corner
- Forest Oaks
- Furnessville
- Garyton
- Gates Corner
- Graham Woods
- Haglund
- Hillcrest
- Hurlburt
- Lake View
- Lincoln Hills
- Long Lake Island
- Marian Manor
- McCool
- Meadowbrook
- Morgan Park
- Northwood Park
- Pleasant Valley
- Porter Crossroads
- Roble Woods
- Salt Creek Estates
- Sedley
- Shady Side
- Smoke Corner
- Suman
- Sylvan Manor
- Tratebas Mill
- Tremont
- Wake Robin Fields
- Western Acres
- Westhill
- Williamsburg Manor
- Willow Creek
- Wilson
- Woodland Village
- Woodville