With 16,273 people, Griffith is a city in Indiana. The typical home is worth $210,100, having more than doubled since 2000. Density works out to 2,095 people per square mile. About 28% of adults have finished a four-year degree. The foreign-born share is 6%. 72% of homes are owner-occupied.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $76,636, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Mid-age
median age 37.5
US median: 38.9
Less educated
28% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Stable housing
home values roughly flat, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Griffith
What changed most since 1990
White share91.4% → 58.7%(−32.6 pts)US over the same years: −17.8 pts
Black share2.5% → 14.5%(+12.1 pts)US over the same years: +0.2 pts
Homes owned by their occupants64.5% → 71.7%(+7.2 pts)US over the same years: +0.9 pts
Griffith's population equals 3.3% of Lake County's. Its number of residents living in poverty equals 1.6% of the county's. Its number of veterans equals 4.7% of the county's.
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)46.6%(487)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)9.1%(95)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era30.9%(323)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War2.2%(23)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II1.4%(15)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 1,044 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
Griffith, decade by decade
Griffith population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
1990
17,916
$87,751
$154,324
13.2%
20.2
2000
17,334
$91,137
$197,650
15.1%
44.3
2010
16,893
$76,515
$200,249
18.8%
61.9
2020
16,528
$81,754
$180,715
20.2%
73.0
2024
16,273
$76,636
$210,100
27.9%
74.3
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
