With 76,768 people, Hammond is a city in Indiana. 17% of adults hold a bachelor's degree, below the 36% national rate. Home values have more than doubled since 2000, reaching $159,900. There are 3,376 people per square mile. Households here earn about 23% less than in Indiana as a whole. The poverty rate is 19.1%, above the 12.5% national rate.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $55,504, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Younger
median age 36.0
US median: 38.9
Less educated
17% 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 Hammond
What changed most since 1990
White share78.7% → 32.5%(−46.1 pts)US over the same years: −17.8 pts
Hispanic share11.7% → 40.2%(+28.5 pts)US over the same years: +9.9 pts
Adults with a bachelor's degree9.2% → 17.4%(+8.2 pts)US over the same years: +15.3 pts
Hammond's population equals 15% of Lake County's. Its number of foreign-born residents equals 24% of the county's. Its number of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher equals 10.0% 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)15.7%(437)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)17.6%(489)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era37.7%(1,046)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War6.3%(175)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II0.1%(3)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 2,775 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
Hammond, decade by decade
Hammond 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
84,236
$64,521
$107,043
9.2%
45.0
2000
83,048
$64,720
$143,000
11.3%
68.2
2010
80,830
$55,441
$140,692
12.1%
83.0
2020
77,879
$56,934
$119,628
14.7%
85.3
2024
76,768
$55,504
$159,900
17.4%
85.0
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.
