Gary vs Hammond

A side-by-side comparison of Gary and Hammond: population, income, housing, and more.

Gary and Hammond are places in Indiana. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Hammond has the higher population (77,098 vs 68,604 in Gary). Hammond has the higher median household income ($53,950 vs $37,380 in Gary). Hammond has the higher median home value ($141,700 vs $85,300 in Gary).

Population, income & housing

	Gary	Hammond
Population	68,604	77,098
Median age	36.4 yrs	37.1 yrs
Median household income	$37,380	$53,950
Median home value	$85,300	$141,700
Median gross rent	$975	$1,089
Housing units	37,963	32,548
Homeownership rate	47.4%	62.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.3%	15.4%
Unemployment rate	13.0%	6.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gary	Hammond
Population	76,010 → 68,604 (-9.7%)	76,547 → 77,098 (+0.7%)
Median household income	$31,936 → $37,380 (+17.0%)	$46,406 → $53,950 (+16.3%)
Median home value	$66,100 → $85,300 (+29.0%)	$91,700 → $141,700 (+54.5%)
Median gross rent	$785 → $975 (+24.2%)	$879 → $1,089 (+23.9%)

Gary

Population

76,01068,604

Median household income

$31,936$37,380

Median home value

$66,100$85,300

Median gross rent

$785$975

Hammond

Population

76,54777,098

Median household income

$46,406$53,950

Median home value

$91,700$141,700

Median gross rent

$879$1,089

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gary	Hammond
Under 5	7.0%	5.6%
5 to 17	21.3%	17.6%
18 to 24	7.8%	10.3%
25 to 34	12.0%	13.4%
35 to 44	11.7%	14.1%
45 to 54	10.1%	11.6%
55 to 64	11.4%	13.9%
65 to 74	11.5%	8.0%
75 and over	7.1%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gary	Hammond
White (non-Hispanic)	10.3%	32.3%
Black or African American	76.0%	22.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	0.3%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.4%
Two or more races	2.9%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	9.8%	40.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gary	Hammond
No high school diploma	14.0%	16.3%
High school graduate	37.3%	39.7%
Some college or associate's	34.4%	28.6%
Bachelor's degree	9.4%	11.9%
Graduate or professional degree	4.8%	3.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gary	Hammond
Drove alone	76.2%	75.2%
Carpooled	12.2%	13.0%
Public transit	2.6%	2.0%
Walked	0.5%	2.5%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.3%
Worked from home	5.4%	6.0%
Other means	2.9%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gary	Hammond
1-unit, detached	71.8%	73.2%
1-unit, attached	5.9%	4.0%
2 to 4 units	6.1%	8.0%
5 to 19 units	8.2%	8.3%
20 or more units	5.7%	5.6%
Mobile home & other	2.2%	0.9%

Poverty & households

	Gary	Hammond
Poverty rate	32.9%	19.2%
Average household size	2.48	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	26	25
Median year structure built	1957	1952