What is the population of Whiting city?

Whiting city has 4,554 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #140 of 976 in Indiana.

What is the median household income in Whiting city?

Median household income in Whiting city is $65,433 a year, 16.7% below the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Whiting city?

Median gross rent is $1,033 a month and the median home value is $204,800, so rent absorbs about 18.9% of median household income.

Is Whiting city affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 3.1× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Whiting city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 18.9% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Whiting, IN population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Whiting, Indiana (Whiting, IN — Census place “Whiting city”) is 4,554 residents, ranking #140 of 976 places in Indiana. Median household income is $65,433, the median home is worth $204,800 and median gross rent runs $1,033 a month. Looking for the Whiting Indiana ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Whiting, IN: 46394.

Population: 4,554Whiting city residents
Median household income: $65,433Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $204,800Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $1,033Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 34.3 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 51.3%Owner-occupied households

Whiting ZIP codes (Indiana)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Whiting.

The Whiting IN ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

46394

What the numbers mean in Whiting city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Whiting city median would spend about 18.9% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 3.1× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 21% of residents and 51.3% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Whiting city, IN in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Whiting city is a small town in Indiana, with 4,554 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #140 of 976 ranked by population — larger than 85% of them. The median age here is 34.3 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly younger profile than the country as a whole. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.

Households in Whiting city earn a median of $65,433 a year, 16.7% below the national figure of $78,538 and 6% above the $61,527 median for the 355 Indiana cities we cover. Household income here is measured before tax and pooled across everyone at the address, which is why it reads higher than typical individual earnings in the same area. Poverty reaches 21% of residents here, well above the 12.4% national rate, which is the single clearest signal in this dataset that median income here is carried by a narrow band of households.

The typical owner-occupied home in Whiting city is valued at $204,800, 32.5% below the national figure and 41% above the $145,600 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,033 a month, 26.5% below the national figure, or roughly $12,396 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 18.9% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 3.1×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 51.3% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. Rent is reported gross — contract rent plus tenant-paid utilities — which is why it runs above the advertised price on a listing for the same unit.

All values below were released by the Census for this exact geography, with no gap-filling on our side. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about this area.

What is the population of Whiting city?: Whiting city has 4,554 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #140 of 976 in Indiana.
What is the median household income in Whiting city?: Median household income in Whiting city is $65,433 a year, 16.7% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Whiting city?: Median gross rent is $1,033 a month and the median home value is $204,800, so rent absorbs about 18.9% of median household income.
Is Whiting city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 3.1× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Whiting city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 18.9% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Whiting city data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.