Código postal 46402 — Gary, IN

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El código postal 46402 cubre Gary, Indiana, con una población de unos 5,636 y un ingreso medio del hogar de $29,125.

Población: 5,636668 per square mile
Edad media: 34.64.1 points below the US average
Ingreso medio del hogar: $29,12558% below the Indiana median
Tasa de pobreza: 44.4%32 points above the US average
Valor típico de la vivienda: $61,729up 22.4% in five years
Alquiler medio: $90411% below the Indiana median
Título universitario o superior: 9.8%25.2 points below the US average
Vivienda en propiedad: 37.8%27.2 points below the US average
Zona horaria: Central UTC-06:00observes daylight saving time
Empresas: 143

Dónde está 46402

Gary, Indiana — el área que la Oficina del Censo delimita para este código postal. Los códigos postales son conjuntos de rutas de reparto y no áreas, así que esto es la aproximación del Censo, no un límite del Servicio Postal.

Población y hogares

American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

Población	5,636
Edad media	34.6
Hogares familiares	51.1%
Nacidos fuera de EE. UU.	1.2%
Habla un idioma distinto del inglés en casa	2.5%
Blanca (no hispana)	4.7%
Negra (no hispana)	87%
Asiática (no hispana)	0%
Hispana o latina	3.8%
Veteranos	8.5%

Población por edad

Ingresos y pobreza

American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

Ingreso medio del hogar	$29,125
Ingreso por persona	$16,812
Tasa de pobreza	44.4%
Hogares con SNAP o ayudas en efectivo	40.4%

Household income distribution

Under $10k	13.0%
$10–15k	11.4%
$15–20k	9.1%
$20–25k	8.9%
$25–30k	10.4%
$30–35k	9.0%
$35–40k	4.5%
$40–45k	1.8%
$45–50k	4.4%
$50–60k	4.3%
$60–75k	4.0%
$75–100k	12.6%
$100–125k	2.6%
$125–150k	1.7%
$150–200k	1.6%
$200k or more	0.8%

Income as declared to the IRS

Filed returns rather than survey responses, so this counts tax units and not households.

Declaraciones presentadas	1,820
Ingreso bruto ajustado medio	$29,337
Declaraciones de $200,000 o más	0%
Returns, under $25k	58.2%
Returns, $25k–$50k	26.4%
Returns, $50k–$75k	8.2%
Returns, $75k–$100k	3.8%
Returns, $100k–$200k	3.3%
Returns, $200k or more	0.0%

Vivienda

American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

Valor medio de la vivienda	$61,200
Alquiler bruto medio	$904
Alquiler como porcentaje del ingreso del hogar	35.6%
Ocupada por su propietario	37.8%
Viviendas vacías	34.3%
Año medio de construcción	1942

What the homes are

Casa unifamiliar aislada	56.1%
Casa adosada	7.8%
De 2 a 4 viviendas	12.2%
De 5 a 19 viviendas	5.6%
20 o más viviendas	17.4%
Casa móvil	1%

Precios y alquileres actuales

Zillow Home Value Index and Zillow Observed Rent Index, courtesy of Zillow. Monthly and current, where the Census figures above are a five-year average and are capped at $2,000,000.

Valor típico de la vivienda	$61,729as of 2026-07
Typical home value, 1 year	down 3.9%
Typical home value, 5 years	up 22.4%
Typical home value, 10 years	up 144.3%

Valor típico de la vivienda desde 2000

$25,272 in 2016 to $61,729 in 2026.

Trabajo, desplazamientos y educación

American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

Tasa de desempleo	17.6%
Licenciatura o superior	9.8%
Bachillerato o superior	85.7%
Trabaja desde casa	6.6%
Conduce solo al trabajo	69.2%
Usa el transporte público	2.7%
Se desplaza 45 minutos o más	13%

Salud

CDC PLACES 2025 release, model-based estimates. These are modelled small-area estimates for adults, not counts of diagnosed cases.

Obesidad	54.4% 21 pts above the national average of 33.4%
Diabetes diagnosticada	27.8% 15.8 pts above the national average of 12%
Fuma actualmente	27.6% 14.4 pts above the national average of 13.2%
Hipertensión arterial	55.6% 21.5 pts above the national average of 34.1%
Salud general regular o mala	41% 20.7 pts above the national average of 20.3%
Sin seguro médico (18 a 64 años)	13.8% 2.5 pts above the national average of 11.3%
Depresión	19.1% 2.8 pts below the national average of 21.9%
Sin actividad física en el tiempo libre	44.4% 19 pts above the national average of 25.4%
Artritis	35.3% 10.2 pts above the national average of 25.1%
Consumo excesivo de alcohol	10.8% 5.2 pts below the national average of 16%
Toma medicación para la tensión	82.8% 8.1 pts above the national average of 74.7%
Cáncer (excepto de piel)	5.6% 2.1 pts below the national average of 7.7%
Asma actual	14.7% 4.3 pts above the national average of 10.4%
Cardiopatía coronaria	10.9% 4.7 pts above the national average of 6.2%
Revisión médica en el último año	83.9% 7.2 pts above the national average of 76.7%
Prueba de colesterol	84.9% 1 pts below the national average of 85.9%
Discapacidad cognitiva	21.4% 6.6 pts above the national average of 14.8%
Cribado colorrectal	63.6% 0.7 pts below the national average of 64.3%
EPOC	14.6% 8 pts above the national average of 6.6%
Visitó al dentista	36.4% 24.9 pts below the national average of 61.3%
Alguna discapacidad	45.3% 14.6 pts above the national average of 30.7%
Falta de apoyo emocional	34.9% 10.1 pts above the national average of 24.8%
Inseguridad alimentaria	47.7% 30.6 pts above the national average of 17.1%
Recibió cupones de alimentos	42.3% 28 pts above the national average of 14.3%
Discapacidad auditiva	7.8% 1.1 pts above the national average of 6.7%
Colesterol alto	37% 0.8 pts above the national average of 36.2%
Inseguridad habitacional	31.6% 17.8 pts above the national average of 13.8%
Discapacidad para la vida independiente	16.8% 8.4 pts above the national average of 8.4%
Falta de transporte	22.4% 13.2 pts above the national average of 9.2%
Soledad	36.9% 2.5 pts above the national average of 34.4%
Mamografía	77.5% 1.6 pts above the national average of 75.9%
Mala salud mental (14 días o más)	21.3% 4.5 pts above the national average of 16.8%
Discapacidad de movilidad	29.8% 15.8 pts above the national average of 14%
Mala salud física (14 días o más)	21% 7.5 pts above the national average of 13.5%
Discapacidad para el autocuidado	11.1% 7.1 pts above the national average of 4%
Riesgo de corte de suministros	29.5% 20.7 pts above the national average of 8.8%
Duerme menos de 7 horas	55% 18.6 pts above the national average of 36.4%
Ictus	8.2% 4.8 pts above the national average of 3.4%
Pérdida de todos los dientes naturales	42.7% 29.7 pts above the national average of 13%
Discapacidad visual	14.1% 8.5 pts above the national average of 5.6%

Empresas y empleo

Census ZIP Code Business Patterns 2022

Establecimientos comerciales	143
Personas empleadas	8,278
Nómina anual	$798,216,000

Riesgo de desastres naturales

FEMA National Risk Index, estimated for this ZIP code from census tract data — the NRI is not published per ZIP.

Riesgo general	Mayor que el 59% de los sectores censales de EE. UU.
Calificación de FEMA	Very Low to Relatively Moderate en los 8 sectores censales que cubre este código postal
Pérdida anual esperada	45.4 sobre 100
Resiliencia comunitaria	64.3 sobre 100

By hazard

Score is out of 100 and is the area-weighted average across the census tracts this ZIP code covers. The rating beside it is the highest any one of those tracts carries.

Tornado	88.2Very High at its worst in this ZIP code
Ola de frío	81Relatively High at its worst in this ZIP code
Inundación costera	75.8Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Terremoto	70.5Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Deslizamiento de tierra	65.8Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Viento fuerte	64.3Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Inundación fluvial	64.1Relatively High at its worst in this ZIP code
Granizo	56.5Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Temporal invernal	52.6Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Incendio forestal	45.1Very Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Rayos	36.4Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Tormenta de hielo	32.6Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Ola de calor	22.5Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Huracán	19.2Very Low at its worst in this ZIP code

Comparado con Indiana y Estados Unidos

State and national columns are figures for those areas, not for this ZIP code. American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

	This ZIP	Indiana	United States
Ingreso medio del hogar	$29,125	$70,051	$78,538
Ingreso por persona	$16,812	$37,178	$43,289
Tasa de pobreza	44.4%	12.2%	12.4%
Valor medio de la vivienda	$61,200	$201,600	$303,400
Alquiler bruto medio	$904	$1,020	$1,348
Vivienda en propiedad	37.8%	70.4%	65%
Licenciatura o superior	9.8%	28.8%	35%
Tasa de desempleo	17.6%	4.3%	5.2%
Trabaja desde casa	6.6%	9.6%	13.5%
Nacidos fuera de EE. UU.	1.2%	5.9%	13.9%
Edad media	34.6	38	38.7

Clima

NOAA US Climate Normals 1991-2020, from the nearest weather station with a full year of records. The station and its distance are named above, because a station forty kilometres away describes somewhere else.

Estación meteorológica	INDIANA DUNES NL, IN US21.1 km away
Lluvia al año	39 in
Nieve al año	40 in

Average high and low by month

enero	32.1°F / 17.8°F2.21 in rain, 16 in snow
febrero	35.5°F / 21.1°F1.97 in rain, 9.7 in snow
marzo	45.6°F / 29.8°F2.34 in rain, 6 in snow
abril	57.2°F / 39.5°F3.55 in rain, 0.6 in snow
mayo	68.4°F / 49.6°F4.27 in rain
junio	77.5°F / 59.5°F4.31 in rain
julio	81.6°F / 64.3°F3.98 in rain
agosto	80°F / 63.1°F4.08 in rain
septiembre	74.3°F / 56.3°F3.65 in rain
octubre	62.3°F / 44.7°F3.75 in rain
noviembre	48.7°F / 34.2°F2.76 in rain, 0.7 in snow
diciembre	37.4°F / 24.1°F2.29 in rain, 7.3 in snow

Acceso a alimentos

USDA Food Access Research Atlas, estimated for this ZIP code from census tract data. Each figure is the share of the ZIP code's land area that falls in a tract carrying that flag.

Bajos ingresos y lejos de un supermercado	26% of this ZIP code's area
Lejos de un supermercado	26% of this ZIP code's area
Sin vehículo y lejos de un supermercado	34% of this ZIP code's area

Distritos escolares

NCES Geographic Relationship File 2025, which states the association between each district and each ZIP code tabulation area directly. Elementary and secondary districts can cover the same ground, so shares need not total 100%.

Gary Community School Corporation	99.9% de la superficie de este código postal

Comunidad y caminabilidad

CDC/ATSDR Social Vulnerability Index 2022 and the EPA National Walkability Index, both estimated for this ZIP code from census tract data. Vulnerability figures are national percentile ranks, not measurements.

Vulnerabilidad social general	95más vulnerable que el 95% de los sectores censales de EE. UU.
Nivel socioeconómico	90más vulnerable que el 90% de los sectores censales de EE. UU.
Características del hogar	94más vulnerable que el 94% de los sectores censales de EE. UU.
Minorías raciales y étnicas	94más vulnerable que el 94% de los sectores censales de EE. UU.
Tipo de vivienda y transporte	75más vulnerable que el 75% de los sectores censales de EE. UU.
Caminabilidad	8.4 out of 20Below average

Códigos postales cercanos

The closest ZIP codes by centre point, which is not the same as sharing a border.

46401 Gary, IN	a 1.8 km
46407 Gary, IN	a 2.2 km
46404 Gary, IN	a 3.1 km
46406 Gary, IN	a 5.8 km
46409 Gary, IN	a 6.6 km
46408 Gary, IN	a 6.6 km
46403 Gary, IN	a 6.6 km
46405 Lake Station, IN	a 7.2 km

Ubicación, condados y zona horaria

County shares from Census 2020 ZCTA relationship files. Time zone from the USDOT National Transportation Atlas, which renders the boundaries written into 49 CFR Part 71.

Lake County	100% of this ZIP code's land area
Zona horaria	Central (UTC-06:00 standard)
Horario de verano	Observed
Superficie terrestre	8.44 sq mi
Superficie de agua	4 sq mi
Densidad de población	668 people per sq mi
Latitud, longitud	41.5997, -87.3385

Las cifras corresponden a este código postal o a su área de tabulación censal salvo que la sección indique otra cosa. Las estimaciones cuyo margen de error las hacía poco fiables se omiten en lugar de mostrarse. Fuentes: Oficina del Censo de EE. UU., CDC, IRS.