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Chesterton town, Indiana: commercial real estate data.
Chesterton town is a Census town of 14,446 people across 9.41 square miles of land, in Porter County. Median household income is $91,060, 75.1 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 39 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $14.6 m.
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Chesterton
What Chesterton is
- Census place typetown
- Land area9.41 sq mi
- Water area0.11 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,536
- County holding the largest share of its areaPorter County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Chesterton
How many people live in Chesterton
- Population14,446
- Median age38.4
- Population under 183,535
- Share under 1824.5 percent
- Population 65 and over2,544
- Share 65 and over17.6 percent
- Households6,004
- Family households3,392
- Share of households that are families56.5 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Chesterton
Income and work in Chesterton
- Median household income$91,060
- Per capita income$50,086
- Civilian labor force7,807
- Employed7,283
- Unemployed524 plus or minus 235
- Unemployment rate6.7 percent plus or minus 3.0
- Adults 25 and over10,157
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher97.0 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher42.5 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree13.1 percent plus or minus 3.0
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Chesterton
Housing in Chesterton
- Housing units6,317
- Occupied units6,004
- Vacant units313 plus or minus 198
- Vacancy rate5.0 percent plus or minus 3.1
- Owner occupied4,512
- Renter occupied1,492
- Ownership rate75.1 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$300,900
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,274
- Annual rent as a share of median income16.8 percent
- Single family units4,864
- Share single family77.0 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more1,380 plus or minus 335
- Share in buildings of two or more21.8 percent plus or minus 5.2
- Mobile homes73 plus or minus 83
- Median year structure built1982
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Chesterton
How Chesterton gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute5,747
- Commuting under 15 minutes1,660
- Share commuting under 15 minutes28.9 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more1,901
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more33.1 percent
- Drove alone71.4 percent
- Carpooled4.5 percent plus or minus 2.4
- Public transport1.9 percent plus or minus 1.1
- Walked0.7 percent plus or minus 0.7
- Worked from home20.3 percent plus or minus 7.9
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Chesterton
SBA 7(a) lending to Chesterton borrowers
- Approvals39
- Gross approval$14,630,000
- Average approval$375,128
- Median approval$150,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$615,000
- Largest approval$4,500,000
- Jobs supported434
- Jobs per approval11.1
- Loans with a final outcome10
- Paid in full9
- Charged off1
- Charge-off rate over resolved loans10.0 percent
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more12.8 percent
- Share to franchises7.7 percent
- Distinct lenders10
- Distinct industries by NAICS26
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Chesterton
SBA 504 lending to Chesterton borrowers
- Approvals26
- Gross approval$8,824,000
- Average approval$339,385
- Median approval$262,000
- Largest approval$1,136,000
- Jobs supported201
- Loans with a final outcome8
- Charged off0
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs3
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Porter County, not Chesterton
Porter County context, not Chesterton figures
These are Porter County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Chesterton measurements.
- Establishments in Porter County3,734
- Employment at those establishments, Porter County55,789
- Covered employment, Porter County63,768
- Average annual pay, Porter County$58,217
- Average weekly wage, Porter County$1,120
- Housing units permitted, Porter County556
- Of those, single family, Porter County556
- County product, 2024, Porter County$9,875,314,000
- County product change over the prior year, Porter County2.0 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Porter County$68,353
Every figure in this section is published for Porter County as a whole and is not a measurement of Chesterton. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Chesterton questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Chesterton, Indiana?
14,446, in 6,004 households. Chesterton town covers 9.41 square miles of land, which is 1,536 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Chesterton in?
Porter County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Chesterton?
$91,060. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $300,900. Median gross rent is $1,274 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Chesterton businesses?
39 7(a) approvals totalling $14.6 m, across 10 lenders, median approval $150,000, plus 26 504 approvals worth $8.8 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Chesterton, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Chesterton borrowers get paid back?
Of the 10 loans that have reached a final outcome, 9 were paid in full and 1 charged off, a charge off rate of 10.0 percent. Loans still running are excluded because they have not yet succeeded or failed.
Are the county figures on this page Chesterton figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Porter County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Chesterton.
Is zoning published for Chesterton?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.