In Whiting, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 31.81 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average. One bright side is that local public transit is widely used, so it may be an option to avoid the headache of driving in the heavy traffic by leaving the car at home and taking transit.
Even though Whiting is a smaller city, it has many people who hop on public transportation – mostly the train for their daily commute to work. Typically, these people are commuting to good jobs in the surrounding cities.
The percentage of adults in Whiting who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 21.84%: 17.35% of the adults in Whiting have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Whiting in 2022 was $30,799, which is middle income relative to Indiana, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $123,196 for a family of four. However, Whiting contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Whiting is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Whiting home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. People of Hispanic or Latino origin are the most prevalent group in Whiting, accounting for 65.29% of the city’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of Whiting residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Whiting include Polish, German, Irish, English, and Slovak.
Whiting also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 18.29%.
The most common language spoken in Whiting is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.
