In Whiting, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 31.79 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.
In Whiting, a lot of people use the train to get to work every day though Whiting is a relatively small city. Those that ride the train are primarily traveling out of town to good jobs in other cities.
In terms of college education, the citizens of Whiting rank slightly lower than the national average. 16.64% of adults 25 and older in Whiting have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, while 21.84% of adults have a 4-year degree or higher in the average American community.
The per capita income in Whiting in 2022 was $29,671, 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 $118,684 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 55.36% 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, Slovak, and English.
Foreign born people are also an important part of Whiting's cultural character, accounting for 15.04% of the city’s population.
The most common language spoken in Whiting is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.
