Lake County, Indiana Basics:
Lake County Indiana - Government Site
Population: 493,118
Area: 499 square miles
County seat: Crown Point
Area code(s) in use: 219
Time zone: CST
High school graduate or higher: 86.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher: 19.7%
Median household income: $49,315
Persons in poverty: 17.4%
Home ownership rate: 70.2%
Mean travel time to work: 27.9 minutes
Adjacent counties:
Cook (IL) Jasper Kankakee (IL) Newton Porter Will (IL)