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Dune Acres
Indianatown
Dune Acres
Total population
293
Median home value
$809,200
Bachelor's+
Median income
$163,333
Demographic figures from US Census Bureau · ACS 5-year estimates. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.
City facts
Overview
Dune Acres is a town in Westchester Township, Porter County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. The population was 234 as of the 2020 census. Dune Acres is located in the duneland of the south shore of Lake Michigan. Many residents of Dune Acres and surrounding communities helped preserve parts of the Indiana Dunes.
Read more on WikipediaHistory & geography
History
Dune Acres was platted in 1923 as a lakeside resort village. The Dune Acres Clubhouse was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007.
Geography
According to the 2010 census, Dune Acres has a total area of , of which (or 63.08%) is land and (or 36.92%) is water.
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Source: US Census Bureau — American Community Survey, 5-year estimates.
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Health (adults)
Age-adjusted prevalence estimates from CDC PLACES (latest release).
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Schools
Largest nearby schools
- Portage High SchoolHigh · Portage · 2,243 students · 19:1 ratio
- Chesterton Senior High SchoolHigh · Chesterton · 1,981 students · 20.2:1 ratio
- Willowcreek Middle SchoolMiddle · Portage · 949 students · 15.6:1 ratio
- Chesterton Middle SchoolMiddle · Chesterton · 884 students · 17.7:1 ratio
- William Fegely Middle SchoolMiddle · Portage · 633 students · 15.8:1 ratio
- Discovery Charter SchoolElementary · Porter · 569 students · 16.7:1 ratio
- Liberty Elementary SchoolElementary · Chesterton · 496 students · 16.5:1 ratio
- Westchester Intermediate SchoolMiddle · Chesterton · 478 students · 17.1:1 ratio
Public K–12 schools within ~10 mi from Urban Institute Education Data Portal (NCES Common Core of Data, 2022).
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Nearby places in Indiana
- Burns Harbor3 mi away · pop. 2,155
- Ogden Dunes5.6 mi away · pop. 1,140
- Beverly Shores6.3 mi away
- Michigan City12.1 mi away · pop. 31,814
- Pottawattamie Park12.5 mi away · pop. 247
- Shorewood Forest13.6 mi away
- Gary14 mi away · pop. 64,975
- Aberdeen14.6 mi away
- Lake Eliza16.1 mi away · pop. 545
- Winfield18.8 mi away · pop. 7,816
- Union Mills19.1 mi away · pop. 233
- Malden19.3 mi away
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Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.
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Books about Dune Acres
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Sources
- • Wikipedia
- • US Census Bureau (ACS 5-year estimates)
- • Wikidata
- • NCES via Urban Institute Education Data Portal
- • CDC PLACES
- • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org
- • Wikipedia Pageviews API
- • Open Library
