Granger is a medium-sized town located in the state of Indiana. With a population of 28,225 people and two constituent neighborhoods, Granger is the 30th largest community in Indiana.

Granger is a decidedly white-collar town, with fully 87.36% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Granger is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Granger who work in management occupations (15.88%), sales jobs (15.02%), and office and administrative support jobs (13.22%).

In addition, Granger is home to many people who could be described as "urban sophisticates." Urban sophisticates are people who are both educated and wealthy, and thus tend to be older, richer, and more established than young professionals. "Urban sophisticates" is not just about being educated and well-off financially: it is a point of view and state of mind, one that you might call 'urbaneness.' But such people can and do regularly live in small towns, suburbs and rural areas, as well as in big cities. They read, support the arts and high-end shops, and love travel.

Because of many things, Granger is a very good place for families to consider. With an enviable combination of good schools, low crime, college-educated neighbors who tend to support education because of their own experiences, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family properties, Granger really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Granger perfect? Of course not, and if you like frenetic night life, it will be far from your cup of tea. But overall this is a solid community, with many things to recommend it as a family-friendly place to live.

For most residents of Granger, getting to work requires a car. In fact, 98.8% of people in Granger drive alone to work on most days, making Granger a very car-oriented town. In general, car-oriented communities tend to emphasize streets, highways, and ease of parking, often to the detriment of walkability. Strip centers are a feature of Granger's landscape.

Granger is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.

Granger Information and Demographics

Do you like to read, write and learn? If you move to Granger, you'll likely find that many of your neighbors like to as well. Granger is one of the more educated communities in America, with a full 49.46% of its adults having a college degree or even advanced degree, compared to a national average across all communities of 14.96%.

The per capita income in Granger in 2000 was $31,367, which is wealthy relative to Indiana and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $125,468 for a family of four. However, Granger contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Granger home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Granger is White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Granger include German, Irish, Polish, English, Italian, Hungarian, and Scottish.

The most common language spoken in Granger is English.