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," which are people who are not only wealthy and employed in professional occupations, but highly educated to boot. Urban sophisticates have urbane tastes - whether they reside in a big or small city, a suburb, or a little town. Urban sophisticates support bookstores, quality clothing stores, enjoy luxury travel, and in big cities, they are truly the patrons of the arts, attending and supporting institutions such as opera, symphony, ballet, and theatre.

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.

Granger is a very car-oriented town. This is because most people - 98.8% - drive by car to work every day, and few people choose alternative modes of transportation, such as public transit, cycling, or walking. In general, car-oriented communities have a layout that emphasizes streets, highways, and ease of parking, and sometimes this can be to the detriment of human-scale priorities such as walkability alongside roads, and public spaces. For example, strip malls are something you will find in Granger.

As is often the case in a small town, Granger doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.

Granger Information and Demographics

If knowledge is power, Granger is a pretty powerful place. 49.46% of the adults in Granger have earned a 4-year college degree, masters degree, MD, law degree, or even PhD. Compare that to the national average of 14.96% for all cities and towns.

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.