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Wage Policies

Overall Wage Policy Score: 6.17
The average living wage for the state of Indiana is $30.14/hr, while the states minimum wage is $7.25/hr, which can not be set above the state standard, and is not extended to farm workers. This gives Indiana a minimum wage score of 11.45 compared to all other states.
The minimum wage for tipped employees is $2.13/hr, which gives Indiana a minimum wage for tipped employees score of 8.97 compared to all other states.
The weekly unemployment (UI) benefit for Indiana is $136.3, resulting in a UI benefit score of 3.01 compared to all other states.

Worker Protection Policies

Overall Worker Protection Score: 26.19

X Indiana does not provide accommodations for pregnant workers.
✓ Indiana does offer protections for workplace breastfeeding.
✓ Indiana does mandate equal pay across gender and race.
X Indiana does not prohibit pay secrecy practices in the workplace.
X Indiana does not restrict access to salary history to reduce gender and racial bias.
X Indiana does not provide some form of paid family leave.
X Indiana does not provide some form of paid sick leave.
X Indiana does not provide flexible scheduling of worker shifts.
X Indiana does not mandate pay reporting or "call-in" pay by employers.
X Indiana does not provide split shift pay regulation.
X Indiana does not provide workers advanced notice of shift scheduling.
✓ Indiana does provide some form of sexual harassment protection in state law.
X Indiana does not extend workers compensation mandates to farmworkers.
X Indiana does not extend worker protections to domestic workers.

Right To Organize Policies

Overall Right To Organize Score: 60

X Indiana does have a "right-to-work" law.
✓ Indiana does legalize project labor agreements to ensure a fair wage to workers on contract.
X Indiana does not protect workers against wage theft retaliation.
✓ Indiana does require collective bargaining for public workers.
✓ Indiana does provide collective bargaining for teachers.
✓ Indiana does provide wage negotiations for teachers.

Data from Oxfam America, Inc.
A global organization that fights inequality to end poverty and injustice.

Voting

Lake County voted Democratic in the 2020 Presidential Election with a very significant difference of 26.51% between the winner and runner up.

Voting Results by Party

Democratic: 56.77%
Republican: 41.72%
Libertarian: 1.46%
Green: 0.03%
Other: 0.02%

Nearby Locations

Additional Location Details

Zip Code(s) : 46319
Latitude : 41.521707
Longitude : -87.422792
TimeZone : Central (GMT -06:00)
Daylight Saving : Yes
Region : Midwest
Average Elevation : 635 ft.
Area Code(s) : 219

Demographic Details

Average # of People Per Household : 2.54
Male Population Estimate : 45.20%
Female Population Estimate : 48.78%
Median Age : 36.3
Male Median Age : 35.3
Female Median Age : 37.3

White Population Estimate : 74.35%
Black Population Estimate : 15.52%
Hispanic Population Estimate : 12.58%
Asian Population Estimate : 0.98%
Hawaiian Population Estimate : 0.09%
Indian Population Estimate : 0.85%
Other Population Estimate : 4.56%

Crime Details

NOTE: Crime is available at the County level so this doesn't necessarily represent the city of Griffith specifically.
Average # of Homicides for Lake County: About 16 per 100,000 People
(last recorded in 2021)
Average # of Violent Crimes for Lake County: About 395 per 100,000 People
(last recorded in 2021)
Lake County is about 75% higher than the national average of about 4 homicides per 100,000 people, and about 27% higher than the national average of about 288 violent crimes per 100,000 people.