Porter County, Indiana
Chesterton Real Estate and Local Guide
A Porter County town in Westchester Township near the southern shore of Lake Michigan, known as the 'Gateway to the Dunes' and part of the Chicago metropolitan area.
Living in Chesterton
Known as the 'Gateway to the Dunes' for its location beside the Indiana Dunes. Source: chestertonin.org
IncomeAbout $88,536 median household
EducationAbout 40.2% hold a bachelor's or higher
CountyPorter County
Homes in Chesterton
Owner-occupiedAbout 71.8% of occupied housing units
Single-family detached homesRoughly 65.5% of housing units
- The median home value is about $280,400, the highest of these Indiana communities.
Source: ACS 2023
What makes Chesterton home
Westchester Township History Museum
Source: chestertonin.org
Local museum chronicling regional life from settlement through the World Wars
Chesterton Wizard of Oz Festival
Source: en.wikipedia.org
Annual festival established in 1982 celebrating the film's connection to the region
Chesterton Commercial Historic District
Source: en.wikipedia.org
Downtown historic district with early 20th-century commercial buildings
Indiana Dunes State Park
Source: in.gov
State park with Lake Michigan beaches and dunes just north of town
Coffee Creek Watershed Preserve
Source: coffeecreekpreserve.org
Roughly 157-acre preserve of wetlands, woodlands and prairie with about five miles of trails