Dune Acres, Indiana

Dune Acres, Indiana
Town
Town of Dune Acres
The Dune Acres Clubhouse
Location of Dune Acres in Porter County, Indiana.
Coordinates: 41°38′47″N 87°5′6″W / 41.64639°N 87.08500°W / 41.64639; -87.08500Coordinates: 41°38′47″N 87°5′6″W / 41.64639°N 87.08500°W / 41.64639; -87.08500
Country	United States
State	Indiana
County	Porter
Township	Westchester
Area
• Total	3.44 sq mi (8.90 km2)
• Land	2.17 sq mi (5.63 km2)
• Water	1.27 sq mi (3.28 km2)
Elevation	627 ft (191 m)
Population (2010)
• Total	182
• Estimate (2016)	185
• Density	85.17/sq mi (32.88/km2)
Time zone	CST (UTC-6)
• Summer (DST)	CDT (UTC-5)
ZIP code	46304
FIPS code	18-18982
GNIS feature ID	433775
Website	http://www.duneacres.org/

Dune Acres is a town in Westchester Township, Porter County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. The population was 182 at the 2010 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.

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.

Dune Acres is located at 41°38′47″N 87°5′6″W / 41.64639°N 87.08500°W / 41.64639; -87.08500 (41.646416, -87.084905).

According to the 2010 census, Dune Acres has a total area of 3.44 square miles (8.91 km²), of which 2.17 square miles (5.62 km²) (or 63.08%) is land and 1.27 square miles (3.29 km²) (or 36.92%) is water.

As of the census of 2010, there were 182 people, 94 households, and 58 families residing in the town. The population density was 83.9 inhabitants per square mile (32.4/km²). There were 163 housing units at an average density of 75.1 per square mile (29.0/km²). The racial makeup of the town was 95.1% White, 1.1% African American, 2.2% Asian, 0.5% from other races, and 1.1% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.6% of the population.