City profile · Small City
Hammond, Indiana
Verified Oct 11, 2026Who leads Hammond, with the evidence behind the record.
City leadership
- Leader
- Thomas McDermott Jr.
- Role
- Mayor
- Party
- Nonpartisan
- Population
- 83,048
- Census Bureau estimate
- Last verified
- Oct 11, 2026
- Matched the official page in an automated check
- Last checked
- Oct 11, 2026
- The check matched the published record
Source & verification
- Verification sourcegohammond.com/departments/mayors-office ↗
- Official leadership pagegohammond.com/departments/mayors-office ↗
- City websitegohammond.com ↗
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Record history
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Leaders on record
- Thomas McDermott Jr. CurrentMayor · added May 4, 2026 · verified Oct 11, 2026
Reviewed changes
No reviewer-published changes yet.
Demographics
Census Bureau data for the city
- Population
- 83,048
- Median household income
- $52,368
- Median age
- 36.5
- Land area
- 22.74 sq mi
- Population density
- 3,652.1 per sq mi
- County
- Lake County
- Metro area
- Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN
City government
Budget and contact
- Annual budget
- ~$291M
- City hall phone
- (219) 853-6301
- Official website
- gohammond.com ↗
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