were from 25 to 44; 24.7% were from 45 to 64; and 11.6% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 49.1% male and 50.9% female. Parks Whiting is home to five parks. Whiting Park, located on the Lake Michigan shoreline, is the most well known. It is a popular picnic spot for residents of Lake County, the South Side of Chicago, and Southland. Whihala Beach is located next to Whiting Park between Whiting and neighboring Hammond. Education School City of Whiting serves Whiting. Whiting High School is the sole public high school serving Whiting. The city is also home to a historic Carnegie Library, built in 1905. Whiting Public Library is located at 1735 Oliver Street. Calumet College of St. Joseph is a private college affiliated with the Roman Catholic Church through the Missionaries of the Precious Blood. Its main campus is in Whiting, Indiana, with additional campuses located in Chicago, Illinois, and Merrillville, Indiana. The college was founded in 1951 as an extension of the now defunct Saint Joseph's College in Rensselaer, Indiana and currently enrolls 1,262 students. Infrastructure Transportation Amtrak's Wolverine line stops at Hammond–Whiting station in nearby Hammond. Airports serving Whiting are Chicago's O'Hare International Airport, Midway International Airport, and Gary/Chicago International Airport located in Gary, Indiana. Notes of interest Pierogi Fest is held each year on 119th Street in downtown Whiting to honor the venerable pierogi dumpling. Spanning three days on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday during the last full weekend of July, the event draws in crowds from around the Calumet Region with guests coming from all over the globe. The city was featured in an episode of MTV's High School Stories. Scenes from the movie Rudy, starring Sean Astin, as well as the 1981 drama Four Friends, were shot in Whiting. Standard Oil of Indiana, later Amoco, was founded and headquartered here. The Mascot Hall of Fame, honoring costumed characters from college and professional sports, is located in Whiting. Notable people George Buksar, football player George Burman, football player William Merriam Burton, worked at the Standard Oil refinery in Whiting; became president of Standard Oil Mary-Lou Daniels, junior world champion tennis player Richard Dufallo, clarinetist, author, and conductor John M. Ford, science fiction and fantasy writer, game designer, and poet; raised in Whiting Joe Kopcha, football player Steve Kraly, baseball player Ferid Murad, co-recipient of 1998 Nobel Prize