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Merrillville, IN

36,343 Population
33.2 square miles 1,094 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.3 ±2.5 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 38.4 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Indiana: 38 ±0.1

Economics

$35,768 ±$2,915 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: $48,107 ±$228
  • a little less than the amount in Indiana: $37,178 ±$184
$64,791 ±$8,429 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: $88,850 ±$436
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Indiana: $70,051 ±$293

13.7% ±2.9% (4,890  ±1,026) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 11.1% 1,021,163 (±0.2% / ±15,430)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Indiana: 12.2% 807,582 (±0.2% / ±11,348)

32.4 minutes ±2.2 (498,250  ±48,590) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 30.7 119,705,344 (±0.1 / ±621,476)
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Indiana: 24 70,444,496 (±0.1 / ±412,801)

Families

15,425 ±767 Number of households
  • the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 3,615,628 ±5,264
  • Indiana: 2,681,537 ±6,532
2.3 ±0.1 (35,810  ±84) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 2.6 9,211,705
  • a little less than the figure in Indiana: 2.5 6,633,174

5.1% ±2% (408  ±161) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 4.9% 110,497 (±0.1% / ±2,994)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Indiana: 5.5% 86,259 (±0.1% / ±2,195)

Housing

16,255 ±762 Number of housing units
  • the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 3,886,535 ±487
  • Indiana: 2,953,344 ±390

$194,000 ±$7,261 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: $301,900 ±$1,331
  • a little less than the amount in Indiana: $201,600 ±$922

11.5% ±2.4% (4,142  ±879.5) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 11.3% 1,041,799 (±0.2% / ±14,237.1)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Indiana: 13.1% 880,515 (±0.2% / ±12,438.1)

Social

92.2% ±4.4% (23,164  ±1,390.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 89.7% 5,783,224 (±0.3% / ±19,540.6)
  • about the same as the rate in Indiana: 90.2% 4,113,653 (±0.3% / ±15,656.6)
25.2% ±2.7% (6,339  ±722.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 40.9% 2,636,743 (±0.2% / ±12,175.1)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Indiana: 28.8% 1,313,086 (±0.2% / ±9,554.8)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

6.7% ±1.7% (2,446  ±605) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 18.3% 1,710,628
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Indiana: 5.9% 404,588

6.6% ±1.5% (1,877  ±433) Population with veteran status
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 4% 292,113 (±0.1% / ±4,373)
  • about the same as the rate in Indiana: 6.5% 338,153 (±0.1% / ±3,149)
1,877 Total veterans ±433 1,690 Male ±423 187 Female ±94

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