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Merrillville, IN

36,476 Population
33.2 square miles 1,098 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.4 ±1.6 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 38.6 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Indiana: 38.1 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$36,629 ±$2,659 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: $49,513 ±$260
  • a little less than the amount in Indiana: $38,351 ±$197
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$67,587 ±$7,864 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: $90,887 ±$454
  • a little less than the amount in Indiana: $71,957 ±$352
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

12.6% ±2.9% (4,499  ±1,037) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 11.2% 1,032,570 (±0.2% / ±15,833)
  • about the same as the rate in Indiana: 12.3% 821,528 (±0.2% / ±13,330)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

32.1 minutes ±2.2 (503,270  ±46,970) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 30.3 115,653,336 (±0.1 / ±501,154)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Indiana: 24.1 70,277,840 (±0.1 / ±387,394)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

15,487 ±810 Number of households
  • the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 3,643,783 ±5,293
  • Indiana: 2,716,009 ±6,039
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0.1 (35,884  ±64) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 2.5 9,219,341
  • a little less than the figure in Indiana: 2.5 6,671,685
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

3.8% ±2% (313  ±167) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 4.8% 108,184 (±0.1% / ±3,055)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Indiana: 5.4% 85,809 (±0.2% / ±2,404)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

16,213 ±843 Number of housing units
  • the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 3,900,420 ±495
  • Indiana: 2,976,568 ±617
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$211,400 ±$7,522 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: $323,000 ±$1,010
  • a little less than the amount in Indiana: $218,200 ±$739
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

10.3% ±2.4% (3,732  ±875.7) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 10.9% 1,009,281 (±0.1% / ±13,353.6)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Indiana: 12.7% 860,071 (±0.2% / ±12,028.6)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

92.3% ±4.7% (23,568  ±1,427.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 89.8% 5,823,631 (±0.3% / ±20,216.6)
  • about the same as the rate in Indiana: 90.4% 4,153,503 (±0.4% / ±16,066.5)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
26.1% ±2.7% (6,669  ±713.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 41.6% 2,696,647 (±0.2% / ±12,947.4)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Indiana: 29.5% 1,354,639 (±0.2% / ±9,464)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

6.3% ±1.8% (2,296  ±644) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 18.6% 1,744,561
  • about the same as the rate in Indiana: 6.3% 431,255
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

7% ±1.6% (2,016  ±479) Population with veteran status
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area: 3.9% 282,963 (±0.1% / ±4,136)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Indiana: 6.3% 328,414 (±0.1% / ±4,168)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
2,016 Total veterans ±479 1,730 Male ±463 286 Female ±174

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