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Merrillville Community School, IN

48,464 Population
49 square miles 988.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.8 ±1.9 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Lake County: 39.6 ±0.3
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Indiana: 38 ±0.1

Economics

$36,323 ±$2,407 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Lake County: $35,973 ±$597
  • about the same as the amount in Indiana: $37,178 ±$184
$70,253 ±$5,539 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Lake County: $68,985 ±$1,259
  • about the same as the amount in Indiana: $70,051 ±$293

11.9% ±2.2% (5,605  ±1,050) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Lake County: 14.6% 72,010 (±0.6% / ±3,174)
  • about the same as the rate in Indiana: 12.2% 807,582 (±0.2% / ±11,348)

31.9 minutes ±1.8 (642,495  ±50,976) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Lake County: 28.8 5,928,950 (±0.4 / ±114,412)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Indiana: 24 70,444,496 (±0.1 / ±412,801)

Families

20,091 ±805 Number of households
  • Lake County: 193,474 ±1,188
  • Indiana: 2,681,537 ±6,532
2.3 ±0.1 (46,973  ±73) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Lake County: 2.6 493,751 (±0 / ±61)
  • a little less than the figure in Indiana: 2.5 6,633,174

4% ±1.5% (424  ±164) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Lake County: 6.1% 6,992 (±0.5% / ±574)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Indiana: 5.5% 86,259 (±0.1% / ±2,195)

Housing

21,050 ±723 Number of housing units
  • Lake County: 216,330 ±101
  • Indiana: 2,953,344 ±390

$208,600 ±$9,537 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Lake County: $214,700 ±$2,989
  • a little higher than the amount in Indiana: $201,600 ±$922

12.5% ±2.3% (6,036  ±1,103.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Lake County: 10.4% 51,461 (±0.6% / ±3,136.9)
  • a little less than the rate in Indiana: 13.1% 880,515 (±0.2% / ±12,438.1)

Social

92.1% ±4% (31,548  ±1,596.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Lake County: 90.2% 307,623 (±1.2% / ±4,219.7)
  • about the same as the rate in Indiana: 90.2% 4,113,653 (±0.3% / ±15,656.6)
25.8% ±2.4% (8,839  ±844.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Lake County: 24.9% 84,885 (±0.6% / ±2,098.7)
  • 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

7.6% ±1.5% (3,657  ±708) Foreign-born population
  • a little higher than the rate in Lake County: 7.2% 35,856
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Indiana: 5.9% 404,588

6.5% ±1.3% (2,507  ±488) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Lake County: 6% 22,950 (±0.3% / ±1,193)
  • about the same as the rate in Indiana: 6.5% 338,153 (±0.1% / ±3,149)
2,507 Total veterans ±488 2,205 Male ±444 302 Female ±164

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