Crown Point vs East Chicago

A side-by-side comparison of Crown Point and East Chicago: population, income, housing, and more.

Crown Point and East Chicago are places in Indiana. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Crown Point has the higher population (34,042 vs 26,158 in East Chicago). Crown Point has the higher median household income ($95,757 vs $41,071 in East Chicago). Crown Point has the higher median home value ($272,800 vs $92,400 in East Chicago).

Population, income & housing

	Crown Point	East Chicago
Population	34,042	26,158
Median age	39.1 yrs	36.5 yrs
Median household income	$95,757	$41,071
Median home value	$272,800	$92,400
Median gross rent	$1,369	$820
Housing units	12,452	12,429
Homeownership rate	83.8%	44.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.9%	9.9%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	7.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Crown Point	East Chicago
Population	29,850 → 34,042 (+14.0%)	28,201 → 26,158 (-7.2%)
Median household income	$76,927 → $95,757 (+24.5%)	$32,839 → $41,071 (+25.1%)
Median home value	$194,600 → $272,800 (+40.2%)	$74,500 → $92,400 (+24.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,046 → $1,369 (+30.9%)	$686 → $820 (+19.5%)

Crown Point

Population

29,85034,042

Median household income

$76,927$95,757

Median home value

$194,600$272,800

Median gross rent

$1,046$1,369

East Chicago

Population

28,20126,158

Median household income

$32,839$41,071

Median home value

$74,500$92,400

Median gross rent

$686$820

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Crown Point	East Chicago
Under 5	6.6%	6.1%
5 to 17	18.8%	19.7%
18 to 24	5.7%	9.2%
25 to 34	13.4%	12.4%
35 to 44	14.4%	13.7%
45 to 54	11.2%	12.9%
55 to 64	12.5%	11.1%
65 to 74	8.8%	8.6%
75 and over	8.6%	6.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Crown Point	East Chicago
White (non-Hispanic)	74.6%	6.6%
Black or African American	8.6%	36.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.9%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.1%
Two or more races	3.8%	0.3%
Hispanic or Latino	12.0%	56.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Crown Point	East Chicago
No high school diploma	6.4%	26.3%
High school graduate	30.2%	39.7%
Some college or associate's	28.5%	24.1%
Bachelor's degree	21.5%	6.5%
Graduate or professional degree	13.4%	3.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Crown Point	East Chicago
Drove alone	82.6%	75.7%
Carpooled	5.8%	16.3%
Public transit	0.9%	0.8%
Walked	0.7%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.6%
Worked from home	9.2%	3.9%
Other means	0.8%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Crown Point	East Chicago
1-unit, detached	69.9%	42.8%
1-unit, attached	14.8%	7.4%
2 to 4 units	4.0%	26.4%
5 to 19 units	6.2%	16.3%
20 or more units	2.7%	6.9%
Mobile home & other	2.4%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Crown Point	East Chicago
Poverty rate	6.8%	27.0%
Average household size	2.68	2.61
Mean commute (minutes)	29	22
Median year structure built	1991	1942