Crown Point vs Gary

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

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

Gary has the higher population (68,604 vs 34,042 in Crown Point). Crown Point has the higher median household income ($95,757 vs $37,380 in Gary). Crown Point has the higher median home value ($272,800 vs $85,300 in Gary).

Population, income & housing

	Crown Point	Gary
Population	34,042	68,604
Median age	39.1 yrs	36.4 yrs
Median household income	$95,757	$37,380
Median home value	$272,800	$85,300
Median gross rent	$1,369	$975
Housing units	12,452	37,963
Homeownership rate	83.8%	47.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.9%	14.3%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	13.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Crown Point	Gary
Population	29,850 → 34,042 (+14.0%)	76,010 → 68,604 (-9.7%)
Median household income	$76,927 → $95,757 (+24.5%)	$31,936 → $37,380 (+17.0%)
Median home value	$194,600 → $272,800 (+40.2%)	$66,100 → $85,300 (+29.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,046 → $1,369 (+30.9%)	$785 → $975 (+24.2%)

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

Gary

Population

76,01068,604

Median household income

$31,936$37,380

Median home value

$66,100$85,300

Median gross rent

$785$975

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Crown Point	Gary
Under 5	6.6%	7.0%
5 to 17	18.8%	21.3%
18 to 24	5.7%	7.8%
25 to 34	13.4%	12.0%
35 to 44	14.4%	11.7%
45 to 54	11.2%	10.1%
55 to 64	12.5%	11.4%
65 to 74	8.8%	11.5%
75 and over	8.6%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Crown Point	Gary
White (non-Hispanic)	74.6%	10.3%
Black or African American	8.6%	76.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.9%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.1%
Some other race	0.1%	0.5%
Two or more races	3.8%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	12.0%	9.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Crown Point	Gary
No high school diploma	6.4%	14.0%
High school graduate	30.2%	37.3%
Some college or associate's	28.5%	34.4%
Bachelor's degree	21.5%	9.4%
Graduate or professional degree	13.4%	4.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Crown Point	Gary
Drove alone	82.6%	76.2%
Carpooled	5.8%	12.2%
Public transit	0.9%	2.6%
Walked	0.7%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	9.2%	5.4%
Other means	0.8%	2.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Crown Point	Gary
1-unit, detached	69.9%	71.8%
1-unit, attached	14.8%	5.9%
2 to 4 units	4.0%	6.1%
5 to 19 units	6.2%	8.2%
20 or more units	2.7%	5.7%
Mobile home & other	2.4%	2.2%

Poverty & households

	Crown Point	Gary
Poverty rate	6.8%	32.9%
Average household size	2.68	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	29	26
Median year structure built	1991	1957