Crown Point vs Hammond

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

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

Hammond has the higher population (77,098 vs 34,042 in Crown Point). Crown Point has the higher median household income ($95,757 vs $53,950 in Hammond). Crown Point has the higher median home value ($272,800 vs $141,700 in Hammond).

Population, income & housing

	Crown Point	Hammond
Population	34,042	77,098
Median age	39.1 yrs	37.1 yrs
Median household income	$95,757	$53,950
Median home value	$272,800	$141,700
Median gross rent	$1,369	$1,089
Housing units	12,452	32,548
Homeownership rate	83.8%	62.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.9%	15.4%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	6.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Crown Point	Hammond
Population	29,850 → 34,042 (+14.0%)	76,547 → 77,098 (+0.7%)
Median household income	$76,927 → $95,757 (+24.5%)	$46,406 → $53,950 (+16.3%)
Median home value	$194,600 → $272,800 (+40.2%)	$91,700 → $141,700 (+54.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,046 → $1,369 (+30.9%)	$879 → $1,089 (+23.9%)

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

Hammond

Population

76,54777,098

Median household income

$46,406$53,950

Median home value

$91,700$141,700

Median gross rent

$879$1,089

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Crown Point	Hammond
Under 5	6.6%	5.6%
5 to 17	18.8%	17.6%
18 to 24	5.7%	10.3%
25 to 34	13.4%	13.4%
35 to 44	14.4%	14.1%
45 to 54	11.2%	11.6%
55 to 64	12.5%	13.9%
65 to 74	8.8%	8.0%
75 and over	8.6%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Crown Point	Hammond
White (non-Hispanic)	74.6%	32.3%
Black or African American	8.6%	22.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.9%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.4%
Two or more races	3.8%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	12.0%	40.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Crown Point	Hammond
No high school diploma	6.4%	16.3%
High school graduate	30.2%	39.7%
Some college or associate's	28.5%	28.6%
Bachelor's degree	21.5%	11.9%
Graduate or professional degree	13.4%	3.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Crown Point	Hammond
Drove alone	82.6%	75.2%
Carpooled	5.8%	13.0%
Public transit	0.9%	2.0%
Walked	0.7%	2.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	9.2%	6.0%
Other means	0.8%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Crown Point	Hammond
1-unit, detached	69.9%	73.2%
1-unit, attached	14.8%	4.0%
2 to 4 units	4.0%	8.0%
5 to 19 units	6.2%	8.3%
20 or more units	2.7%	5.6%
Mobile home & other	2.4%	0.9%

Poverty & households

	Crown Point	Hammond
Poverty rate	6.8%	19.2%
Average household size	2.68	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	29	25
Median year structure built	1991	1952