Crown Point vs Merrillville

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

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

Merrillville has the higher population (36,343 vs 34,042 in Crown Point). Crown Point has the higher median household income ($95,757 vs $64,791 in Merrillville). Crown Point has the higher median home value ($272,800 vs $194,000 in Merrillville).

Population, income & housing

	Crown Point	Merrillville
Population	34,042	36,343
Median age	39.1 yrs	41.3 yrs
Median household income	$95,757	$64,791
Median home value	$272,800	$194,000
Median gross rent	$1,369	$1,304
Housing units	12,452	16,255
Homeownership rate	83.8%	68.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.9%	25.2%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	6.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Crown Point	Merrillville
Population	29,850 → 34,042 (+14.0%)	34,889 → 36,343 (+4.2%)
Median household income	$76,927 → $95,757 (+24.5%)	$60,803 → $64,791 (+6.6%)
Median home value	$194,600 → $272,800 (+40.2%)	$136,100 → $194,000 (+42.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,046 → $1,369 (+30.9%)	$1,082 → $1,304 (+20.5%)

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

Merrillville

Population

34,88936,343

Median household income

$60,803$64,791

Median home value

$136,100$194,000

Median gross rent

$1,082$1,304

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Crown Point	Merrillville
Under 5	6.6%	4.5%
5 to 17	18.8%	16.9%
18 to 24	5.7%	9.5%
25 to 34	13.4%	11.4%
35 to 44	14.4%	12.0%
45 to 54	11.2%	11.9%
55 to 64	12.5%	13.2%
65 to 74	8.8%	12.8%
75 and over	8.6%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Crown Point	Merrillville
White (non-Hispanic)	74.6%	34.3%
Black or African American	8.6%	44.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.9%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.9%
Two or more races	3.8%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	12.0%	15.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Crown Point	Merrillville
No high school diploma	6.4%	7.8%
High school graduate	30.2%	36.1%
Some college or associate's	28.5%	30.9%
Bachelor's degree	21.5%	15.8%
Graduate or professional degree	13.4%	9.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Crown Point	Merrillville
Drove alone	82.6%	80.4%
Carpooled	5.8%	6.0%
Public transit	0.9%	1.4%
Walked	0.7%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.2%	8.3%
Other means	0.8%	2.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Crown Point	Merrillville
1-unit, detached	69.9%	61.5%
1-unit, attached	14.8%	8.2%
2 to 4 units	4.0%	3.7%
5 to 19 units	6.2%	14.5%
20 or more units	2.7%	10.5%
Mobile home & other	2.4%	1.5%

Poverty & households

	Crown Point	Merrillville
Poverty rate	6.8%	13.7%
Average household size	2.68	2.32
Mean commute (minutes)	29	32
Median year structure built	1991	1978