Dyer vs Griffith

A side-by-side comparison of Dyer and Griffith: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Dyer has the higher population (16,400 vs 16,228 in Griffith). Dyer has the higher median household income ($101,183 vs $76,009 in Griffith). Dyer has the higher median home value ($288,700 vs $200,400 in Griffith).

Population, income & housing

	Dyer	Griffith
Population	16,400	16,228
Median age	46.8 yrs	38.4 yrs
Median household income	$101,183	$76,009
Median home value	$288,700	$200,400
Median gross rent	$1,182	$1,154
Housing units	6,591	7,318
Homeownership rate	90.0%	72.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.5%	26.6%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dyer	Griffith
Population	15,953 → 16,400 (+2.8%)	16,228 → 16,228 (+0.0%)
Median household income	$84,202 → $101,183 (+20.2%)	$65,534 → $76,009 (+16.0%)
Median home value	$212,400 → $288,700 (+35.9%)	$141,700 → $200,400 (+41.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,311 → $1,182 (-9.8%)	$919 → $1,154 (+25.6%)

Dyer

Population

15,95316,400

Median household income

$84,202$101,183

Median home value

$212,400$288,700

Median gross rent

$1,311$1,182

Griffith

Population

16,22816,228

Median household income

$65,534$76,009

Median home value

$141,700$200,400

Median gross rent

$919$1,154

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dyer	Griffith
Under 5	7.2%	7.4%
5 to 17	11.8%	11.7%
18 to 24	6.3%	8.3%
25 to 34	10.5%	15.6%
35 to 44	13.0%	14.6%
45 to 54	12.3%	11.2%
55 to 64	14.4%	14.3%
65 to 74	14.8%	11.3%
75 and over	9.7%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dyer	Griffith
White (non-Hispanic)	80.7%	62.7%
Black or African American	3.3%	13.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	1.9%	2.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	2.0%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	12.1%	18.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dyer	Griffith
No high school diploma	4.4%	3.6%
High school graduate	25.9%	36.1%
Some college or associate's	33.2%	33.8%
Bachelor's degree	21.8%	20.1%
Graduate or professional degree	14.7%	6.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dyer	Griffith
Drove alone	85.0%	81.1%
Carpooled	3.5%	10.3%
Public transit	1.3%	1.8%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	10.0%	4.8%
Other means	0.2%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dyer	Griffith
1-unit, detached	79.0%	69.7%
1-unit, attached	14.1%	4.9%
2 to 4 units	0.2%	3.2%
5 to 19 units	4.3%	16.0%
20 or more units	2.3%	6.0%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Dyer	Griffith
Poverty rate	6.7%	7.1%
Average household size	2.51	2.37
Mean commute (minutes)	29	31
Median year structure built	1991	1966