Gary vs Schererville

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

Gary and Schererville 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 29,627 in Schererville). Schererville has the higher median household income ($86,020 vs $37,380 in Gary). Schererville has the higher median home value ($294,600 vs $85,300 in Gary).

Population, income & housing

	Gary	Schererville
Population	68,604	29,627
Median age	36.4 yrs	44.2 yrs
Median household income	$37,380	$86,020
Median home value	$85,300	$294,600
Median gross rent	$975	$1,224
Housing units	37,963	12,398
Homeownership rate	47.4%	79.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.3%	33.7%
Unemployment rate	13.0%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gary	Schererville
Population	76,010 → 68,604 (-9.7%)	28,590 → 29,627 (+3.6%)
Median household income	$31,936 → $37,380 (+17.0%)	$72,035 → $86,020 (+19.4%)
Median home value	$66,100 → $85,300 (+29.0%)	$222,400 → $294,600 (+32.5%)
Median gross rent	$785 → $975 (+24.2%)	$973 → $1,224 (+25.8%)

Gary

Population

76,01068,604

Median household income

$31,936$37,380

Median home value

$66,100$85,300

Median gross rent

$785$975

Schererville

Population

28,59029,627

Median household income

$72,035$86,020

Median home value

$222,400$294,600

Median gross rent

$973$1,224

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gary	Schererville
Under 5	7.0%	4.9%
5 to 17	21.3%	14.9%
18 to 24	7.8%	6.7%
25 to 34	12.0%	11.7%
35 to 44	11.7%	12.9%
45 to 54	10.1%	14.5%
55 to 64	11.4%	13.9%
65 to 74	11.5%	12.5%
75 and over	7.1%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gary	Schererville
White (non-Hispanic)	10.3%	69.6%
Black or African American	76.0%	8.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	0.3%	3.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.1%
Two or more races	2.9%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	9.8%	15.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gary	Schererville
No high school diploma	14.0%	4.1%
High school graduate	37.3%	28.1%
Some college or associate's	34.4%	34.1%
Bachelor's degree	9.4%	23.2%
Graduate or professional degree	4.8%	10.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gary	Schererville
Drove alone	76.2%	80.6%
Carpooled	12.2%	4.7%
Public transit	2.6%	2.0%
Walked	0.5%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.1%
Worked from home	5.4%	10.2%
Other means	2.9%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gary	Schererville
1-unit, detached	71.8%	58.6%
1-unit, attached	5.9%	19.4%
2 to 4 units	6.1%	7.7%
5 to 19 units	8.2%	11.5%
20 or more units	5.7%	2.8%
Mobile home & other	2.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Gary	Schererville
Poverty rate	32.9%	8.0%
Average household size	2.48	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	26	32
Median year structure built	1957	1988