Hammond vs Merrillville

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

Hammond and Merrillville 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 36,343 in Merrillville). Merrillville has the higher median household income ($64,791 vs $53,950 in Hammond). Merrillville has the higher median home value ($194,000 vs $141,700 in Hammond).

Population, income & housing

	Hammond	Merrillville
Population	77,098	36,343
Median age	37.1 yrs	41.3 yrs
Median household income	$53,950	$64,791
Median home value	$141,700	$194,000
Median gross rent	$1,089	$1,304
Housing units	32,548	16,255
Homeownership rate	62.5%	68.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.4%	25.2%
Unemployment rate	6.8%	6.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hammond	Merrillville
Population	76,547 → 77,098 (+0.7%)	34,889 → 36,343 (+4.2%)
Median household income	$46,406 → $53,950 (+16.3%)	$60,803 → $64,791 (+6.6%)
Median home value	$91,700 → $141,700 (+54.5%)	$136,100 → $194,000 (+42.5%)
Median gross rent	$879 → $1,089 (+23.9%)	$1,082 → $1,304 (+20.5%)

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

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)

	Hammond	Merrillville
Under 5	5.6%	4.5%
5 to 17	17.6%	16.9%
18 to 24	10.3%	9.5%
25 to 34	13.4%	11.4%
35 to 44	14.1%	12.0%
45 to 54	11.6%	11.9%
55 to 64	13.9%	13.2%
65 to 74	8.0%	12.8%
75 and over	5.5%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hammond	Merrillville
White (non-Hispanic)	32.3%	34.3%
Black or African American	22.9%	44.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	1.2%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.9%
Two or more races	2.1%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	40.9%	15.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hammond	Merrillville
No high school diploma	16.3%	7.8%
High school graduate	39.7%	36.1%
Some college or associate's	28.6%	30.9%
Bachelor's degree	11.9%	15.8%
Graduate or professional degree	3.5%	9.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hammond	Merrillville
Drove alone	75.2%	80.4%
Carpooled	13.0%	6.0%
Public transit	2.0%	1.4%
Walked	2.5%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.0%	8.3%
Other means	1.0%	2.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hammond	Merrillville
1-unit, detached	73.2%	61.5%
1-unit, attached	4.0%	8.2%
2 to 4 units	8.0%	3.7%
5 to 19 units	8.3%	14.5%
20 or more units	5.6%	10.5%
Mobile home & other	0.9%	1.5%

Poverty & households

	Hammond	Merrillville
Poverty rate	19.2%	13.7%
Average household size	2.59	2.32
Mean commute (minutes)	25	32
Median year structure built	1952	1978