Hammond vs Schererville

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

Hammond and Schererville 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 29,627 in Schererville). Schererville has the higher median household income ($86,020 vs $53,950 in Hammond). Schererville has the higher median home value ($294,600 vs $141,700 in Hammond).

Population, income & housing

	Hammond	Schererville
Population	77,098	29,627
Median age	37.1 yrs	44.2 yrs
Median household income	$53,950	$86,020
Median home value	$141,700	$294,600
Median gross rent	$1,089	$1,224
Housing units	32,548	12,398
Homeownership rate	62.5%	79.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.4%	33.7%
Unemployment rate	6.8%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hammond	Schererville
Population	76,547 → 77,098 (+0.7%)	28,590 → 29,627 (+3.6%)
Median household income	$46,406 → $53,950 (+16.3%)	$72,035 → $86,020 (+19.4%)
Median home value	$91,700 → $141,700 (+54.5%)	$222,400 → $294,600 (+32.5%)
Median gross rent	$879 → $1,089 (+23.9%)	$973 → $1,224 (+25.8%)

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

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)

	Hammond	Schererville
Under 5	5.6%	4.9%
5 to 17	17.6%	14.9%
18 to 24	10.3%	6.7%
25 to 34	13.4%	11.7%
35 to 44	14.1%	12.9%
45 to 54	11.6%	14.5%
55 to 64	13.9%	13.9%
65 to 74	8.0%	12.5%
75 and over	5.5%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hammond	Schererville
White (non-Hispanic)	32.3%	69.6%
Black or African American	22.9%	8.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	1.2%	3.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.1%
Two or more races	2.1%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	40.9%	15.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hammond	Schererville
No high school diploma	16.3%	4.1%
High school graduate	39.7%	28.1%
Some college or associate's	28.6%	34.1%
Bachelor's degree	11.9%	23.2%
Graduate or professional degree	3.5%	10.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hammond	Schererville
Drove alone	75.2%	80.6%
Carpooled	13.0%	4.7%
Public transit	2.0%	2.0%
Walked	2.5%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.1%
Worked from home	6.0%	10.2%
Other means	1.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hammond	Schererville
1-unit, detached	73.2%	58.6%
1-unit, attached	4.0%	19.4%
2 to 4 units	8.0%	7.7%
5 to 19 units	8.3%	11.5%
20 or more units	5.6%	2.8%
Mobile home & other	0.9%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Hammond	Schererville
Poverty rate	19.2%	8.0%
Average household size	2.59	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	25	32
Median year structure built	1952	1988