Hobart vs Merrillville

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

Hobart 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 29,646 in Hobart). Hobart has the higher median household income ($71,680 vs $64,791 in Merrillville). Hobart has the higher median home value ($203,400 vs $194,000 in Merrillville).

Population, income & housing

	Hobart	Merrillville
Population	29,646	36,343
Median age	38.6 yrs	41.3 yrs
Median household income	$71,680	$64,791
Median home value	$203,400	$194,000
Median gross rent	$1,174	$1,304
Housing units	12,818	16,255
Homeownership rate	70.2%	68.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.6%	25.2%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	6.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hobart	Merrillville
Population	28,049 → 29,646 (+5.7%)	34,889 → 36,343 (+4.2%)
Median household income	$58,829 → $71,680 (+21.8%)	$60,803 → $64,791 (+6.6%)
Median home value	$142,700 → $203,400 (+42.5%)	$136,100 → $194,000 (+42.5%)
Median gross rent	$954 → $1,174 (+23.1%)	$1,082 → $1,304 (+20.5%)

Hobart

Population

28,04929,646

Median household income

$58,829$71,680

Median home value

$142,700$203,400

Median gross rent

$954$1,174

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)

	Hobart	Merrillville
Under 5	5.0%	4.5%
5 to 17	16.8%	16.9%
18 to 24	8.6%	9.5%
25 to 34	14.2%	11.4%
35 to 44	15.0%	12.0%
45 to 54	13.0%	11.9%
55 to 64	12.6%	13.2%
65 to 74	8.8%	12.8%
75 and over	5.9%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hobart	Merrillville
White (non-Hispanic)	65.6%	34.3%
Black or African American	14.0%	44.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	1.5%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.9%
Two or more races	1.8%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	16.9%	15.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hobart	Merrillville
No high school diploma	5.8%	7.8%
High school graduate	40.4%	36.1%
Some college or associate's	31.2%	30.9%
Bachelor's degree	17.2%	15.8%
Graduate or professional degree	5.4%	9.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hobart	Merrillville
Drove alone	89.9%	80.4%
Carpooled	5.4%	6.0%
Public transit	0.8%	1.4%
Walked	0.7%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.0%	8.3%
Other means	0.2%	2.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hobart	Merrillville
1-unit, detached	72.6%	61.5%
1-unit, attached	3.2%	8.2%
2 to 4 units	2.4%	3.7%
5 to 19 units	16.6%	14.5%
20 or more units	4.3%	10.5%
Mobile home & other	0.9%	1.5%

Poverty & households

	Hobart	Merrillville
Poverty rate	13.4%	13.7%
Average household size	2.46	2.32
Mean commute (minutes)	28	32
Median year structure built	1972	1978