Merrillville vs Schererville

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

Merrillville and Schererville 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 29,627 in Schererville). Schererville has the higher median household income ($86,020 vs $64,791 in Merrillville). Schererville has the higher median home value ($294,600 vs $194,000 in Merrillville).

Population, income & housing

	Merrillville	Schererville
Population	36,343	29,627
Median age	41.3 yrs	44.2 yrs
Median household income	$64,791	$86,020
Median home value	$194,000	$294,600
Median gross rent	$1,304	$1,224
Housing units	16,255	12,398
Homeownership rate	68.5%	79.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.2%	33.7%
Unemployment rate	6.8%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Merrillville	Schererville
Population	34,889 → 36,343 (+4.2%)	28,590 → 29,627 (+3.6%)
Median household income	$60,803 → $64,791 (+6.6%)	$72,035 → $86,020 (+19.4%)
Median home value	$136,100 → $194,000 (+42.5%)	$222,400 → $294,600 (+32.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,082 → $1,304 (+20.5%)	$973 → $1,224 (+25.8%)

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

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)

	Merrillville	Schererville
Under 5	4.5%	4.9%
5 to 17	16.9%	14.9%
18 to 24	9.5%	6.7%
25 to 34	11.4%	11.7%
35 to 44	12.0%	12.9%
45 to 54	11.9%	14.5%
55 to 64	13.2%	13.9%
65 to 74	12.8%	12.5%
75 and over	7.7%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Merrillville	Schererville
White (non-Hispanic)	34.3%	69.6%
Black or African American	44.6%	8.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	1.1%	3.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.9%	0.1%
Two or more races	3.5%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	15.6%	15.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Merrillville	Schererville
No high school diploma	7.8%	4.1%
High school graduate	36.1%	28.1%
Some college or associate's	30.9%	34.1%
Bachelor's degree	15.8%	23.2%
Graduate or professional degree	9.4%	10.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Merrillville	Schererville
Drove alone	80.4%	80.6%
Carpooled	6.0%	4.7%
Public transit	1.4%	2.0%
Walked	1.5%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	8.3%	10.2%
Other means	2.4%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Merrillville	Schererville
1-unit, detached	61.5%	58.6%
1-unit, attached	8.2%	19.4%
2 to 4 units	3.7%	7.7%
5 to 19 units	14.5%	11.5%
20 or more units	10.5%	2.8%
Mobile home & other	1.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Merrillville	Schererville
Poverty rate	13.7%	8.0%
Average household size	2.32	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	32	32
Median year structure built	1978	1988