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Merrillville town, Indiana: commercial real estate data.
Merrillville town is a Census town of 36,476 people across 33.22 square miles of land, in Lake County. Median household income is $67,587, 70.5 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 102 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $72.4 m.
78 sourced place values · tier FULL · 8 sections · underlined figures are computed by MMCG Analytics, not published by the agency
Merrillville
What Merrillville is
- Census place typetown
- Land area33.22 sq mi
- Water area0.05 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,098
- County holding the largest share of its areaLake County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Merrillville
How many people live in Merrillville
- Population36,476
- Median age42.4
- Population under 187,460
- Share under 1820.5 percent
- Population 65 and over7,540
- Share 65 and over20.7 percent
- Households15,487
- Family households8,776
- Share of households that are families56.7 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Merrillville
Income and work in Merrillville
- Median household income$67,587
- Per capita income$36,629
- Civilian labor force18,562
- Employed17,168
- Unemployed1,394 plus or minus 439
- Unemployment rate7.5 percent plus or minus 2.3
- Adults 25 and over25,533
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher92.3 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher26.1 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree9.7 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Merrillville
Housing in Merrillville
- Housing units16,213
- Occupied units15,487
- Vacant units726 plus or minus 234
- Vacancy rate4.5 percent plus or minus 1.4
- Owner occupied10,917
- Renter occupied4,570
- Ownership rate70.5 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$211,400
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,282
- Annual rent as a share of median income22.8 percent
- Single family units11,273
- Share single family69.5 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more4,692
- Share in buildings of two or more28.9 percent
- Mobile homes248 plus or minus 313
- Median year structure built1979
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Merrillville
How Merrillville gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute15,672
- Commuting under 15 minutes2,944
- Share commuting under 15 minutes18.8 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more7,116
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more45.4 percent
- Drove alone82.2 percent
- Carpooled4.9 percent plus or minus 1.6
- Public transport1.9 percent plus or minus 0.9
- Walked1.5 percent plus or minus 0.8
- Worked from home7.3 percent plus or minus 2.2
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Merrillville
SBA loans in Merrillville (7(a))
- Approvals102
- Gross approval$72,402,200
- Average approval$709,825
- Median approval$200,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$2,082,000
- Largest approval$5,000,000
- Jobs supported1,132
- Jobs per approval11.1
- Loans with a final outcome16
- Paid in full16
- Charged off0
- Charge-off rate over resolved loans0.0 percent
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more22.5 percent
- Share to franchises25.5 percent
- Distinct lenders35
- Distinct industries by NAICS52
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Merrillville
SBA loans in Merrillville (504)
- Approvals49
- Gross approval$32,682,000
- Average approval$666,980
- Median approval$574,000
- Largest approval$3,425,000
- Jobs supported441
- Loans with a final outcome22
- Charged off0
- Charge-off rate over resolved loans0.0 percent
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs6
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Lake County, not Merrillville
Lake County context, not Merrillville figures
These are Lake County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Merrillville measurements.
- Establishments in Lake County10,566
- Employment at those establishments, Lake County171,790
- Covered employment, Lake County191,633
- Average annual pay, Lake County$61,200
- Average weekly wage, Lake County$1,177
- Housing units permitted, Lake County1,649
- Of those, single family, Lake County1,621
- County product, 2024, Lake County$31,242,109,000
- County product change over the prior year, Lake County3.3 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Lake County$56,327
Every figure in this section is published for Lake County as a whole and is not a measurement of Merrillville. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Merrillville questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Merrillville, Indiana?
36,476, in 15,487 households. Merrillville town covers 33.22 square miles of land, which is 1,098 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Merrillville in?
Lake County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Merrillville?
$67,587. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $211,400. Median gross rent is $1,282 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Merrillville businesses?
102 7(a) approvals totalling $72.4 m, across 35 lenders, median approval $200,000, plus 49 504 approvals worth $32.7 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Merrillville, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Merrillville borrowers get paid back?
Of the 16 loans that have reached a final outcome, 16 were paid in full and 0 charged off, a charge off rate of 0.0 percent. Loans still running are excluded because they have not yet succeeded or failed.
Are the county figures on this page Merrillville figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Lake County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Merrillville.
Is zoning published for Merrillville?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.