Merrillville, IN Road Trips
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Trip Routes
3
Longest Drive
265.1 mi
Evansville, IN
Quickest Drive
4h 1m
Richmond, IN
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Merrillville, IN by the Numbers
Recent demographic snapshot from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey.
Population
36,343
Median Income
$64,791
Median Home Value
$194,000
Median Age
41.3
Source: US Census Bureau ACS 5-year (public domain). See our methodology for details.
Merrillville, IN at a Glance
Founded
1971
Elevation
656 ft
Area
33 mi²
Notable People from Merrillville, IN
A sampling of people born in Merrillville, IN.
David Neville
1984
American sprinter (born 1984)
Karen McDougal
1971
American model and actress
Andrew J. West
1983
American actor
Lynna Irby
1998
American sprinter
Jeff Samardzija
1985
American baseball pitcher and football player
Mike Neal
1987
American football player
City data from Wikidata (Q549140), available under CC0. Photos from Wikimedia Commons under their respective licenses. See our methodology for details.
Traveler Guide to Merrillville, IN
Merrillville is a city of 36,000 people (2020) in Lake County, Indiana. Merrillville is a hub for retail trade in Northwest Indiana. The US 30 corridor between Taft Street and Colorado Street has a large concentration of big-box retailers, hotels, restaurants, and automobile dealerships.
Spark by Hilton Merrillville, 8293 Louisiana St, ☏ +1 219-756-2378. Fitness center.
The town is centered on the intersection of U.S. Route 30 (the Lincoln Highway) and Interstate 65. Barons Bus Lines services Merrillville seven days per week as part of schedule 0025, westbound, with local service between Cleveland, Ohio and Chicago, Illinois. The closest South Shore Line station is in downtown Gary and can be reached using GPTC Route 17 or Barons Bus schedule 0025. The closest Amtrak station is in Dyer, Indiana. It cannot be directly reached by public transit. Merrillville's nearest commercial airports are Griffith-Merrillville Airport in Griffith and Gary/Chicago International Airport in Gary.
The original alignment of Lincoln Highway is known as 73rd Avenue (also called Old Lincoln Highway) in Merrillville, while the current Lincoln Highway (US 30) is known as 81st Avenue. State Road 53 (Broadway) and State Road 55 (Taft Street) traverse the town from north to south. Gary Public Transportation Corporation provides bus service along the Broadway Avenue Corridor and within the US 30 retail/office corridor.
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