Merrillville is a medium-sized town located in the state of Indiana. With a population of 36,347 people and nine associated neighborhoods, Merrillville is the 26th largest community in Indiana.

One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 8.29% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

One downside of living in Merrillville, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 31.24 minutes every day commuting to work.

In terms of college education, Merrillville is somewhat better educated than the 21.84% who have a 4-year degree or higher in the typical US community: 25.23% of adults 25 and older in the town have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Merrillville in 2022 was $35,768, which is upper middle income relative to Indiana, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $143,072 for a family of four. However, Merrillville contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Merrillville is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Merrillville home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Merrillville residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Merrillville also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 15.58% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Merrillville include German, Irish, English, Polish, and Italian.

The most common language spoken in Merrillville is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Greek.