The median income of Merrillville residents was $31,219 per year, adjusted for inflation. It had 14,050 households with a population of 34,889.
The city with the highest median resident income in the state was River Forest with $113,750 per year after adjusting for inflation – $82,531 more than Merrillville. It had 7 households with a population of 12.
The city with the lowest median resident income in the state was Notre Dame with $3,816 per year after adjusting for inflation – $27,403 less than Merrillville. It had 124 households with a population of 6,646.
Top 100 cities by earnings per resident (2019)
| Rank | City | Earnings per resident |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | River Forest | $113,750 |
| 2 | Dune Acres | $85,625 |
| 3 | Spring Hill | $84,688 |
| 4 | Meridian Hills | $71,500 |
| 5 | Williams Creek | $68,125 |
| 6 | Aberdeen | $67,649 |
| 7 | Zionsville | $61,060 |
| 8 | Country Club Heights | $60,000 |
| 9 | Long Beach | $57,895 |
| 10 | Ulen | $54,375 |
| 11 | Fishers | $53,792 |
| 12 | Ogden Dunes | $53,542 |
| 13 | Carmel | $53,097 |
| 14 | McCordsville | $52,741 |
| 15 | Mier | $51,339 |
| 16 | Shorewood Forest | $50,528 |
| 17 | Wynnedale | $50,313 |
| 18 | Whitestown | $49,452 |
| 19 | Beverly Shores | $48,438 |
| 20 | Michiana Shores | $46,250 |
| 21 | Scotland | $46,193 |
| 22 | Woodlawn Heights | $45,417 |
| 23 | Melody Hill | $45,247 |
| 24 | St. John | $45,212 |
| 25 | Granger | $44,855 |
| 26 | Westfield | $44,630 |
| 27 | Avon | $43,943 |
| 28 | Lake Santee | $43,576 |
| 29 | Buck Creek | $43,542 |
| 30 | Lake Holiday | $42,855 |
| 31 | New Palestine | $42,385 |
| 32 | Hidden Valley | $42,349 |
| 33 | Dyer | $42,229 |
| 34 | Homecroft | $41,792 |
| 35 | Munster | $41,540 |
| 36 | Westphalia | $41,250 |
| 37 | Winfield | $41,196 |
| 38 | Montmorenci | $40,750 |
| 39 | Lakes of the Four Seasons | $40,715 |
| 40 | Cumberland | $40,672 |
| 41 | Bargersville | $40,614 |
| 42 | Burns Harbor | $40,613 |
| 43 | Somerset | $40,604 |
| 44 | Huntertown | $40,557 |
| 45 | Porter | $40,286 |
| 46 | Georgetown | $39,750 |
| 47 | Tecumseh | $39,519 |
| 48 | Pottawattamie Park | $39,500 |
| 49 | Mount Carmel | $39,375 |
| 50 | Noblesville | $39,102 |
| 51 | Darmstadt | $39,038 |
| 52 | San Pierre | $38,750 |
| 53 | Point Isabel | $38,523 |
| 54 | Battle Ground | $38,207 |
| 55 | Edgewood | $38,017 |
| 56 | Crown Point | $37,965 |
| 57 | Greenville | $37,788 |
| 58 | Pittsboro | $37,726 |
| 59 | Russiaville | $37,500 |
| 60 | Haubstadt | $37,401 |
| 61 | Whiteland | $37,377 |
| 62 | Schererville | $37,195 |
| 63 | Kouts | $37,011 |
| 64 | Pendleton | $36,899 |
| 65 | Monrovia | $36,875 |
| 66 | Chesterton | $36,851 |
| 67 | Herbst | $36,806 |
| 68 | Lizton | $36,603 |
| 69 | Yorktown | $35,744 |
| 70 | Richland | $35,739 |
| 71 | Landess | $35,714 |
| 72 | Highland | $35,653 |
| 73 | Highland | $35,626 |
| 74 | Cordry Sweetwater Lakes | $35,556 |
| 75 | Millersburg | $35,493 |
| 76 | Roanoke | $35,469 |
| 77 | Brownsburg | $35,436 |
| 78 | Sandborn | $35,197 |
| 79 | Cadiz | $35,179 |
| 80 | Brooklyn | $34,776 |
| 81 | Memphis | $34,769 |
| 82 | Lawrence | $34,693 |
| 83 | Chalmers | $34,583 |
| 84 | Lowell | $34,557 |
| 85 | Norway | $34,500 |
| 86 | East Enterprise | $34,471 |
| 87 | Jamestown | $34,306 |
| 88 | Clermont | $34,300 |
| 89 | Greenwood | $34,192 |
| 90 | Wingate | $34,167 |
| 91 | Sellersburg | $34,138 |
| 92 | Middlebury | $34,128 |
| 93 | Leesburg | $34,115 |
| 94 | Burlington | $34,083 |
| 95 | Lapel | $34,063 |
| 95 | Harrodsburg | $34,063 |
| 95 | Parkers Settlement | $34,063 |
| 98 | Clear Lake | $34,000 |
| 99 | Hartsville | $33,942 |
| 100 | Hanna | $33,849 |
* All values are inflation-adjusted
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