Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Crown Point is one of the best-graded places in America: an A+, 13th among Indiana's 585 graded towns. Its schools outperform 94% of the state's, the median household earns $102K, and it reports less crime per resident than 81% of U.S. towns. Its lowest mark, a B−, is in cost of living. On health, just 80 of Indiana’s 1,086 towns do better. Its National Register listings include Lake County Courthouse and Lake County Sheriff's House and Jail. Among 593 Indiana towns, just 9 have a lower January low than Crown Point.
Where Crown Point beats most towns.
Lake County Courthouse
Census counts: 1,708 in 1880, 33,899 in 2020. The archive holds 12 old photos and papers going back to 1909 and 4 maps from 1953 on.
12 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Indiana), ordered by how far Crown Point is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Crown Point. Close and well known come first.
Big draw34 mi Stadium & arenaSoldier Field
Big draw29 mi MuseumBarack Obama Presidential Center
Big draw33 mi Stadium & arenaRate Field
8 mi National ParkIndiana Dunes National Park2.6M visitors a year
Big draw37 mi Stadium & arenaUnited Center
Big draw36 mi MuseumArt Institute of Chicago1.5M visitors a yearSoldier Field: Photo by Joon Han Contact: [email protected], CC BY-SA 3.0 · Barack Obama Presidential Center: AlphaBeta135, CC0 · Rate Field: User Enoch Lai on en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Indiana Dunes National Park: J. Crocker, Attribution · United Center: User:JeremyA, CC BY-SA 2.5 · Art Institute of Chicago: ajay_suresh, CC BY 2.0
Who provides power, water and the rest in Crown Point, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Ordered by what stands out in Crown Point.
Crown Point trades workers with Merrillville and other neighbors, looks healthier within Indiana than nationally and sees little violent crime.
6.3 miles of trail in 6 parks and preserves. The biggest park or preserve is Sauerman Woods, at 50 acres.
| Crown Point | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 4.4% | 1.9% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.3 miles per square mile | 0.2 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Sauerman Woods | 0.7 mi | 50 |
| 2. Jerry Ross Park | — | 10 |
| 3. Wells Street Park | — | 8 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Violent crime is rare: 32 reported in 2025, 0.9 per 1,000 residents.
At 3.6 per 1,000 residents, Crown Point’s property crime rate is against 8.6 in Indiana’s towns and 9.9 across U.S. towns.
| Crown Point | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 3.6 per 1,000 residents | 8.6 | 9.9 |
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 0.9 per 1,000 residents | 1.4 | 1.6 |
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
The median property tax bill is $2,660, against $1,614 across Indiana, another input to its cost-of-living grade.
The typical Crown Point home is worth about $361,000, up 1.8% in a year, 40% above the Indiana typical home. At $1,485 a month, Crown Point’s median rent is above both the Indiana town median ($946 a month) and the median of U.S. towns ($1,185 a month). 86% of households own their home in Crown Point.
| Crown Point | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,485 a month | $946 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 86% | 76% | 73% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 80% of U.S. communities. Since 1981, 27 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Crown Point.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Within Indiana it is healthier than 89% of the 589 graded towns: much of Indiana scores lower on these measures. Against the 8,333 U.S. towns with household incomes like Crown Point’s, it is healthier than 53%, a smaller edge than it has nationally: part of it comes with its incomes.
21% of Crown Point adults have been diagnosed with depression. Crown Point beats the Indiana average on 19 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 0. 34% of Crown Point adults have high blood pressure.
| Crown Point | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 16% | 16% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 21% | 26% | 23% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 32% | 33% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 39% | 37% | 36% |
| What stands out | Crown Point | IN |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 11.2% | 15.4% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 11.8% | 14.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Crown Point has chilly winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 83°, January nights drop to 16° and about 27 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Crown Point has about as many jobs (18,633) as working residents, but only 3,153 people both live and work here. Jobs based here grew from 13,933 in 2013 to 18,633.
Most working residents leave Crown Point for work: only 19% work in town. The average trip to work in Crown Point is 29 minutes. Since 2013, Crown Point has added 4,700 jobs, to 18,633 in 2023.
| Crown Point | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 19% | 11% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 29 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $102,000 | $71,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 6.8% | 10% | 9.6% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
No broad age group is more than 4 points off the Indiana average. Crown Point has grown 5.1% since 2020, to 35,616 residents in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate. 35% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 30% across Indiana.
| Crown Point | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 35% | 22% | 29% |
| Under 18 | 24% | 23% | 22% |
51% women, 49% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±1.6 points. Across Indiana, 50.4% of residents are women. Median age: women 40.5, men 39.3.
| Crown Point | IN | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 12.5% | 12.4% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 11.3% | 10.9% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 6.7% | 9.6% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 13% | 13.1% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 13.5% | 12.7% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 11.9% | 12% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 12.9% | 12.5% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 9.1% | 10.1% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 9.1% | 6.7% | 7% |
| No diploma | 6.1% | 9.6% | 10.4% |
| High school | 30.9% | 32.5% | 26% |
| Some college | 20.7% | 19.3% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 7.6% | 9.1% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 23% | 18.7% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 11.7% | 10.8% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
2 within 15 miles of the center of Crown Point
About 5 of every 100 Crown Point residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Indiana.
27,317 counted in 2010 and 33,899 in 2020; an estimated 35,616 in 2025.
Growth hasn’t slowed: 5.1% since 2020, after 24.1% in the decade before.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts · Census Bureau estimate, July 1, 2025
12 places in Crown Point on the National Register of Historic Places.
City in Indiana, United States
Crown Point is a city in and the county seat of Lake County, Indiana, United States. The population was 34,884 per the 2023 American Community Survey. The city was incorporated in 1868. On October 31, 1834, Solon Robinson and his family became the first settlers to an area that later became Crown Point. Due to its location, Crown Point is known as the "Hub of Lake County". The city is surrounded by Merrillville to the north, Winfield to the east, Cedar Lake to the southwest, St. John to the west, and unincorporated Schererville to the northwest. The southern and southwestern parts of Crown Point border some unincorporated areas of Lake County.
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3 towns share a border with Crown Point.
At #13 in IN, it grades higher overall than all 3 graded towns on its borders; Center Township (A+) comes closest.
| Town | IN rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crown Point | #13 | A+ | B− | A− | A | B+ |
| Merrillville | #481 | C | B | — | C+ | C− |
| Center Township | #19 | A+ | B | — | A | B+ |
| Ross Township | #467 | C+ | B | — | C+ | C |
Merrillville, Center Township and Ross Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Crown Point with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Yes, by almost any measure. Crown Point grades A+ overall, better than 97% of U.S. towns and #13 of 585 in Indiana. It grades B+ for health, A− for safety and A for schools.
That is 4 years of the area's median household income ($90,887 across the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN metro area). Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B−.
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