Photo: JoeyBLS · Public domainSchererville has higher household incomes than 67% of U.S. towns
Jobs and income earn Schererville B+; getting around on foot earns it B+. Poverty touches 7.7% of residents, where Indiana as a whole has 12.3%. About one in ten work in Schererville; the top destination outside it is Chicago (9%, 27 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Schererville and work: the main findings
The better-paid jobs are outside Schererville
64% of Schererville residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 41% of the jobs based in Schererville pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 92% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Schererville workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 31 minutes each way, against 24 across Indiana. Over a year that’s about 238 hours of commuting, 54 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Schererville’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Schererville is Chicago, IL, 27 miles away as the crow flies. 9% of working residents (1,228) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Many jobs in Schererville pay little
27% of the jobs based in Schererville pay $1,250 a month or less, under $15,000 a year. Young workers hold many of them: 35% of all the jobs here go to people 29 or younger. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
The figures behind Schererville’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Schererville is better than 71% of U.S. towns, #171 of 593 in Indiana. Job access by car holds Schererville’s grade up (ahead of 88% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down (5.1%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Schererville could be anywhere from B to A.
Inside Schererville’s 10,773 jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Schererville, 2014 → 2024: 9,053 → 10,773. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Schererville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting from Schererville: about 31 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Schererville workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 12,902 commuters (the 12% who work from home are left out). Across Indiana: 85% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
The commute from Schererville, by distance
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Who commutes out of Schererville, and who commutes in
On a workday 11,991 residents head out to work, 1,105 work right here, and 9,668 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.82 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
Out of Schererville to work: where people go
Where Schererville clocks in
9% of workers
6% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
For most of Schererville, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Schererville is more walkable than 74% of U.S. towns, #96 of 593 in Indiana. Both inputs place Schererville near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 14,695 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 2.5% of Schererville households have no vehicle (Indiana 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 2% of Schererville’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 21,000 to 40,000, Schererville ranks 639th of 1,366 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | West Springfield VA | 22,532 | $163K | 1.9% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Mountain Brook AL | 21,661 | $201K | 3.2% | 1.2% | 8% | A+ |
| 3 | Upper Dublin Township PA | 27,258 | $168K | 3.2% | 1.9% | 8% | A+ |
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| 24 | St. John IN | 24,841 | $131K | 2.1% | 2.3% | 8% | A+ |
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| 39 | Zionsville IN | 33,624 | $172K | 3.1% | 2.8% | 10% | A+ |
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| 64 | Perry Township IN | 39,325 | $112K | 3.4% | 1.3% | 17% | A+ |
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| 637 | Ossining NY | 27,579 | $104K | 8.6% | 6.0% | 9% | B+ |
| 638 | Caseyville Township IL | 34,825 | $87K | 7.4% | 5.0% | 12% | B+ |
| 639 | Schererville IN | 29,825 | $89K | 7.7% | 5.1% | 8% | B+ |
| 640 | Lacey Township NJ | 30,297 | $103K | 5.1% | 5.5% | 12% | B+ |
| 641 | University Place WA | 35,479 | $99K | 8.2% | 5.1% | 7% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,366 | Barstow CA | 24,804 | $53K | 23.1% | 11.9% | 16% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Schererville, the top three, the last and three more from Indiana.
Work in the towns next to Schererville
The biggest share goes to St. John (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Schererville workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Schererville | – | B+ | B+ | 31 min | $89,466 |
| Dyer | under 4% | A | B | 29 min | $107,159 |
| Griffith | under 4% | A− | B− | 28 min | $76,636 |
| St. John | 4% | A+ | B | 31 min | $131,467 |
| St. John Township | under 4% | A− | B+ | 31 min | $103,035 |
| Calumet Township | under 4% | C− | B | 27 min | $46,882 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Schererville’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Schererville: questions
What is the median household income in Schererville?
$89,466 (±$6,450) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Schererville?
7.7%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Schererville?
31 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Schererville work?
8% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Chicago (9%, 27 mi), Munster (6%, 5 mi), Hammond (6%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Schererville walkable?
Schererville is more walkable than 74% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 8.1 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Schererville without a car?
2% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Schererville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Schererville
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.