Home values, rents and more in Lake County, IN
September 2026 figures from Zillow and the U.S. Census Bureau · updated 2026-11-07
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How Lake County, IN compares
The typical home in Lake County, IN is worth about $251,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in Lake County, IN are 29% below the typical value in the Chicago metro area ($356,000) and 31% below the U.S. typical value ($366,000).
Over the past year, home values in Lake County, IN rose 2.0%, compared with +5.0% in the Chicago metro area and +1.2% nationally.
Typical rent is $1,457 a month (Zillow Observed Rent Index), 33% below the Chicago metro area ($2,163) and 25% below the U.S. ($1,932). Rents rose 5.2% over the past year.
The median household income is $71,493, against $90,887 in the Chicago metro area and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).
About 504,612 people live in Lake County, IN (Census Bureau estimate for July 2025).
Lake County, IN has the 2nd-lowest typical home value of the 13 counties in the Chicago metro area and the 37th-highest of 92 in Indiana with Zillow figures.
Part of: Chicago metro area · Indiana
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Nearby counties
Cities in Lake County, IN
- Hammond, IN $177,000
- Gary, IN $87,485
- Merrillville, IN $242,000
- Crown Point, IN $361,000
- Schererville, IN $358,000
- Hobart, IN $242,000
- East Chicago, IN $130,000
- Munster, IN $354,000
- Highland, IN $267,000
- Saint John, IN $461,000
- Dyer, IN $360,000
- Griffith, IN $250,000
- Cedar Lake, IN $336,000
- Lake Station, IN $160,000
- Lowell, IN $333,000
- Whiting, IN $206,000
- New Chicago, IN $165,000
- Schneider, IN $184,000
ZIP codes in Lake County, IN
- 46303 · Cedar Lake $336,000
- 46307 · Crown Point $360,000
- 46311 · Dyer $366,000
- 46312 · East Chicago $130,000
- 46319 · Griffith $251,000
- 46320 · Hammond $145,000
- 46321 · Munster $354,000
- 46322 · Highland $268,000
- 46323 · Hammond $188,000
- 46324 · Hammond $184,000
- 46327 · Hammond $156,000
- 46342 · Hobart $239,000
- 46356 · Lowell $335,000
- 46373 · Saint John $458,000
- 46375 · Schererville $358,000
- 46376 · Schneider $179,000
- 46377 · Lowell $178,000
- 46394 · Whiting $206,000
- 46402 · Gary $61,313
- 46403 · Gary $150,000
- 46404 · Gary $97,598
- 46405 · Lake Station $159,000
- 46406 · Gary $77,283
- 46407 · Gary $57,428
- 46408 · Gary $108,000
- 46409 · Gary $74,450
- 46410 · Merrillville $242,000
Sources
Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), all homes, middle tier, smoothed and seasonally adjusted, September 2026. Rents: Zillow Observed Rent Index (ZORI), seasonally adjusted. Population: Census population estimates (July 2025) for states, metros and counties; ACS 2020–24 for cities and ZIP codes. Income: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020–24 5-year estimates. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files. Compiled by Home Economics.
"Typical" is Zillow's middle-tier value (homes between the 35th and 65th percentiles), not a median sale price. Changes are over the 12 months to September 2026.