City safety & data profile

Crown PointIN

Crown Point, IN is a 29K-resident city in Lake County with a median household income of $101,686.

Lake County, Indiana. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Crown Point, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Crown Point has a population larger than 62% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $294,800, and 4 hospitals serving the surrounding area.

Data updated 2026-09-04

29K
Population (place)
Top 38%
By size
$101,686
Median income (place)
$294,800
Median home (place)
6.8%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Crown Point

Crown Point posts a median household income higher than 70% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 4 hospitals serve the Crown Point area.

Top 30%
by median income, US cities
4
hospitals in & near Crown Point

Where Crown Point income ranks nationally

Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)

$101,686 Top 30% higher than 70% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Crown Point $0 $260,000 every profiled place, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more places Areazine profiles. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year

Largest cities in IN

Population among 79 IN places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.

residents

What this shows Indianapolis is the largest IN city on this list; Zionsville leads median income.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

Highest median incomes in IN

Median household income among the same 79-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.

median

What this shows Zionsville posts the highest place-level median income in IN; Indianapolis is largest by headcount.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

The quick read

Reading Crown Point, IN beyond the headline numbers

Crown Point sits inside Lake County, Indiana, at roughly 41.42°N, -87.37°W. Population 28,879, $101,686 median household income. Median home value $294,800, median rent $1,485. Poverty rate 6.8%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

4 hospitals in/around Crown Point, 3/5 avg rating, 1 with an ER.

At 6.8%, poverty in Crown Point, IN runs below the midpoint of reporting cities -- enough to matter locally, not enough to dominate the city's profile.

Housing is inexpensive against local pay -- the median home in Crown Point runs about 2.9 years of median household income, in the cheapest quarter of reporting cities.

Remote work covers 10.7% of Crown Point workers, under the midpoint for reporting cities.

Among the CDC measures on this page, binge drinking departs furthest from its peer median: 18.9% in Crown Point, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,759 cities reporting that measure.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Crown Point from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.

Population (place)
28,879
Crown Point · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$101,686
+14% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$294,800
-29% vs avg
Median Age (place)
39.8
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Lake County): Crown Point's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.

20132024
Population
500K+1%
Median Income
$71,493+46%
Median Home Value
$230,600+69%
Poverty Rate
14.3%-20%
Unemployment
6.1%-47%

Economics

Economics indicators for Crown Point, IN
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$1,485/mo
Poverty Rate
6.8% -45% vs avg
Unemployment 2.8%
Bachelor's Degree+ 34.6%
Work From Home 10.7%
Public Transit 0.8%

Population

White 77.6%
African American 8%
Asian 2.4%
Two or More Ethnicities 1.4%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

Short Sleep Duration
39.3%
Obesity
34.7%
High Blood Pressure
34.3%
Physical Inactivity
21.7%
Binge Drinking
18.9%
Frequent Mental Distress
15.8%
Current Smoking
14.2%
Frequent Physical Distress
12.8%
Diabetes
11.4%
Current Asthma
10.8%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 64.5%
Annual Checkup 79%

Other Measures

Lack of Health Insurance
7.3%
Coronary Heart Disease
6.1%
Stroke
3.1%

Hospitals 4 total

Rating Distribution
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1
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0
0
Average Rating
3/5
Total Hospitals
4
With ER
1
FRANCISCAN HEALTH CROWN POINT
CROWN POINT · Acute Care Hospitals · ER
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What alerts and safety updates affect Crown Point?

No area-tagged alerts are on record for Crown Point right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.

City alert dispatch desk

Sheet IN-CROWN-POINT · Crown Point

Crown Point: no area-tagged alerts on record — state hubs carry the live CAP stream.

  • FEED-QUIET No tagged alerts
  • LEAD-NONE Feed idle
  • DESK-IDLE Awaiting feed

Counts reflect published articles tagged to Crown Point; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse Indiana state hubs · Methodology

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Frequently Asked Questions 6

What is the population of Crown Point, IN?
Crown Point, IN has a population of 28,879 people, located in Lake County, Indiana.
What is the median household income in Crown Point?
The median household income in Crown Point, IN is $101,686 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 6.8%.
What is the median home value in Crown Point?
The median home value in Crown Point, IN is $294,800. Median rent is $1,485/month.
What are the top health concerns in Crown Point?
The top health indicators in Crown Point include Short Sleep Duration (39.3%), Obesity (34.7%), High Blood Pressure (34.3%). Data from CDC PLACES.
How many hospitals are in Crown Point?
Crown Point has 4 hospitals with an average rating of 3/5 stars. 1 have emergency departments.
What is the median age in Crown Point?
The median age in Crown Point, IN is 39.8 years. 34.6% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

Two ACS-derived peer sets for Crown Point, both outside Indiana so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside IN (6.8% here).

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside IN ($101,686 here).

Compare Crown Point with another city

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Using Crown Point's profile

Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.

  • Check live recalls, weather and hazard alerts scoped to the Crown Point area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
  • Read the poverty rate alongside the income figure, two places with the same median can have very different realities.
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Population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) are place-level U.S. Census ACS; health is CDC PLACES; hospital counts reflect facilities in and around the city. County-level trends are labeled when shown.

Data Sources

All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (Lake County) where that is the smallest published unit.

Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. City demographic and health figures are compiled directly from U.S. Census (place-level ACS), CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. County-level trends are labeled when shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026.