2.5-acre residential lot near Merrillville, Lake County
1741 E 69th Ave, Merrillville, IN · Parcel 451214101017000046
2025 roll, county file September 2025 · before the 2026 roll
- Acres2.5
- Land typeVacancy not verifiedNo building found, September 2025
- ZoningR2Single-family (Small Lot) residence · City of Hobart zoning map, map last edited Nov 2025
- Flood zoneX · minimal flood hazardFEMA flood map, as of Jul 2026
- WetlandsNone mappedUSFWS National Wetlands Inventory, as of Oct 2026
- Tax value (county)$10.3kAssessment, trended yearly; not a market price · 2025 roll
- Last saleDec 2020
- Road accessNo mapped roadNo public road on the map reaches the parcel line; the deed says how it is reached · Roads: Census TIGER/Line 2025 roads with IndianaMap road centerlines, Feb 2026
- BuildingNone on the roll
- City or townHobart
- SewerConnectedPer the county assessor's record · 2025 roll
- WaterPublicPer the county assessor's record · 2025 roll
Can I build?
- No mapped road reaches it
- Zoning R2: rules not on file
- No FEMA flood zone or wetlands mapped
- Public sewer
Land facts
From public records and official maps, each with its source and date.
- Section, township, rangeSection 14, Township 35 North, Range 8 West, Second Principal MeridianBLM PLSS (CadNSDI), at the parcel's center · Oct 2026
- Septic (soils)Very limitedUSDA NRCS soil survey (SSURGO), septic absorption fields, version Sep 2026
- Ground elevationAbout 644–655 ft above sea level; average slope 4.1%USGS 3DEP 1/3 arc-second (about 10 m), NAVD88; about ±1–2 ft · Oct 2026
Services and surroundings
What serves the area around this parcel, from federal and state maps. Area facts, not a survey of the lot.
- USDA home loan areaOutside the eligible areasHousehold income limits also apply. USDA Rural Development map, edited Jul 2023.
- Well depth nearbyMedian 65 ft (middle half 59–76 ft)From 52 well logs within 1 mi, drilled 1959–1992; water level 30 ft below ground. Area figures, not this parcel. Indiana DNR well records.
- Public land nearbyHidden Lake Park, 0.7 miCity land, open to the public. 175 acres. Being nearby does not give access or hunting rights. USGS protected areas map (PAD-US 4.1).
School district
Public federal records, each with its source and date.
- School districtMerrillville Community SchoolGrades K–12 · NCES EDGE school district boundaries, school year 2024–25 (Census TIGER 2025 lines), released Mar 2026. A district, not an assigned school
District details at NCES: Merrillville Community School
Utility service areas
Public service-area maps, each with its source and date. An area, not a connection at this parcel.
- Electric service areaInside the service area of Northern Indiana Public Service CompanyInvestor-owned utility · IURC electric service territories map, edited Aug 2026: a visual aid, not the legal ruling.
Environmental records
Public state and federal lists, each with its agency and date. Distances are from the parcel's map point; a record is not a finding about this parcel.
- Red flags10 environmental lists checked · landfills, voluntary cleanups and dry cleaners not checkedGroundwork check of public lists: Indiana Department of Environmental Management (IDEM), as of Apr 2026–Oct 2026; Indiana DNR Division of Oil and Gas / Indiana Geological and Water Survey, as of Jun 26, 2025; Indiana Geographic Information Office (from US EIA / DHS HIFLD), as of 2019; U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, as of Aug 31, 2026; USGS Gap Analysis Project, as of 2025; U.S. EPA, as of Oct 15, 2026
- Oil and gas wellsNone within 1/4 mi of the parcel's map pointGroundwork check of public lists: Indiana DNR Division of Oil and Gas / Indiana Geological and Water Survey, as of Jun 26, 2025
Mapped ground hazards
State and federal geologic and well maps, each with its agency and date. Distances are from the parcel's map point; a mapped area is not a finding about this parcel.
- Underground coal mineNone mapped within 1/4 miIGWS: Underground coal mines (IDNR, December 2016), as of Dec 2016. Documented underground coal mines since the 1880s, from IDNR mine maps, to December 2016; outlines approximate
Free account: 25 parcel cards a day on the map, with watches and a saved search
MerrillvilleParcels and flood6.6%in a FEMA flood zone14,051parcels on the rollProperty tax
Indiana DLGF pay-2026 certified rates; DLGF 2025 real property roll, as of Oct 2026
- Tax rate
- 30.631 mills (Hobart Ross district: Lake County, Ross Township, Hobart Civil City, Merrillville School Corporation, Lake County Public Library, Lake County Solid Waste Management Dist, pay 2026)
- Estimated annual tax
- ~$210Estimate before exemptions (homestead and other deductions, local income tax credits): the $10,300 gross assessed value × 30.631 mills; capped by the circuit breaker at 2% (residential / farmland) of $10,300
About this estimateHow the figure is made and what it leaves out
Rates: Indiana DLGF, pay 2026. The estimate is the county's taxable value times those rates, before exemptions; it is not a bill. The county treasurer's bill is the official figure.
Indiana pay-2026 taxes: second installment due November 10, 2026. Pay or check a bill at the Lake County Treasurer.
Sources: Indiana Code 6-1.1-22-9 and 6-1.1-15-1.1; the Department of Local Government Finance due dates. Checked Oct 13, 2026.
Value history
| Year | Land | Improvements | Total | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 (pay 2026) | $10,300 | Not on the roll | $10,300 | No change |
| 2024 (pay 2025) | $10,300 | Not on the roll | $10,300 | +2.0% |
Roll values set for property tax · Indiana DLGF parcel roll · as of Sep 2025
What land sells for nearby
Land in Lake County sold for:
- 1 to 10 acres: $42.6k–$113k an acre (27 sales, Oct 2024–Sep 2026); median $65.5k
- Lots under 1 acre: $9.5k–$22.6k a lot (20 sales, Oct 2025–Sep 2026); median $15.5k
The middle half (25th to 75th percentile) and the median of arm's-length single-parcel land sales. Each size uses its own months (the shortest of 12, 24 or 36 that holds enough sales), so the sizes' counts need not add up to another figure on this page. Source: STATS Indiana sales disclosure forms, valid for trending by the county assessor, vacant land with no improvement on the parcel at the sale. Recorded sales, not an estimate of any parcel.
Local jurisdictions
- Civil townshipRoss TownshipDLGF taxing districts (IGIO Taxing_Districts_2024) on the 2025 roll's district code · Jul 30, 2024
Owner: on the county assessment roll (not shown here) · Request removal
Hazards
FEMA National Risk Index for this census tract, not this parcel. As of Dec 2025.
- Tornado
- Relatively high
- Cold wave
- Relatively high
- Strong wind
- Relatively low
- Hail
- Relatively low
- Riverine flooding
- Relatively low
- Heat wave
- Relatively low
- Winter weather
- Relatively low
- Lightning
- Relatively low
- Earthquake
- Relatively low
- Wildfire
- Very low
- Landslide
- Very low
- Drought
- No ratingFEMA computed no expected annual loss for this census tract; not a statement about this parcel
About these ratingsFEMA's index and what it measures
Ratings come from FEMA's National Risk Index (v1.20, planning-level) and the public federal and state maps named on each row, not a private climate model. FEMA rates each census tract from expected annual losses, community resilience and social vulnerability, for planning; it is not an assessment of this parcel.
Recorded flood claims
OpenFEMA NFIP Redacted Claims v3 · Insured buildings near this parcel, not the parcel itself, as of Sep 2026
- Claims since 1978
- Fewer than 10In this census tract
Neighborhood (Census)
Census ACS 2020–2024 5-year, as of Jan 2026
- Median household income
- $88,728± $22,953 · this block group
- Median home value (owner-reported)
- $256,300± $34,138 · this block group
- Median rent (gross)
- $1,625± $300 · this block group
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 80%± 24 pts · this block group
- Median year homes were built
- 1967± 7 yr · this block group
- Average commute (one way)
- 31 min± 11 min · census tract (not published for block groups)
- Population
- 1,379± 471 · this block group
Figures for the census block group around this parcel (a few hundred homes), not this property. ± is the Census 90% margin of error; a figure comes from the larger census tract when the block group's sample is too small. This product uses Census Bureau data but is not endorsed or certified by the Census Bureau.
Nearby parcels
Land and farm parcels of 1 acre or more in Lake County, nearest first.
- 7197 Mississippi St3.83 acres · Residential lot · 0.3 mi
- 7201 Mississippi Approx St6.2 acres · Vacant residential · 0.3 mi
- 68th Ave7.61 acres · Vacant residential · 0.6 mi
- 2701 E 72nd Approx Ave18.4 acres · Residential lot · 0.7 mi
- 7408 Kansas Appr St2.98 acres · Residential lot · 0.8 mi
- 7512 Colorado Approx St5.04 acres · Vacant residential · 0.8 mi
- 7550 Colorado Approx St5.04 acres · Vacant residential · 0.8 mi
- 7608 Colorado Approx St5.04 acres · Vacant residential · 0.9 mi
Land and farm parcels of 1 acre or more in Lake County: 1,987 parcel pages
About these numbersSources, county file September 2025
Tax value
Tax value: the county's yearly assessment (gross assessed value, trended every year), not a market price. County file, September 2025.
Gross assessed value (the county assessor's market value-in-use, trended every year), not a market estimate. Farmland is assessed by the state's base-rate formula, well below what farmland sells for.
Land type
No building found: county roll (2025) and building footprints (Overture Maps with Microsoft and OpenStreetMap, Sep 2026) · County assessor roll; Overture Maps 2026-09-23.1
Parcel outline
The outline and its edge lengths are measured on the parcel map the map draws; the aerial loads from the public imagery named under it.
Source
Indiana DLGF parcel roll (Indiana Gateway) and IGIO statewide parcel boundaries, county file Sep 1, 2025.
Record
Public records can be wrong; check before you act.
Parcel: 451214101017000046
Coordinates: 41.4901° N, 87.3132° W