| City: | Merrillville, Indiana |
| City Alias: | Gary |
| County: | Lake County |
| Timezone: | Central (GMT -06:00) |
| Local Time: | 7:46:02 AM |
| Population: | No Population Data |
| Area Code: | 219 |
| Classification: | PO Box |
| Coordinates: | 41.5936, -87.3467 |
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ZIP code 46411 serves a branch post office in Merrillville, Indiana, within Lake County's Chicago metropolitan area. This isn't a neighborhood or residential area. It's a commercial postal facility offering PO Box services at a single location on W 80th Place.
The facility maintains 461 PO Boxes and serves 276 business delivery points, all concentrated at one address. Mail can be addressed to either Merrillville or Gary, as both city names are valid for this ZIP. The branch sits within the boundaries of ZIP 46410, which handles street delivery for the surrounding Merrillville community.
With zero resident population and no defined geographic territory, 46411 functions purely as a postal service point. The 139 ZIP+4 records all point to units at the same street address, indicating a commercial complex with multiple suites. Businesses and individuals rent PO Boxes here for convenience, mail privacy, or to maintain a Merrillville mailing address.
All delivery points are units at a single commercial address on W 80th Place.
ZIP Code 46411 supports both business and residential activity. According to the Business Census (2024), there are 5 business establishments, employing about 41 people with an annual payroll of $5,987,000.
| # Residential Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| # Business Mailboxes: | 0Source: USPS |
| Total Delivery Receptacles: | 2,889Source: USPS |
| Single Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| Multi Family Delivery Units: | 0Source: USPS |
| # of Businesses: | 5Source: CBP |
| 1st Quarter Payroll: | $1,678,000Source: CBP |
| Annual Payroll: | $5,987,000Source: CBP |
| # of Employees: | 41Source: CBP |
ZIP Code 46411 is located in Lake County, Indiana, within the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metropolitan Statistical Area (CBSA 16980) and Indiana's 1st Congressional District. This Metro area has a population of 9,359,555 people, about 0.00% of whom live in ZIP Code 46411, and is subdivided into the Lake County-Porter County-Jasper County, IN division. It covers 0 sq mi of land and a water area of 0 sq mi.
| CBSA Name: | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-INSource: Census |
| CBSA Number: | 16980Source: Census |
| CBSA Type: | MetroSource: Census |
| CBSA Division: | Lake County-Porter County-Jasper County, IN (CBSA Div 29414)Source: Census |
| CBSA Population: | 9,359,555Source: Census |
| MSA: | Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI CMSASource: Census |
| Land Area: | --Source: Census |
| Water Area: | --Source: Census |
| Congressional District: | 01Source: USPS |
| Congressional Land Area: | 1157.02 sq miSource: Census |
| PMSA: | Gary, IN PMSASource: Census |
| Intro Date: | < 2004-10Source: ZIP-Codes.com |
| Place FIPS Code: | 1848528Source: Census |
| Place Name: | Merrillville town; IndianaSource: Census |
We could not locate which school district 46411 belongs to, but we will update this once new district data is released. There are no public schools nor private schools with a mailing address in this ZIP Code. Listing Nearby schools instead. It also has 6 colleges, universities or post secondary education institutions nearby which would be a short commute to.
Our sources include trusted federal and licensed data from the United States Postal Service, U.S. Census Bureau, U.S. Geological Survey, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, and the National Center for Education Statistics, along with proprietary datasets created by ZIP-Codes.com. Data last updated on February 1, 2026.