Your Guide to Buying a Home in Dyer, IN

Buying a Home in Dyer, Indiana

Dyer is located in Lake County

The Town of Dyer is located along the the Illinois State line in Lake County, Indiana, 15 miles south of Lake Michigan. Dyer is 22 miles southeast of Chicago, Illinois.

The Town of Dyer is governed by a five member Town Council, with each member serving four-year terms. A full time Clerk, elected each four years, is in charge of the fiscal division of the Town. Additionally, there is a Metropolitan Police Commission, an Economic Development Commission, the Park and Recreation Board, a Stormwater Management Board, a waterworks Board, a Board of Sanitary Commissioners, and a Redevelopment Commission. A 30 member volunteer Fire Department operates from two stations in the Town. Nine of the volunteers are certified Emergency Medical Technicians. The Dyer Police Department employs 17 full time officers and has radio dispatch operators and clerks.

Saint Margaret Mercy Healthcare Centers employs 850 people at its 326-bed South Campus, located at 24 Joliet Street. School aged children attend the Lake Central Schools for public education, kindergarten through 12th grade. It employs 157 individuals. The third largest employer is Meridian Nursing Center with 152 employees, and Regency Place and Hadady Corporation each employ 150 individuals. The Dyer/Schererville Public Library is a branch of the Lake County Library system.

Because of the hard-working civic and public officials, the Town of Dyer, Indiana continues to be a Town in step with the future which remembers its "echoes of the past".