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Merriam, KS

11,085 Population
4.3 square miles 2,567.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.3 ±2.5 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 38 ±0.1
  • a little higher than the figure in Kansas: 37.4 ±0.1
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$44,272 ±$3,678 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: $45,685 ±$468
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Kansas: $40,978 ±$367
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$73,600 ±$3,614 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: $83,460 ±$831
  • about the same as the amount in Kansas: $74,275 ±$475
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

6% ±1.7% (655  ±188) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 10% 217,768 (±0.2% / ±5,276)
  • about half the rate in Kansas: 11.3% 322,842 (±0.2% / ±6,298)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

22.2 minutes ±1.9 (108,630  ±12,711) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 23.2 21,708,696 (±0.2 / ±220,341)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Kansas: 19.7 25,281,270 (±0.1 / ±223,485)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

5,324 ±296 Number of households
  • the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 895,368 ±2,591
  • Kansas: 1,174,060 ±4,246
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.1 ±0.1 (10,938  ±35) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 2.4 2,187,743 (±0 / ±370)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Kansas: 2.4 2,860,505
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

4.5% ±2.4% (107  ±59) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 5.5% 28,576 (±0.3% / ±1,280)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Kansas: 6% 40,213 (±0.2% / ±1,603)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

5,537 ±296 Number of housing units
  • the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 960,950 ±496
  • Kansas: 1,293,635 ±880
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$263,300 ±$10,529 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: $287,300 ±$2,005
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Kansas: $217,200 ±$1,343
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

10.4% ±2.7% (1,143  ±293.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 13.1% 286,404 (±0.3% / ±6,772.7)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Kansas: 14.3% 415,368 (±0.3% / ±7,805.5)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

96.3% ±5.8% (7,837  ±577.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 93.2% 1,409,297 (±0.6% / ±8,964.5)
  • a little higher than the rate in Kansas: 92% 1,789,971 (±0.5% / ±9,582.6)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
45.6% ±4.5% (3,710  ±395.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 39.8% 601,578 (±0.4% / ±5,606.5)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Kansas: 35.6% 693,081 (±0.3% / ±5,952.8)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

7.4% ±2.4% (823  ±267) Foreign-born population
  • about the same as the rate in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 7.3% 162,114
  • about the same as the rate in Kansas: 7.4% 216,817
  • about half the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

7.5% ±2.2% (683  ±202) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 6.7% 112,400 (±0.1% / ±2,222)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Kansas: 6.8% 151,597 (±0.1% / ±2,605)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
683 Total veterans ±202 648 Male ±197 35 Female ±32

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