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Merriam, KS

11,036 Population
4.3 square miles 2,556.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38 ±3.3 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 37.8 ±0.1
  • about the same as the figure in Kansas: 37.2 ±0.2

Economics

$40,533 ±$3,710 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: $44,205 ±$449
  • about the same as the amount in Kansas: $39,638 ±$405
$71,665 ±$2,758 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: $81,927 ±$676
  • about the same as the amount in Kansas: $72,639 ±$453

8.2% ±4.2% (897  ±461) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 10% 217,501 (±0.3% / ±6,069)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Kansas: 11.5% 328,475 (±0.2% / ±6,622)

19.5 minutes ±0.4 (95,085  ±9,617) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 23.3 22,034,824 (±0.2 / ±195,439)
  • about the same as the figure in Kansas: 19.8 25,567,516 (±0.1 / ±214,272)

Families

5,183 ±371 Number of households
  • the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 882,252 ±2,661
  • Kansas: 1,160,715 ±3,961
2.1 ±0.2 (10,885  ±34) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 2.5 2,171,320 (±0 / ±397)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Kansas: 2.5 2,850,913

4.8% ±2.7% (112  ±64) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 5.4% 28,125 (±0.3% / ±1,274)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Kansas: 6% 40,004 (±0.2% / ±1,359)

Housing

5,370 ±367 Number of housing units
  • the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 950,404 ±521
  • Kansas: 1,285,221 ±690

$242,400 ±$8,516 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: $265,400 ±$1,712
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Kansas: $203,400 ±$1,329

10.5% ±2.8% (1,155  ±303.8) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 13.7% 298,865 (±0.3% / ±6,935.6)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Kansas: 14.8% 431,125 (±0.3% / ±7,618.8)

Social

96.4% ±5.5% (7,872  ±594.6) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 93.1% 1,393,401 (±0.6% / ±8,642.2)
  • a little higher than the rate in Kansas: 91.9% 1,776,698 (±0.5% / ±9,574.8)
41.5% ±4.4% (3,384  ±395.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 39.2% 586,403 (±0.4% / ±5,576.9)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Kansas: 35.2% 679,664 (±0.3% / ±5,586.1)

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

7.3% ±2.7% (806  ±302) Foreign-born population
  • about the same as the rate in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 7.2% 157,554
  • about the same as the rate in Kansas: 7.2% 211,197

7.3% ±2.3% (661  ±205) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 7% 115,953 (±0.1% / ±1,885)
  • a little higher than the rate in Kansas: 7% 154,967 (±0.1% / ±2,456)
661 Total veterans ±205 608 Male ±204 53 Female ±38

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