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Merlin, OR

1,617 Population
4.1 square miles 389.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

52.8 ±9 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Grants Pass, OR Metro Area: 47.3 ±0.5
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Oregon: 40.4 ±0.2
  • about 1.4 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$36,693 ±$8,747 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in the Grants Pass, OR Metro Area: $35,179 ±$1,801
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Oregon: $45,612 ±$309
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$71,806 ±$39,896 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Grants Pass, OR Metro Area: $60,098 ±$3,546
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Oregon: $83,011 ±$573
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

8.8% ±7.5% (143  ±131) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Grants Pass, OR Metro Area: 15.6% 13,581 (±1.5% / ±1,313)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Oregon: 11.9% 498,380 (±0.2% / ±8,575)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

36.1 minutes ±31.6 (20,950  ±12,092) Mean travel time to work
  • more than 1.5 times the figure in the Grants Pass, OR Metro Area: 21.5 626,935 (±1.2 / ±42,809)
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Oregon: 23 37,691,044 (±0.1 / ±270,854)
  • about 1.4 times the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

629 ±167 Number of households
  • the Grants Pass, OR Metro Area: 36,715 ±421
  • Oregon: 1,718,422 ±4,082
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.6 ±0.6 (1,617  ±573) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Grants Pass, OR Metro Area: 2.4 86,727 (±0 / ±34)
  • a little higher than the figure in Oregon: 2.4 4,153,548
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

629 ±167 Number of housing units
  • the Grants Pass, OR Metro Area: 39,503 ±49
  • Oregon: 1,857,992 ±637
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$435,000 ±$36,695 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Grants Pass, OR Metro Area: $404,300 ±$14,314
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Oregon: $477,600 ±$1,400
  • about 1.3 times the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

3.7% ±5.7% (59  ±93.7) Moved since previous year
  • about one-quarter of the rate in the Grants Pass, OR Metro Area: 12.5% † 10,966 (±1.6% / ±1,377.5)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Oregon: 14% 589,616 (±0.2% / ±9,960.3)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

86.2% ±36.5% (1,165  ±320.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Grants Pass, OR Metro Area: 90.4% 59,529 (±2.8% / ±1,846.6)
  • a little less than the rate in Oregon: 91.9% 2,796,561 (±0.4% / ±12,104.7)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
16.9% ±6.5% (229  ±114.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Grants Pass, OR Metro Area: 19.7% 12,968 (±1.3% / ±885)
  • about half the rate in Oregon: 36.8% 1,120,686 (±0.3% / ±7,591.5)
  • about half 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

1.7% ±2.1% (28  ±36) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in the Grants Pass, OR Metro Area: 3.8% 3,389
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Oregon: 9.8% 418,367
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

10.8% ±5.3% (159  ±98) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in the Grants Pass, OR Metro Area: 11.4% 8,082 (±0.8% / ±595)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Oregon: 7.2% 246,300 (±0.1% / ±3,835)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
159 Total veterans ±98 159 Male ±98 N/A Female ±13

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