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Merriam, IN

268 Population
1 square miles 270.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

28.4 ±56.6 Median age
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Kendallville, IN Micro Area: 39.4 ±0.6
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Indiana: 38.1 ±0.2
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$30,850 ±$16,352 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Kendallville, IN Micro Area: $34,118 ±$1,297
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Indiana: $38,351 ±$197
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
N/A Median household income

1.1% ±2.9% (3  ±8) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent of the rate in the Kendallville, IN Micro Area: 9.2% † 4,261 (±1.4% / ±640)
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Indiana: 12.3% 821,528 (±0.2% / ±13,330)
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

25 minutes ±5.1 (2,570  ±1,781) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in the Kendallville, IN Micro Area: 26.1 551,660 (±1.4 / ±33,152)
  • a little higher than the figure in Indiana: 24.1 70,277,840 (±0.1 / ±387,394)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

111 ±57 Number of households
  • the Kendallville, IN Micro Area: 18,179 ±348
  • Indiana: 2,716,009 ±6,039
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±1.2 (268  ±194) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Kendallville, IN Micro Area: 2.6 46,796 (±0.1 / ±13)
  • about the same as the figure in Indiana: 2.5 6,671,685
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

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

Housing

111 ±57 Number of housing units
  • the Kendallville, IN Micro Area: 20,297 ±41
  • Indiana: 2,976,568 ±617
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$206,600 ±$140,913 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in the Kendallville, IN Micro Area: $196,800 ±$10,297
  • a little less than the amount in Indiana: $218,200 ±$739
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

3.7% ±10.2% (10  ±28.2) Moved since previous year
  • about one-third of the rate in the Kendallville, IN Micro Area: 10.8% † 5,096 (±1.5% / ±711.7)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Indiana: 12.7% 860,071 (±0.2% / ±12,028.6)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

100% ±74.7% (173  ±88.8) High school grad or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Kendallville, IN Micro Area: 83.2% 26,690 (±3.3% / ±1,065.7)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Indiana: 90.4% 4,153,503 (±0.4% / ±16,066.5)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
22% ±24.6% (38  ±47.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Kendallville, IN Micro Area: 18.8% 6,028 (±1.8% / ±566.5)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Indiana: 29.5% 1,354,639 (±0.2% / ±9,464)
  • about three-fifths of 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

N/A Foreign-born population

5% ±7.3% (9  ±14) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Kendallville, IN Micro Area: 6.4% † 2,282 (±0.8% / ±291)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Indiana: 6.3% 328,414 (±0.1% / ±4,168)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
9 Total veterans ±14 9 Male ±14 N/A Female ±13

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