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Merrill, IA

846 Population
0.5 square miles 1,622.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.9 ±9.1 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Le Mars, IA Micro Area: 41.3 ±0.7
  • a little less than the figure in Iowa: 38.6 ±0.2
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$35,893 ±$5,188 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Le Mars, IA Micro Area: $41,532 ±$1,940
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Iowa: $40,877 ±$247
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$82,969 ±$21,125 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in the Le Mars, IA Micro Area: $83,251 ±$4,100
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Iowa: $75,059 ±$418
  • a little higher than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

4.9% ±3.3% (41  ±30) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Le Mars, IA Micro Area: 6.9% † 1,751 (±1.5% / ±382)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Iowa: 11.1% 344,519 (±0.2% / ±6,799)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

17.8 minutes ±2.8 (6,540  ±2,322) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Le Mars, IA Micro Area: 19.2 232,980 (±1.1 / ±15,940)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Iowa: 19.8 28,362,076 (±0.1 / ±233,595)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

343 ±89 Number of households
  • the Le Mars, IA Micro Area: 10,313 ±187
  • Iowa: 1,315,707 ±3,984
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.5 ±0.2 (846  ±228) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Le Mars, IA Micro Area: 2.5 25,374 (±0 / ±9)
  • a little higher than the figure in Iowa: 2.4 3,111,021
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

8.7% ±6.8% (14  ±12) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Le Mars, IA Micro Area: 5% † 256 (±1.5% / ±78)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Iowa: 5.7% 41,080 (±0.2% / ±1,625)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

374 ±96 Number of housing units
  • the Le Mars, IA Micro Area: 10,891 ±43
  • Iowa: 1,437,699 ±523
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$166,100 ±$7,143 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Le Mars, IA Micro Area: $228,900 ±$9,640
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Iowa: $208,000 ±$1,141
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

4.2% ±3.2% (35  ±28.5) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in the Le Mars, IA Micro Area: 9.3% † 2,391 (±1.9% / ±495.8)
  • about one-third of the rate in Iowa: 12.9% 408,833 (±0.3% / ±7,883.1)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

93.9% ±27% (507  ±89.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Le Mars, IA Micro Area: 94.8% 16,590 (±3.9% / ±684.9)
  • about the same as the rate in Iowa: 93.3% 2,008,851 (±0.4% / ±9,325.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
13% ±7.9% (70  ±45.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Le Mars, IA Micro Area: 21.7% 3,796 (±1.9% / ±326.5)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Iowa: 31.4% 676,908 (±0.3% / ±5,442.9)
  • about one-third 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

1.4% ±1.7% (12  ±15) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Le Mars, IA Micro Area: 3.7% 959
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Iowa: 5.9% 189,988
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

10.8% ±6.6% (67  ±44) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Le Mars, IA Micro Area: 6.9% † 1,334 (±0.9% / ±177)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Iowa: 6.5% 160,571 (±0.1% / ±2,289)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
67 Total veterans ±44 67 Male ±44 N/A Female ±10

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