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Merriam, KS

11,070 Population
4.3 square miles 2,564 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38 ±3.5 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 37.7 ±0.1
  • about the same as the figure in Kansas: 37.1 ±0.1

Economics

$39,079 ±$3,001 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: $42,460 ±$390
  • a little higher than the amount in Kansas: $38,108 ±$364
$69,414 ±$3,590 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: $78,827 ±$626
  • about the same as the amount in Kansas: $69,747 ±$479

7.3% ±3.1% (800  ±339) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 10% 216,718 (±0.3% / ±6,372)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Kansas: 11.6% 329,870 (±0.3% / ±7,570)

19.7 minutes ±0.7 (101,425  ±9,686) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 23.4 22,549,460 (±0.2 / ±203,473)
  • about the same as the figure in Kansas: 19.7 25,744,330 (±0.1 / ±198,234)

Families

5,156 ±350 Number of households
  • the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 869,964 ±2,501
  • Kansas: 1,148,635 ±4,002
2.1 ±0.1 (10,914  ±73) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 2.5 2,159,789 (±0 / ±341)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Kansas: 2.5 2,849,396

3.7% ±2% (95  ±52) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 5.4% 27,765 (±0.3% / ±1,285)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Kansas: 6% 39,789 (±0.2% / ±1,453)

Housing

5,319 ±354 Number of housing units
  • the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 940,968 ±394
  • Kansas: 1,278,548 ±518

$229,000 ±$5,195 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: $246,000 ±$1,624
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Kansas: $189,300 ±$1,228

12.1% ±2.7% (1,329  ±,292.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 14.3% 309,227 (±0.3% / ±6,281.2)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Kansas: 15.6% 451,476 (±0.3% / ±7,585.2)

Social

95.6% ±5.2% (7,750  ±,579.6) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 93% 1,382,317 (±0.6% / ±8,565.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in Kansas: 91.8% 1,768,151 (±0.5% / ±9,162)
42.5% ±4.4% (3,441  ±396) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 38.5% 572,829 (±0.4% / ±5,181.5)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Kansas: 34.7% 668,265 (±0.3% / ±5,604.1)

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

7.2% ±2.1% (794  ±233) Foreign-born population
  • a little higher than the rate in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 6.9% 150,518
  • about the same as the rate in Kansas: 7.1% 207,290

7.8% ±2.2% (701  ±200) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 7.1% 118,612 (±0.1% / ±2,193)
  • a little higher than the rate in Kansas: 7.4% 163,472 (±0.1% / ±2,693)
701 Total veterans ±200 658 Male ±196 43 Female ±31

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