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Merriam, KS

11,110 Population
4.3 square miles 2,573.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.7 ±3.4 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 37.6 ±0.1
  • a little higher than the figure in Kansas: 37 ±0.2

Economics

$36,328 ±$2,762 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: $39,175 ±$406
  • a little higher than the amount in Kansas: $34,968 ±$345
$64,703 ±$3,520 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: $73,299 ±$660
  • about the same as the amount in Kansas: $64,521 ±$344

7.9% ±2.8% (869  ±308) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 9.8% 210,649 (±0.3% / ±6,396)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Kansas: 11.5% 327,209 (±0.2% / ±6,452)

19.4 minutes ±1 (105,375  ±10,290) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 23.5 23,087,776 (±0.2 / ±207,518)
  • about the same as the figure in Kansas: 19.6 25,975,850 (±0.1 / ±205,663)

Families

5,223 ±331 Number of households
  • the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 858,836 ±2,957
  • Kansas: 1,139,738 ±3,775
2.1 ±0.1 (10,975  ±82) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 2.5 2,147,576 (±0 / ±1,194)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Kansas: 2.5 2,856,396 (±0)

4.3% ±2.3% (111  ±60) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 5.4% 27,624 (±0.3% / ±1,339)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Kansas: 6% 40,014 (±0.2% / ±1,387)

Housing

5,378 ±339 Number of housing units
  • the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 931,572 ±798
  • Kansas: 1,272,290 ±545

$196,100 ±$8,066 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: $211,900 ±$1,497
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Kansas: $164,800 ±$818

13.9% ±2.7% (1,527  ±295.4) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 14.6% 314,475 (±0.3% / ±6,582.6)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Kansas: 15.7% 456,346 (±0.3% / ±8,054.4)

Social

95.2% ±5.7% (7,686  ±578.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 92.7% 1,366,480 (±0.6% / ±9,093.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in Kansas: 91.6% 1,760,658 (±0.5% / ±9,353.4)
40.4% ±4.4% (3,257  ±384.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 38% 560,261 (±0.4% / ±5,592.7)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Kansas: 34.4% 661,235 (±0.3% / ±5,637.8)

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

6.7% ±2.5% (742  ±272) Foreign-born population
  • about the same as the rate in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 6.8% 148,550 (±0.2% / ±3,900)
  • a little less than the rate in Kansas: 7% 205,076 (±0.1% / ±3,686)

7.5% ±1.9% (673  ±176) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 7.4% 120,931 (±0.1% / ±2,225)
  • about the same as the rate in Kansas: 7.6% 167,573 (±0.1% / ±3,026)
673 Total veterans ±176 631 Male ±172 42 Female ±27

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