What is the population of Merriam city?

Merriam city has 11,036 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #34 of 740 in Kansas.

What is the median household income in Merriam city?

Median household income in Merriam city is $71,665 a year, 8.8% below the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Merriam city?

Median gross rent is $1,161 a month and the median home value is $242,400, so rent absorbs about 19.4% of median household income.

Is Merriam city affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 3.4× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Merriam city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 19.4% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Merriam, KS population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Merriam, Kansas (Merriam, KS — Census place “Merriam city”) is 11,036 residents, ranking #34 of 740 places in Kansas. Median household income is $71,665, the median home is worth $242,400 and median gross rent runs $1,161 a month. Looking for the Merriam Kansas ZIP code list? 2 ZIP codes serve Merriam, KS: 66202, 66203.

Population: 11,036Merriam city residents
Median household income: $71,665Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $242,400Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $1,161Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 38 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 61.9%Owner-occupied households

Merriam ZIP codes (Kansas)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Merriam.

The Merriam KS ZIP code list below covers 2 ZIP codes. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

What the numbers mean in Merriam city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Merriam city median would spend about 19.4% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 3.4× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 8.2% of residents and 61.9% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Merriam city, KS in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Merriam city is a mid-size town in Kansas, with 11,036 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #34 of 740 ranked by population — larger than 95% of them. The median age here is 38 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly younger profile than the country as a whole. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.

Households in Merriam city earn a median of $71,665 a year, 8.8% below the national figure of $78,538 and 12% above the $63,750 median for the 200 Kansas cities we cover. This figure covers the household, not the worker: two people on ordinary wages at one address outrank a single professional in the same table. Poverty reaches 8.2% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Merriam city is valued at $242,400, 20.1% below the national figure and 85% above the $131,300 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,161 a month, 17.4% below the national figure, or roughly $13,932 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 19.4% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 3.4×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 61.9% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. The rent line includes utilities paid by the tenant, a definition worth remembering when comparing it against a landlord's quoted rate.

No figure on this page is estimated by us; each one comes straight from the published ACS tables for this area. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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Frequently asked questions

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What is the population of Merriam city?: Merriam city has 11,036 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #34 of 740 in Kansas.
What is the median household income in Merriam city?: Median household income in Merriam city is $71,665 a year, 8.8% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Merriam city?: Median gross rent is $1,161 a month and the median home value is $242,400, so rent absorbs about 19.4% of median household income.
Is Merriam city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 3.4× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Merriam city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 19.4% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Merriam city data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.