Alsey vs Merritt

A side-by-side comparison of Alsey and Merritt: population, income, housing, and more.

Alsey and Merritt are places in Illinois. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Alsey has the higher population (184 vs 75 in Merritt). Since 2019, Merritt's population has grown faster (+188.5% vs +28.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Alsey	Merritt
Population	184	75
Median age	34.9 yrs	16.0 yrs
Median household income	$48,750	—
Median home value	$53,000	—
Median gross rent	$850	—
Housing units	89	11
Homeownership rate	85.1%	54.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.1%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	1.4%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alsey	Merritt
Population	143 → 184 (+28.7%)	26 → 75 (+188.5%)
Median household income	$38,750 → $48,750 (+25.8%)	—
Median home value	$47,500 → $53,000 (+11.6%)	—
Median gross rent	$683 → $850 (+24.5%)	—

Alsey

Population

143184

Median household income

$38,750$48,750

Median home value

$47,500$53,000

Median gross rent

$683$850

Merritt

Population

2675

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alsey	Merritt
Under 5	8.2%	0.0%
5 to 17	18.5%	50.7%
18 to 24	6.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	17.9%	8.0%
35 to 44	8.2%	24.0%
45 to 54	8.7%	8.0%
55 to 64	19.6%	9.3%
65 to 74	6.5%	0.0%
75 and over	6.5%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alsey	Merritt
White (non-Hispanic)	98.9%	32.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	68.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.1%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alsey	Merritt
No high school diploma	10.5%	0.0%
High school graduate	57.3%	100.0%
Some college or associate's	16.1%	0.0%
Bachelor's degree	13.7%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	2.4%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alsey	Merritt
Drove alone	80.3%	45.8%
Carpooled	5.6%	54.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.5%	0.0%
Other means	1.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alsey	Merritt
1-unit, detached	91.0%	45.5%
1-unit, attached	3.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.6%	54.5%

Poverty & households

	Alsey	Merritt
Poverty rate	17.4%	0.0%
Average household size	2.49	6.82
Mean commute (minutes)	30	—
Median year structure built	1944	—