Merritt vs Naples

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

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

Naples has the higher population (99 vs 75 in Merritt). Since 2019, Merritt's population has grown faster (+188.5% vs +22.2%).

Population, income & housing

	Merritt	Naples
Population	75	99
Median age	16.0 yrs	47.4 yrs
Median home value	—	$54,300
Housing units	11	89
Homeownership rate	54.5%	94.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	32.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	9.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Merritt	Naples
Population	26 → 75 (+188.5%)	81 → 99 (+22.2%)
Median home value	—	$35,600 → $54,300 (+52.5%)

Merritt

Population

2675

Naples

Population

8199

Median home value

$35,600$54,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Merritt	Naples
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	50.7%	9.1%
18 to 24	0.0%	6.1%
25 to 34	8.0%	14.1%
35 to 44	24.0%	9.1%
45 to 54	8.0%	28.3%
55 to 64	9.3%	12.1%
65 to 74	0.0%	16.2%
75 and over	0.0%	5.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Merritt	Naples
White (non-Hispanic)	32.0%	96.0%
Black or African American	68.0%	0.0%
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	0.0%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Merritt	Naples
No high school diploma	0.0%	16.7%
High school graduate	100.0%	41.7%
Some college or associate's	0.0%	9.5%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	32.1%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Merritt	Naples
Drove alone	45.8%	97.9%
Carpooled	54.2%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Merritt	Naples
1-unit, detached	45.5%	84.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	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	54.5%	15.7%

Poverty & households

	Merritt	Naples
Poverty rate	0.0%	9.1%
Average household size	6.82	1.83
Mean commute (minutes)	—	29
Median year structure built	—	1974