Merritt vs Riggston

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

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

Merritt has the higher population (75 vs 27 in Riggston). Since 2019, Merritt's population has grown faster (+188.5% vs +80.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Merritt	Riggston
Population	75	27
Median age	16.0 yrs	64.6 yrs
Housing units	11	12
Homeownership rate	54.5%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Merritt	Riggston
Population	26 → 75 (+188.5%)	15 → 27 (+80.0%)

Merritt

Population

2675

Riggston

Population

1527

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Merritt	Riggston
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	50.7%	18.5%
18 to 24	0.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	8.0%	0.0%
35 to 44	24.0%	18.5%
45 to 54	8.0%	0.0%
55 to 64	9.3%	22.2%
65 to 74	0.0%	22.2%
75 and over	0.0%	18.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Merritt	Riggston
White (non-Hispanic)	32.0%	100.0%
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%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Merritt	Riggston
No high school diploma	0.0%	22.7%
High school graduate	100.0%	54.5%
Some college or associate's	0.0%	22.7%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Merritt	Riggston
Drove alone	45.8%	0.0%
Carpooled	54.2%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	100.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Merritt	Riggston
1-unit, detached	45.5%	100.0%
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%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Merritt	Riggston
Poverty rate	0.0%	22.2%
Average household size	6.82	2.25