Brimfield vs Merriam

A side-by-side comparison of Brimfield and Merriam: population, income, housing, and more.

Brimfield and Merriam are places in Indiana. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Merriam has the higher population (309 vs 251 in Brimfield). Merriam has the higher median household income ($44,444 vs $33,750 in Brimfield). Since 2019, Brimfield's population has grown faster (+5.5% vs -1.9%).

Population, income & housing

	Brimfield	Merriam
Population	251	309
Median age	53.4 yrs	42.1 yrs
Median household income	$33,750	$44,444
Median home value	—	$123,800
Housing units	123	120
Homeownership rate	100.0%	77.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.1%	27.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	24.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brimfield	Merriam
Population	238 → 251 (+5.5%)	315 → 309 (-1.9%)
Median household income	$45,221 → $33,750 (-25.4%)	$67,574 → $44,444 (-34.2%)
Median home value	—	$181,900 → $123,800 (-31.9%)

Brimfield

Population

238251

Median household income

$45,221$33,750

Merriam

Population

315309

Median household income

$67,574$44,444

Median home value

$181,900$123,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brimfield	Merriam
Under 5	0.0%	12.6%
5 to 17	12.7%	13.6%
18 to 24	23.5%	2.6%
25 to 34	0.0%	20.7%
35 to 44	0.0%	5.5%
45 to 54	24.3%	1.6%
55 to 64	5.2%	17.8%
65 to 74	8.4%	22.7%
75 and over	25.9%	2.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brimfield	Merriam
White (non-Hispanic)	45.0%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	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	55.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brimfield	Merriam
No high school diploma	29.4%	4.5%
High school graduate	53.8%	58.6%
Some college or associate's	8.8%	9.5%
Bachelor's degree	8.1%	17.7%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	9.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brimfield	Merriam
Drove alone	50.5%	100.0%
Carpooled	49.5%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brimfield	Merriam
1-unit, detached	82.9%	92.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	17.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	7.5%

Poverty & households

	Brimfield	Merriam
Poverty rate	55.0%	1.9%
Average household size	2.46	2.58
Mean commute (minutes)	—	22
Median year structure built	1938	1961