Laotto vs Merriam

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

Laotto 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 245 in Laotto). Laotto has the higher median household income ($118,500 vs $44,444 in Merriam). Since 2019, Laotto's population has grown faster (+54.1% vs -1.9%).

Population, income & housing

	Laotto	Merriam
Population	245	309
Median age	46.1 yrs	42.1 yrs
Median household income	$118,500	$44,444
Median home value	—	$123,800
Housing units	108	120
Homeownership rate	84.3%	77.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	27.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	24.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Laotto	Merriam
Population	159 → 245 (+54.1%)	315 → 309 (-1.9%)
Median household income	$44,347 → $118,500 (+167.2%)	$67,574 → $44,444 (-34.2%)
Median home value	—	$181,900 → $123,800 (-31.9%)

Laotto

Population

159245

Median household income

$44,347$118,500

Merriam

Population

315309

Median household income

$67,574$44,444

Median home value

$181,900$123,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Laotto	Merriam
Under 5	0.0%	12.6%
5 to 17	16.3%	13.6%
18 to 24	2.0%	2.6%
25 to 34	7.3%	20.7%
35 to 44	22.0%	5.5%
45 to 54	38.4%	1.6%
55 to 64	6.9%	17.8%
65 to 74	6.9%	22.7%
75 and over	0.0%	2.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Laotto	Merriam
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	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	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Laotto	Merriam
No high school diploma	9.0%	4.5%
High school graduate	78.5%	58.6%
Some college or associate's	12.5%	9.5%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	17.7%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	9.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Laotto	Merriam
Drove alone	88.2%	100.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.8%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Laotto	Merriam
1-unit, detached	100.0%	92.5%
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	0.0%	7.5%

Poverty & households

	Laotto	Merriam
Poverty rate	0.0%	1.9%
Average household size	2.27	2.58
Mean commute (minutes)	—	22
Median year structure built	1938	1961