Merriam vs Wawaka

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

Merriam and Wawaka 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 102 in Wawaka). Merriam has the higher median household income ($44,444 vs $35,577 in Wawaka). Since 2019, Wawaka's population has grown faster (+24.4% vs -1.9%).

Population, income & housing

	Merriam	Wawaka
Population	309	102
Median age	42.1 yrs	57.7 yrs
Median household income	$44,444	$35,577
Median home value	$123,800	—
Housing units	120	78
Homeownership rate	77.5%	84.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.3%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	24.1%	23.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Merriam	Wawaka
Population	315 → 309 (-1.9%)	82 → 102 (+24.4%)
Median household income	$67,574 → $44,444 (-34.2%)	$34,737 → $35,577 (+2.4%)
Median home value	$181,900 → $123,800 (-31.9%)	—

Merriam

Population

315309

Median household income

$67,574$44,444

Median home value

$181,900$123,800

Wawaka

Population

82102

Median household income

$34,737$35,577

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Merriam	Wawaka
Under 5	12.6%	0.0%
5 to 17	13.6%	0.0%
18 to 24	2.6%	0.0%
25 to 34	20.7%	0.0%
35 to 44	5.5%	0.0%
45 to 54	1.6%	42.2%
55 to 64	17.8%	57.8%
65 to 74	22.7%	0.0%
75 and over	2.9%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Merriam	Wawaka
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+

	Merriam	Wawaka
No high school diploma	4.5%	18.6%
High school graduate	58.6%	32.4%
Some college or associate's	9.5%	49.0%
Bachelor's degree	17.7%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	9.5%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Merriam	Wawaka
Drove alone	100.0%	70.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	30.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Merriam	Wawaka
1-unit, detached	92.5%	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	7.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Merriam	Wawaka
Poverty rate	1.9%	32.4%
Average household size	2.58	1.76
Mean commute (minutes)	22	—
Median year structure built	1961	1938