Carlisle vs Merom

A side-by-side comparison of Carlisle and Merom: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Carlisle has the higher population (610 vs 292 in Merom). Carlisle has the higher median household income ($52,143 vs $37,115 in Merom). Carlisle has the higher median home value ($59,500 vs $57,700 in Merom).

Population, income & housing

	Carlisle	Merom
Population	610	292
Median age	38.1 yrs	29.1 yrs
Median household income	$52,143	$37,115
Median home value	$59,500	$57,700
Median gross rent	$803	—
Housing units	335	117
Homeownership rate	74.8%	83.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.8%	7.2%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carlisle	Merom
Population	660 → 610 (-7.6%)	193 → 292 (+51.3%)
Median household income	$39,375 → $52,143 (+32.4%)	$43,750 → $37,115 (-15.2%)
Median home value	$54,300 → $59,500 (+9.6%)	$50,000 → $57,700 (+15.4%)
Median gross rent	$614 → $803 (+30.8%)	—

Carlisle

Population

660610

Median household income

$39,375$52,143

Median home value

$54,300$59,500

Median gross rent

$614$803

Merom

Population

193292

Median household income

$43,750$37,115

Median home value

$50,000$57,700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carlisle	Merom
Under 5	11.6%	14.7%
5 to 17	15.4%	23.3%
18 to 24	7.4%	5.1%
25 to 34	10.0%	19.5%
35 to 44	11.8%	17.5%
45 to 54	7.2%	5.5%
55 to 64	22.6%	8.6%
65 to 74	8.0%	2.4%
75 and over	5.9%	3.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carlisle	Merom
White (non-Hispanic)	94.9%	89.7%
Black or African American	2.5%	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	2.3%	9.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.3%	0.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carlisle	Merom
No high school diploma	3.0%	27.7%
High school graduate	56.0%	33.1%
Some college or associate's	31.3%	31.9%
Bachelor's degree	5.5%	6.0%
Graduate or professional degree	4.3%	1.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carlisle	Merom
Drove alone	84.1%	83.0%
Carpooled	7.4%	17.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	6.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.9%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carlisle	Merom
1-unit, detached	93.4%	81.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	2.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	18.8%

Poverty & households

	Carlisle	Merom
Poverty rate	17.3%	24.0%
Average household size	2.48	3.17
Mean commute (minutes)	24	25
Median year structure built	1957	1949