Kingsley vs Merrill

A side-by-side comparison of Kingsley and Merrill: population, income, housing, and more.

Kingsley and Merrill are places in Iowa. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Kingsley has the higher population (1,427 vs 885 in Merrill). Merrill has the higher median household income ($79,250 vs $73,103 in Kingsley). Merrill has the higher median home value ($157,200 vs $146,200 in Kingsley).

Population, income & housing

	Kingsley	Merrill
Population	1,427	885
Median age	44.2 yrs	36.2 yrs
Median household income	$73,103	$79,250
Median home value	$146,200	$157,200
Median gross rent	$761	$581
Housing units	653	382
Homeownership rate	78.2%	81.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.1%	11.9%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	1.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kingsley	Merrill
Population	1,593 → 1,427 (-10.4%)	917 → 885 (-3.5%)
Median household income	$61,394 → $73,103 (+19.1%)	$63,654 → $79,250 (+24.5%)
Median home value	$125,000 → $146,200 (+17.0%)	$111,100 → $157,200 (+41.5%)
Median gross rent	$591 → $761 (+28.8%)	$750 → $581 (-22.5%)

Kingsley

Population

1,5931,427

Median household income

$61,394$73,103

Median home value

$125,000$146,200

Median gross rent

$591$761

Merrill

Population

917885

Median household income

$63,654$79,250

Median home value

$111,100$157,200

Median gross rent

$750$581

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kingsley	Merrill
Under 5	5.0%	6.1%
5 to 17	15.3%	21.2%
18 to 24	11.0%	11.6%
25 to 34	10.6%	9.7%
35 to 44	9.8%	12.4%
45 to 54	16.5%	12.7%
55 to 64	9.2%	11.4%
65 to 74	12.8%	9.0%
75 and over	9.7%	5.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kingsley	Merrill
White (non-Hispanic)	95.3%	94.8%
Black or African American	1.0%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.1%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.3%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	2.3%	1.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kingsley	Merrill
No high school diploma	4.6%	7.2%
High school graduate	35.9%	44.3%
Some college or associate's	31.5%	36.7%
Bachelor's degree	20.4%	9.3%
Graduate or professional degree	7.7%	2.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kingsley	Merrill
Drove alone	70.5%	89.2%
Carpooled	6.8%	3.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.3%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	18.2%	7.3%
Other means	2.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kingsley	Merrill
1-unit, detached	90.4%	84.3%
1-unit, attached	4.6%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	1.1%	8.1%
5 to 19 units	1.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.8%	0.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	5.0%

Poverty & households

	Kingsley	Merrill
Poverty rate	8.0%	4.5%
Average household size	2.25	2.58
Mean commute (minutes)	23	19
Median year structure built	1972	1956