Merrill vs Westfield

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

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

Merrill has the higher population (885 vs 133 in Westfield). Merrill has the higher median household income ($79,250 vs $60,000 in Westfield). Merrill has the higher median home value ($157,200 vs $97,500 in Westfield).

Population, income & housing

	Merrill	Westfield
Population	885	133
Median age	36.2 yrs	47.0 yrs
Median household income	$79,250	$60,000
Median home value	$157,200	$97,500
Median gross rent	$581	$1,146
Housing units	382	84
Homeownership rate	81.9%	67.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.9%	3.7%
Unemployment rate	1.9%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Merrill	Westfield
Population	917 → 885 (-3.5%)	130 → 133 (+2.3%)
Median household income	$63,654 → $79,250 (+24.5%)	$47,917 → $60,000 (+25.2%)
Median home value	$111,100 → $157,200 (+41.5%)	$78,300 → $97,500 (+24.5%)
Median gross rent	$750 → $581 (-22.5%)	$536 → $1,146 (+113.8%)

Merrill

Population

917885

Median household income

$63,654$79,250

Median home value

$111,100$157,200

Median gross rent

$750$581

Westfield

Population

130133

Median household income

$47,917$60,000

Median home value

$78,300$97,500

Median gross rent

$536$1,146

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Merrill	Westfield
Under 5	6.1%	4.5%
5 to 17	21.2%	9.0%
18 to 24	11.6%	4.5%
25 to 34	9.7%	9.0%
35 to 44	12.4%	9.8%
45 to 54	12.7%	35.3%
55 to 64	11.4%	13.5%
65 to 74	9.0%	9.0%
75 and over	5.8%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Merrill	Westfield
White (non-Hispanic)	94.8%	69.2%
Black or African American	1.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	2.3%
Asian	0.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.1%	9.8%
Hispanic or Latino	1.0%	18.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Merrill	Westfield
No high school diploma	7.2%	30.3%
High school graduate	44.3%	43.1%
Some college or associate's	36.7%	22.9%
Bachelor's degree	9.3%	2.8%
Graduate or professional degree	2.6%	0.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Merrill	Westfield
Drove alone	89.2%	51.2%
Carpooled	3.1%	32.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.3%	16.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Merrill	Westfield
1-unit, detached	84.3%	90.5%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.0%	9.5%

Poverty & households

	Merrill	Westfield
Poverty rate	4.5%	4.5%
Average household size	2.58	1.90
Mean commute (minutes)	19	27
Median year structure built	1956	1942