Lenexa vs Merriam

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

Lenexa and Merriam are places in Kansas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Lenexa has the higher population (57,986 vs 11,036 in Merriam). Lenexa has the higher median household income ($102,344 vs $71,665 in Merriam). Lenexa has the higher median home value ($368,800 vs $242,400 in Merriam).

Population, income & housing

	Lenexa	Merriam
Population	57,986	11,036
Median age	37.7 yrs	38.0 yrs
Median household income	$102,344	$71,665
Median home value	$368,800	$242,400
Median gross rent	$1,429	$1,161
Housing units	25,593	5,370
Homeownership rate	56.8%	61.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	56.8%	41.5%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lenexa	Merriam
Population	54,011 → 57,986 (+7.4%)	11,185 → 11,036 (-1.3%)
Median household income	$87,102 → $102,344 (+17.5%)	$63,806 → $71,665 (+12.3%)
Median home value	$260,900 → $368,800 (+41.4%)	$169,400 → $242,400 (+43.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,148 → $1,429 (+24.5%)	$945 → $1,161 (+22.9%)

Lenexa

Population

54,01157,986

Median household income

$87,102$102,344

Median home value

$260,900$368,800

Median gross rent

$1,148$1,429

Merriam

Population

11,18511,036

Median household income

$63,806$71,665

Median home value

$169,400$242,400

Median gross rent

$945$1,161

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lenexa	Merriam
Under 5	5.6%	4.9%
5 to 17	16.3%	13.4%
18 to 24	8.8%	7.7%
25 to 34	15.9%	20.0%
35 to 44	13.6%	11.6%
45 to 54	11.5%	9.4%
55 to 64	12.7%	15.4%
65 to 74	9.9%	10.6%
75 and over	5.7%	7.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lenexa	Merriam
White (non-Hispanic)	74.9%	76.8%
Black or African American	6.6%	6.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	4.3%	2.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.5%
Two or more races	4.0%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	9.8%	11.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lenexa	Merriam
No high school diploma	2.7%	3.6%
High school graduate	13.7%	22.0%
Some college or associate's	26.8%	33.0%
Bachelor's degree	35.2%	27.5%
Graduate or professional degree	21.6%	13.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lenexa	Merriam
Drove alone	71.7%	75.1%
Carpooled	5.9%	5.2%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	1.4%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.2%
Worked from home	20.2%	17.9%
Other means	0.7%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lenexa	Merriam
1-unit, detached	56.4%	62.6%
1-unit, attached	8.1%	6.3%
2 to 4 units	4.7%	4.1%
5 to 19 units	17.6%	21.0%
20 or more units	13.2%	5.7%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Lenexa	Merriam
Poverty rate	5.8%	8.2%
Average household size	2.35	2.10
Mean commute (minutes)	20	19
Median year structure built	1991	1970