Merriam vs Mission

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

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

Merriam has the higher population (11,036 vs 9,928 in Mission). Mission has the higher median household income ($74,396 vs $71,665 in Merriam). Mission has the higher median home value ($268,500 vs $242,400 in Merriam).

Population, income & housing

	Merriam	Mission
Population	11,036	9,928
Median age	38.0 yrs	34.9 yrs
Median household income	$71,665	$74,396
Median home value	$242,400	$268,500
Median gross rent	$1,161	$1,181
Housing units	5,370	5,600
Homeownership rate	61.9%	45.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	41.5%	52.6%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Merriam	Mission
Population	11,185 → 11,036 (-1.3%)	9,523 → 9,928 (+4.3%)
Median household income	$63,806 → $71,665 (+12.3%)	$61,144 → $74,396 (+21.7%)
Median home value	$169,400 → $242,400 (+43.1%)	$179,700 → $268,500 (+49.4%)
Median gross rent	$945 → $1,161 (+22.9%)	$984 → $1,181 (+20.0%)

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

Mission

Population

9,5239,928

Median household income

$61,144$74,396

Median home value

$179,700$268,500

Median gross rent

$984$1,181

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Merriam	Mission
Under 5	4.9%	7.8%
5 to 17	13.4%	5.2%
18 to 24	7.7%	11.7%
25 to 34	20.0%	25.5%
35 to 44	11.6%	10.8%
45 to 54	9.4%	9.1%
55 to 64	15.4%	10.7%
65 to 74	10.6%	12.4%
75 and over	7.0%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Merriam	Mission
White (non-Hispanic)	76.8%	83.5%
Black or African American	6.6%	3.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.0%	4.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.5%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	11.6%	5.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Merriam	Mission
No high school diploma	3.6%	1.6%
High school graduate	22.0%	15.1%
Some college or associate's	33.0%	30.6%
Bachelor's degree	27.5%	33.8%
Graduate or professional degree	13.9%	18.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Merriam	Mission
Drove alone	75.1%	77.3%
Carpooled	5.2%	1.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.2%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.9%	19.6%
Other means	0.3%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Merriam	Mission
1-unit, detached	62.6%	44.3%
1-unit, attached	6.3%	5.1%
2 to 4 units	4.1%	7.9%
5 to 19 units	21.0%	25.4%
20 or more units	5.7%	16.8%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Merriam	Mission
Poverty rate	8.2%	10.6%
Average household size	2.10	1.88
Mean commute (minutes)	19	19
Median year structure built	1970	1973