Merriam vs Prairie Village

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

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

Prairie Village has the higher population (22,937 vs 11,036 in Merriam). Prairie Village has the higher median household income ($107,664 vs $71,665 in Merriam). Prairie Village has the higher median home value ($402,600 vs $242,400 in Merriam).

Population, income & housing

	Merriam	Prairie Village
Population	11,036	22,937
Median age	38.0 yrs	40.8 yrs
Median household income	$71,665	$107,664
Median home value	$242,400	$402,600
Median gross rent	$1,161	$1,655
Housing units	5,370	10,303
Homeownership rate	61.9%	74.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	41.5%	73.4%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Merriam	Prairie Village
Population	11,185 → 11,036 (-1.3%)	22,170 → 22,937 (+3.5%)
Median household income	$63,806 → $71,665 (+12.3%)	$91,136 → $107,664 (+18.1%)
Median home value	$169,400 → $242,400 (+43.1%)	$290,600 → $402,600 (+38.5%)
Median gross rent	$945 → $1,161 (+22.9%)	$1,337 → $1,655 (+23.8%)

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

Prairie Village

Population

22,17022,937

Median household income

$91,136$107,664

Median home value

$290,600$402,600

Median gross rent

$1,337$1,655

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Merriam	Prairie Village
Under 5	4.9%	5.5%
5 to 17	13.4%	17.8%
18 to 24	7.7%	5.5%
25 to 34	20.0%	12.5%
35 to 44	11.6%	15.7%
45 to 54	9.4%	12.2%
55 to 64	15.4%	10.8%
65 to 74	10.6%	10.4%
75 and over	7.0%	9.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Merriam	Prairie Village
White (non-Hispanic)	76.8%	88.8%
Black or African American	6.6%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	2.0%	1.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.1%
Two or more races	2.5%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	11.6%	5.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Merriam	Prairie Village
No high school diploma	3.6%	1.1%
High school graduate	22.0%	7.8%
Some college or associate's	33.0%	17.7%
Bachelor's degree	27.5%	42.3%
Graduate or professional degree	13.9%	31.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Merriam	Prairie Village
Drove alone	75.1%	73.3%
Carpooled	5.2%	2.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.2%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.4%
Worked from home	17.9%	22.6%
Other means	0.3%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Merriam	Prairie Village
1-unit, detached	62.6%	84.4%
1-unit, attached	6.3%	2.5%
2 to 4 units	4.1%	2.5%
5 to 19 units	21.0%	4.4%
20 or more units	5.7%	6.1%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Merriam	Prairie Village
Poverty rate	8.2%	5.8%
Average household size	2.10	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	19	20
Median year structure built	1970	1959