Merriam vs Spring Hill

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

Merriam and Spring Hill 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 8,691 in Spring Hill). Spring Hill has the higher median household income ($108,007 vs $71,665 in Merriam). Spring Hill has the higher median home value ($323,300 vs $242,400 in Merriam).

Population, income & housing

	Merriam	Spring Hill
Population	11,036	8,691
Median age	38.0 yrs	35.8 yrs
Median household income	$71,665	$108,007
Median home value	$242,400	$323,300
Median gross rent	$1,161	$1,096
Housing units	5,370	3,284
Homeownership rate	61.9%	76.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	41.5%	44.2%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Merriam	Spring Hill
Population	11,185 → 11,036 (-1.3%)	6,626 → 8,691 (+31.2%)
Median household income	$63,806 → $71,665 (+12.3%)	$80,357 → $108,007 (+34.4%)
Median home value	$169,400 → $242,400 (+43.1%)	$202,700 → $323,300 (+59.5%)
Median gross rent	$945 → $1,161 (+22.9%)	$935 → $1,096 (+17.2%)

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

Spring Hill

Population

6,6268,691

Median household income

$80,357$108,007

Median home value

$202,700$323,300

Median gross rent

$935$1,096

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Merriam	Spring Hill
Under 5	4.9%	6.5%
5 to 17	13.4%	21.6%
18 to 24	7.7%	7.8%
25 to 34	20.0%	12.4%
35 to 44	11.6%	14.8%
45 to 54	9.4%	13.7%
55 to 64	15.4%	12.8%
65 to 74	10.6%	5.9%
75 and over	7.0%	4.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Merriam	Spring Hill
White (non-Hispanic)	76.8%	89.4%
Black or African American	6.6%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	2.0%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.5%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	11.6%	5.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Merriam	Spring Hill
No high school diploma	3.6%	2.7%
High school graduate	22.0%	16.1%
Some college or associate's	33.0%	37.0%
Bachelor's degree	27.5%	30.6%
Graduate or professional degree	13.9%	13.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Merriam	Spring Hill
Drove alone	75.1%	76.5%
Carpooled	5.2%	8.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.9%	13.1%
Other means	0.3%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Merriam	Spring Hill
1-unit, detached	62.6%	83.9%
1-unit, attached	6.3%	2.5%
2 to 4 units	4.1%	3.3%
5 to 19 units	21.0%	6.0%
20 or more units	5.7%	4.4%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Merriam	Spring Hill
Poverty rate	8.2%	6.4%
Average household size	2.10	2.68
Mean commute (minutes)	19	30
Median year structure built	1970	2004