Merrydale vs Zachary

A side-by-side comparison of Merrydale and Zachary: population, income, housing, and more.

Merrydale and Zachary are places in Louisiana. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Zachary has the higher population (19,637 vs 9,149 in Merrydale). Zachary has the higher median household income ($90,507 vs $41,986 in Merrydale). Zachary has the higher median home value ($258,000 vs $124,300 in Merrydale).

Population, income & housing

	Merrydale	Zachary
Population	9,149	19,637
Median age	35.6 yrs	34.2 yrs
Median household income	$41,986	$90,507
Median home value	$124,300	$258,000
Median gross rent	$1,187	$1,440
Housing units	3,705	7,467
Homeownership rate	76.8%	82.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.9%	38.5%
Unemployment rate	25.2%	6.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Merrydale	Zachary
Population	8,903 → 9,149 (+2.8%)	17,283 → 19,637 (+13.6%)
Median household income	$36,916 → $41,986 (+13.7%)	$84,795 → $90,507 (+6.7%)
Median home value	$109,600 → $124,300 (+13.4%)	$224,500 → $258,000 (+14.9%)
Median gross rent	$915 → $1,187 (+29.7%)	$1,097 → $1,440 (+31.3%)

Merrydale

Population

8,9039,149

Median household income

$36,916$41,986

Median home value

$109,600$124,300

Median gross rent

$915$1,187

Zachary

Population

17,28319,637

Median household income

$84,795$90,507

Median home value

$224,500$258,000

Median gross rent

$1,097$1,440

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Merrydale	Zachary
Under 5	7.8%	5.4%
5 to 17	22.3%	23.8%
18 to 24	7.1%	7.5%
25 to 34	12.7%	14.4%
35 to 44	15.6%	19.2%
45 to 54	5.4%	12.7%
55 to 64	14.1%	7.2%
65 to 74	9.8%	6.2%
75 and over	5.3%	3.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Merrydale	Zachary
White (non-Hispanic)	0.6%	47.3%
Black or African American	97.3%	47.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	2.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.1%
Two or more races	0.2%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	1.7%	1.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Merrydale	Zachary
No high school diploma	13.3%	5.5%
High school graduate	31.9%	30.2%
Some college or associate's	37.9%	25.9%
Bachelor's degree	12.4%	23.0%
Graduate or professional degree	4.5%	15.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Merrydale	Zachary
Drove alone	66.3%	90.7%
Carpooled	21.2%	4.7%
Public transit	0.7%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.8%	0.4%
Worked from home	11.0%	4.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Merrydale	Zachary
1-unit, detached	90.2%	80.9%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	2.1%
2 to 4 units	0.5%	2.0%
5 to 19 units	2.8%	2.3%
20 or more units	2.6%	5.7%
Mobile home & other	3.6%	7.0%

Poverty & households

	Merrydale	Zachary
Poverty rate	29.9%	7.4%
Average household size	2.92	2.79
Mean commute (minutes)	23	27
Median year structure built	1975	2002