Burt vs Merrill

A side-by-side comparison of Burt and Merrill: population, income, housing, and more.

Burt and Merrill are places in Michigan. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Burt has the higher population (1,430 vs 825 in Merrill). Burt has the higher median household income ($92,596 vs $47,000 in Merrill). Burt has the higher median home value ($184,000 vs $89,700 in Merrill).

Population, income & housing

	Burt	Merrill
Population	1,430	825
Median age	42.7 yrs	38.4 yrs
Median household income	$92,596	$47,000
Median home value	$184,000	$89,700
Median gross rent	$1,086	$722
Housing units	545	278
Homeownership rate	88.5%	77.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.8%	13.2%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	24.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Burt	Merrill
Population	1,106 → 1,430 (+29.3%)	761 → 825 (+8.4%)
Median household income	$52,440 → $92,596 (+76.6%)	$42,250 → $47,000 (+11.2%)
Median home value	$133,300 → $184,000 (+38.0%)	$79,300 → $89,700 (+13.1%)
Median gross rent	$910 → $1,086 (+19.3%)	$711 → $722 (+1.5%)

Burt

Population

1,1061,430

Median household income

$52,440$92,596

Median home value

$133,300$184,000

Median gross rent

$910$1,086

Merrill

Population

761825

Median household income

$42,250$47,000

Median home value

$79,300$89,700

Median gross rent

$711$722

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Burt	Merrill
Under 5	6.0%	2.1%
5 to 17	21.1%	26.2%
18 to 24	6.6%	6.7%
25 to 34	6.0%	9.2%
35 to 44	16.9%	13.8%
45 to 54	19.3%	10.5%
55 to 64	7.2%	12.4%
65 to 74	13.6%	5.5%
75 and over	3.2%	13.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Burt	Merrill
White (non-Hispanic)	86.2%	66.4%
Black or African American	3.2%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	10.6%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	29.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Burt	Merrill
No high school diploma	4.6%	2.2%
High school graduate	47.3%	58.8%
Some college or associate's	40.3%	25.7%
Bachelor's degree	5.3%	8.4%
Graduate or professional degree	2.5%	4.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Burt	Merrill
Drove alone	96.4%	89.3%
Carpooled	0.0%	4.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.6%	3.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Burt	Merrill
1-unit, detached	96.0%	92.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.0%	4.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.0%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Burt	Merrill
Poverty rate	2.0%	27.9%
Average household size	2.80	3.18
Mean commute (minutes)	27	29
Median year structure built	1976	1952