Hemlock vs Merrill

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

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

Hemlock has the higher population (1,323 vs 825 in Merrill). Hemlock has the higher median household income ($92,031 vs $47,000 in Merrill). Hemlock has the higher median home value ($170,500 vs $89,700 in Merrill).

Population, income & housing

	Hemlock	Merrill
Population	1,323	825
Median age	41.5 yrs	38.4 yrs
Median household income	$92,031	$47,000
Median home value	$170,500	$89,700
Median gross rent	$879	$722
Housing units	515	278
Homeownership rate	77.9%	77.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.3%	13.2%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	24.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hemlock	Merrill
Population	1,261 → 1,323 (+4.9%)	761 → 825 (+8.4%)
Median household income	$52,457 → $92,031 (+75.4%)	$42,250 → $47,000 (+11.2%)
Median home value	$90,100 → $170,500 (+89.2%)	$79,300 → $89,700 (+13.1%)
Median gross rent	$701 → $879 (+25.4%)	$711 → $722 (+1.5%)

Hemlock

Population

1,2611,323

Median household income

$52,457$92,031

Median home value

$90,100$170,500

Median gross rent

$701$879

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)

	Hemlock	Merrill
Under 5	3.0%	2.1%
5 to 17	15.9%	26.2%
18 to 24	7.9%	6.7%
25 to 34	14.5%	9.2%
35 to 44	11.4%	13.8%
45 to 54	18.7%	10.5%
55 to 64	17.6%	12.4%
65 to 74	6.8%	5.5%
75 and over	4.1%	13.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hemlock	Merrill
White (non-Hispanic)	92.0%	66.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	6.8%	29.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hemlock	Merrill
No high school diploma	3.0%	2.2%
High school graduate	33.0%	58.8%
Some college or associate's	36.7%	25.7%
Bachelor's degree	21.0%	8.4%
Graduate or professional degree	6.3%	4.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hemlock	Merrill
Drove alone	87.5%	89.3%
Carpooled	6.5%	4.4%
Public transit	2.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.6%	3.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.4%	3.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hemlock	Merrill
1-unit, detached	84.5%	92.1%
1-unit, attached	1.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.5%	4.0%
5 to 19 units	7.6%	3.2%
20 or more units	3.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Hemlock	Merrill
Poverty rate	4.0%	27.9%
Average household size	2.57	3.18
Mean commute (minutes)	26	29
Median year structure built	1969	1952