Merrill vs Oakley

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

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

Merrill has the higher population (825 vs 255 in Oakley). Oakley has the higher median household income ($50,417 vs $47,000 in Merrill). Merrill has the higher median home value ($89,700 vs $80,400 in Oakley).

Population, income & housing

	Merrill	Oakley
Population	825	255
Median age	38.4 yrs	44.9 yrs
Median household income	$47,000	$50,417
Median home value	$89,700	$80,400
Median gross rent	$722	$745
Housing units	278	133
Homeownership rate	77.0%	75.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.2%	9.9%
Unemployment rate	24.6%	9.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Merrill	Oakley
Population	761 → 825 (+8.4%)	329 → 255 (-22.5%)
Median household income	$42,250 → $47,000 (+11.2%)	$43,438 → $50,417 (+16.1%)
Median home value	$79,300 → $89,700 (+13.1%)	$61,600 → $80,400 (+30.5%)
Median gross rent	$711 → $722 (+1.5%)	$775 → $745 (-3.9%)

Merrill

Population

761825

Median household income

$42,250$47,000

Median home value

$79,300$89,700

Median gross rent

$711$722

Oakley

Population

329255

Median household income

$43,438$50,417

Median home value

$61,600$80,400

Median gross rent

$775$745

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Merrill	Oakley
Under 5	2.1%	7.5%
5 to 17	26.2%	17.3%
18 to 24	6.7%	8.2%
25 to 34	9.2%	6.7%
35 to 44	13.8%	10.6%
45 to 54	10.5%	4.7%
55 to 64	12.4%	22.4%
65 to 74	5.5%	13.3%
75 and over	13.7%	9.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Merrill	Oakley
White (non-Hispanic)	66.4%	91.8%
Black or African American	0.1%	2.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.9%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	29.6%	2.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Merrill	Oakley
No high school diploma	2.2%	14.0%
High school graduate	58.8%	31.0%
Some college or associate's	25.7%	45.0%
Bachelor's degree	8.4%	7.0%
Graduate or professional degree	4.8%	2.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Merrill	Oakley
Drove alone	89.3%	72.2%
Carpooled	4.4%	18.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.2%	5.6%
Other means	0.0%	3.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Merrill	Oakley
1-unit, detached	92.1%	83.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	4.0%	6.0%
5 to 19 units	3.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	9.8%

Poverty & households

	Merrill	Oakley
Poverty rate	27.9%	19.2%
Average household size	3.18	2.32
Mean commute (minutes)	29	31
Median year structure built	1952	1953