Cuyuna vs Merrifield

A side-by-side comparison of Cuyuna and Merrifield: population, income, housing, and more.

Cuyuna and Merrifield are places in Minnesota. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Cuyuna has the higher population (272 vs 131 in Merrifield). Cuyuna has the higher median home value ($250,000 vs $229,700 in Merrifield). Since 2019, Merrifield's population has grown faster (+79.5% vs +0.4%).

Population, income & housing

	Cuyuna	Merrifield
Population	272	131
Median age	52.9 yrs	55.6 yrs
Median household income	$78,281	—
Median home value	$250,000	$229,700
Housing units	195	86
Homeownership rate	94.7%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.6%	39.1%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cuyuna	Merrifield
Population	271 → 272 (+0.4%)	73 → 131 (+79.5%)
Median household income	$44,167 → $78,281 (+77.2%)	—
Median home value	$175,500 → $250,000 (+42.5%)	$153,600 → $229,700 (+49.5%)
Median gross rent	$795 → $875 (+10.1%)	—

Cuyuna

Population

271272

Median household income

$44,167$78,281

Median home value

$175,500$250,000

Median gross rent

$795$875

Merrifield

Population

73131

Median home value

$153,600$229,700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cuyuna	Merrifield
Under 5	5.9%	0.0%
5 to 17	14.3%	0.0%
18 to 24	1.5%	12.2%
25 to 34	9.2%	0.0%
35 to 44	14.0%	16.0%
45 to 54	9.6%	14.5%
55 to 64	19.5%	46.6%
65 to 74	17.3%	6.9%
75 and over	8.8%	3.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cuyuna	Merrifield
White (non-Hispanic)	99.3%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
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	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.7%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cuyuna	Merrifield
No high school diploma	7.5%	0.0%
High school graduate	22.5%	8.7%
Some college or associate's	40.4%	52.2%
Bachelor's degree	23.9%	4.3%
Graduate or professional degree	5.6%	34.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cuyuna	Merrifield
Drove alone	74.6%	100.0%
Carpooled	4.9%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	20.5%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cuyuna	Merrifield
1-unit, detached	87.7%	94.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	11.8%	5.8%

Poverty & households

	Cuyuna	Merrifield
Poverty rate	13.5%	9.2%
Average household size	2.08	1.62
Mean commute (minutes)	27	—
Median year structure built	1995	1975