Manhattan Beach vs Merrifield

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

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

Merrifield has the higher population (131 vs 25 in Manhattan Beach). Since 2019, Merrifield's population has grown faster (+79.5% vs -65.8%).

Population, income & housing

	Manhattan Beach	Merrifield
Population	25	131
Median age	63.7 yrs	55.6 yrs
Median household income	$66,563	—
Median home value	—	$229,700
Housing units	63	86
Homeownership rate	100.0%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.0%	39.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Manhattan Beach	Merrifield
Population	73 → 25 (-65.8%)	73 → 131 (+79.5%)
Median household income	$31,563 → $66,563 (+110.9%)	—
Median home value	$231,300 → $275,000 (+18.9%)	$153,600 → $229,700 (+49.5%)

Manhattan Beach

Population

7325

Median household income

$31,563$66,563

Median home value

$231,300$275,000

Merrifield

Population

73131

Median home value

$153,600$229,700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Manhattan Beach	Merrifield
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	4.0%	0.0%
18 to 24	0.0%	12.2%
25 to 34	0.0%	0.0%
35 to 44	4.0%	16.0%
45 to 54	16.0%	14.5%
55 to 64	36.0%	46.6%
65 to 74	16.0%	6.9%
75 and over	24.0%	3.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Manhattan Beach	Merrifield
White (non-Hispanic)	84.0%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	8.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Manhattan Beach	Merrifield
No high school diploma	4.2%	0.0%
High school graduate	37.5%	8.7%
Some college or associate's	33.3%	52.2%
Bachelor's degree	16.7%	4.3%
Graduate or professional degree	8.3%	34.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Manhattan Beach	Merrifield
Drove alone	66.7%	100.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	33.3%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Manhattan Beach	Merrifield
1-unit, detached	81.0%	94.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	11.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	7.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	5.8%

Poverty & households

	Manhattan Beach	Merrifield
Poverty rate	8.0%	9.2%
Average household size	1.67	1.62
Mean commute (minutes)	37	—
Median year structure built	1990	1975