Amsterdam vs Merwin

A side-by-side comparison of Amsterdam and Merwin: population, income, housing, and more.

Amsterdam and Merwin are places in Missouri. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Amsterdam has the higher population (127 vs 41 in Merwin). Merwin has the higher median household income ($90,250 vs $43,214 in Amsterdam). Since 2019, Merwin's population has grown faster (+28.1% vs -28.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Amsterdam	Merwin
Population	127	41
Median age	54.8 yrs	46.5 yrs
Median household income	$43,214	$90,250
Median home value	$47,400	—
Housing units	102	29
Homeownership rate	90.5%	84.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.0%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	8.8%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Amsterdam	Merwin
Population	178 → 127 (-28.7%)	32 → 41 (+28.1%)
Median household income	$35,417 → $43,214 (+22.0%)	$43,500 → $90,250 (+107.5%)
Median home value	$97,000 → $47,400 (-51.1%)	—
Median gross rent	$818 → $650 (-20.5%)	—

Amsterdam

Population

178127

Median household income

$35,417$43,214

Median home value

$97,000$47,400

Median gross rent

$818$650

Merwin

Population

3241

Median household income

$43,500$90,250

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Amsterdam	Merwin
Under 5	7.9%	0.0%
5 to 17	8.7%	34.1%
18 to 24	4.7%	12.2%
25 to 34	6.3%	0.0%
35 to 44	7.1%	0.0%
45 to 54	15.7%	39.0%
55 to 64	15.7%	12.2%
65 to 74	28.3%	0.0%
75 and over	5.5%	2.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Amsterdam	Merwin
White (non-Hispanic)	86.6%	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	4.7%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	8.7%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Amsterdam	Merwin
No high school diploma	9.0%	4.5%
High school graduate	37.0%	90.9%
Some college or associate's	23.0%	4.5%
Bachelor's degree	30.0%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	1.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Amsterdam	Merwin
Drove alone	64.3%	77.3%
Carpooled	25.0%	18.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.1%	0.0%
Other means	3.6%	4.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Amsterdam	Merwin
1-unit, detached	80.4%	72.4%
1-unit, attached	2.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	16.7%	27.6%

Poverty & households

	Amsterdam	Merwin
Poverty rate	18.1%	2.4%
Average household size	1.72	3.15
Mean commute (minutes)	38	42
Median year structure built	1965	1938