Foster vs Merwin

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

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

Foster has the higher population (51 vs 41 in Merwin). Merwin has the higher median household income ($90,250 vs $51,667 in Foster). Since 2019, Merwin's population has grown faster (+28.1% vs -69.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Foster	Merwin
Population	51	41
Median age	48.9 yrs	46.5 yrs
Median household income	$51,667	$90,250
Median home value	$72,500	—
Housing units	40	29
Homeownership rate	63.3%	84.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	2.3%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Foster	Merwin
Population	165 → 51 (-69.1%)	32 → 41 (+28.1%)
Median household income	$120,104 → $51,667 (-57.0%)	$43,500 → $90,250 (+107.5%)
Median home value	$108,300 → $72,500 (-33.1%)	—

Foster

Population

16551

Median household income

$120,104$51,667

Median home value

$108,300$72,500

Merwin

Population

3241

Median household income

$43,500$90,250

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Foster	Merwin
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	2.0%	34.1%
18 to 24	13.7%	12.2%
25 to 34	9.8%	0.0%
35 to 44	15.7%	0.0%
45 to 54	13.7%	39.0%
55 to 64	25.5%	12.2%
65 to 74	11.8%	0.0%
75 and over	7.8%	2.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Foster	Merwin
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	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	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Foster	Merwin
No high school diploma	30.2%	4.5%
High school graduate	34.9%	90.9%
Some college or associate's	32.6%	4.5%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	2.3%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Foster	Merwin
Drove alone	93.3%	77.3%
Carpooled	0.0%	18.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.7%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	4.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Foster	Merwin
1-unit, detached	42.5%	72.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	32.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	25.0%	27.6%

Poverty & households

	Foster	Merwin
Poverty rate	15.7%	2.4%
Average household size	1.70	3.15
Mean commute (minutes)	37	42
Median year structure built	1976	1938