Forsyth vs Merriam Woods

A side-by-side comparison of Forsyth and Merriam Woods: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Forsyth has the higher population (2,749 vs 2,203 in Merriam Woods). Merriam Woods has the higher median household income ($50,000 vs $44,352 in Forsyth). Forsyth has the higher median home value ($185,900 vs $111,800 in Merriam Woods).

Population, income & housing

	Forsyth	Merriam Woods
Population	2,749	2,203
Median age	56.4 yrs	34.0 yrs
Median household income	$44,352	$50,000
Median home value	$185,900	$111,800
Median gross rent	$659	$1,102
Housing units	1,459	831
Homeownership rate	72.7%	83.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.2%	10.3%
Unemployment rate	0.5%	10.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Forsyth	Merriam Woods
Population	2,549 → 2,749 (+7.8%)	2,210 → 2,203 (-0.3%)
Median household income	$39,476 → $44,352 (+12.4%)	$40,055 → $50,000 (+24.8%)
Median home value	$118,600 → $185,900 (+56.7%)	$68,000 → $111,800 (+64.4%)
Median gross rent	$659 → $659 (+0.0%)	$821 → $1,102 (+34.2%)

Forsyth

Population

2,5492,749

Median household income

$39,476$44,352

Median home value

$118,600$185,900

Median gross rent

$659$659

Merriam Woods

Population

2,2102,203

Median household income

$40,055$50,000

Median home value

$68,000$111,800

Median gross rent

$821$1,102

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Forsyth	Merriam Woods
Under 5	5.1%	7.4%
5 to 17	11.6%	23.1%
18 to 24	4.3%	9.6%
25 to 34	7.3%	10.9%
35 to 44	9.4%	15.0%
45 to 54	10.1%	12.2%
55 to 64	13.5%	8.6%
65 to 74	19.4%	10.3%
75 and over	19.2%	2.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Forsyth	Merriam Woods
White (non-Hispanic)	91.5%	79.8%
Black or African American	0.9%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.3%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.9%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	1.5%	14.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Forsyth	Merriam Woods
No high school diploma	12.8%	15.2%
High school graduate	34.3%	40.6%
Some college or associate's	24.7%	33.9%
Bachelor's degree	10.3%	8.4%
Graduate or professional degree	17.9%	1.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Forsyth	Merriam Woods
Drove alone	84.1%	69.8%
Carpooled	8.7%	21.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.0%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.4%	3.4%
Other means	0.7%	3.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Forsyth	Merriam Woods
1-unit, detached	56.1%	66.1%
1-unit, attached	4.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	9.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	16.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	13.4%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	33.6%

Poverty & households

	Forsyth	Merriam Woods
Poverty rate	13.6%	20.5%
Average household size	1.98	3.32
Mean commute (minutes)	29	23
Median year structure built	1990	2001