Kirbyville vs Merriam Woods

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

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

Merriam Woods has the higher population (2,203 vs 98 in Kirbyville). Merriam Woods has the higher median household income ($50,000 vs $48,750 in Kirbyville). Since 2019, Merriam Woods's population has grown faster (-0.3% vs -39.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Kirbyville	Merriam Woods
Population	98	2,203
Median age	43.9 yrs	34.0 yrs
Median household income	$48,750	$50,000
Median home value	—	$111,800
Median gross rent	—	$1,102
Housing units	85	831
Homeownership rate	64.3%	83.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.9%	10.3%
Unemployment rate	2.8%	10.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kirbyville	Merriam Woods
Population	161 → 98 (-39.1%)	2,210 → 2,203 (-0.3%)
Median household income	$36,250 → $48,750 (+34.5%)	$40,055 → $50,000 (+24.8%)
Median home value	$95,000 → $147,500 (+55.3%)	$68,000 → $111,800 (+64.4%)
Median gross rent	$697 → $743 (+6.6%)	$821 → $1,102 (+34.2%)

Kirbyville

Population

16198

Median household income

$36,250$48,750

Median home value

$95,000$147,500

Median gross rent

$697$743

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)

	Kirbyville	Merriam Woods
Under 5	5.1%	7.4%
5 to 17	17.3%	23.1%
18 to 24	0.0%	9.6%
25 to 34	0.0%	10.9%
35 to 44	28.6%	15.0%
45 to 54	2.0%	12.2%
55 to 64	27.6%	8.6%
65 to 74	10.2%	10.3%
75 and over	9.2%	2.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kirbyville	Merriam Woods
White (non-Hispanic)	75.5%	79.8%
Black or African American	12.2%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	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	12.2%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	14.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kirbyville	Merriam Woods
No high school diploma	11.8%	15.2%
High school graduate	28.9%	40.6%
Some college or associate's	51.3%	33.9%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	8.4%
Graduate or professional degree	7.9%	1.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kirbyville	Merriam Woods
Drove alone	62.9%	69.8%
Carpooled	25.7%	21.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	11.4%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	3.4%
Other means	0.0%	3.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kirbyville	Merriam Woods
1-unit, detached	36.5%	66.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	63.5%	33.6%

Poverty & households

	Kirbyville	Merriam Woods
Poverty rate	27.7%	20.5%
Average household size	2.33	3.32
Mean commute (minutes)	16	23
Median year structure built	1990	2001