Kissee Mills vs Merriam Woods

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

Kissee Mills 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 1,182 in Kissee Mills). Kissee Mills has the higher median household income ($53,250 vs $50,000 in Merriam Woods). Kissee Mills has the higher median home value ($135,500 vs $111,800 in Merriam Woods).

Population, income & housing

	Kissee Mills	Merriam Woods
Population	1,182	2,203
Median age	41.9 yrs	34.0 yrs
Median household income	$53,250	$50,000
Median home value	$135,500	$111,800
Median gross rent	$700	$1,102
Housing units	528	831
Homeownership rate	88.8%	83.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.8%	10.3%
Unemployment rate	1.7%	10.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kissee Mills	Merriam Woods
Population	1,036 → 1,182 (+14.1%)	2,210 → 2,203 (-0.3%)
Median household income	$31,055 → $53,250 (+71.5%)	$40,055 → $50,000 (+24.8%)
Median home value	$78,800 → $135,500 (+72.0%)	$68,000 → $111,800 (+64.4%)
Median gross rent	—	$821 → $1,102 (+34.2%)

Kissee Mills

Population

1,0361,182

Median household income

$31,055$53,250

Median home value

$78,800$135,500

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)

	Kissee Mills	Merriam Woods
Under 5	1.2%	7.4%
5 to 17	14.8%	23.1%
18 to 24	9.9%	9.6%
25 to 34	10.9%	10.9%
35 to 44	15.1%	15.0%
45 to 54	11.4%	12.2%
55 to 64	11.5%	8.6%
65 to 74	18.8%	10.3%
75 and over	6.3%	2.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kissee Mills	Merriam Woods
White (non-Hispanic)	88.9%	79.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	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	1.3%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	9.8%	14.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kissee Mills	Merriam Woods
No high school diploma	8.0%	15.2%
High school graduate	49.2%	40.6%
Some college or associate's	32.0%	33.9%
Bachelor's degree	10.8%	8.4%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	1.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kissee Mills	Merriam Woods
Drove alone	63.4%	69.8%
Carpooled	28.0%	21.2%
Public transit	3.4%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.5%	3.4%
Other means	0.0%	3.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kissee Mills	Merriam Woods
1-unit, detached	71.0%	66.1%
1-unit, attached	2.5%	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	26.5%	33.6%

Poverty & households

	Kissee Mills	Merriam Woods
Poverty rate	10.3%	20.5%
Average household size	2.54	3.32
Mean commute (minutes)	40	23
Median year structure built	1985	2001