Hyde Park vs Merritt Park

A side-by-side comparison of Hyde Park and Merritt Park: population, income, housing, and more.

Hyde Park and Merritt Park are places in New York. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Hyde Park has the higher population (2,100 vs 1,723 in Merritt Park). Merritt Park has the higher median household income ($136,250 vs $86,346 in Hyde Park). Merritt Park has the higher median home value ($458,500 vs $287,400 in Hyde Park).

Population, income & housing

	Hyde Park	Merritt Park
Population	2,100	1,723
Median age	44.1 yrs	45.8 yrs
Median household income	$86,346	$136,250
Median home value	$287,400	$458,500
Median gross rent	$1,040	$3,501
Housing units	987	750
Homeownership rate	74.6%	82.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.7%	42.6%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hyde Park	Merritt Park
Population	1,997 → 2,100 (+5.2%)	1,727 → 1,723 (-0.2%)
Median household income	$76,574 → $86,346 (+12.8%)	$128,281 → $136,250 (+6.2%)
Median home value	$233,700 → $287,400 (+23.0%)	$386,500 → $458,500 (+18.6%)
Median gross rent	$964 → $1,040 (+7.9%)	$2,654 → $3,501 (+31.9%)

Hyde Park

Population

1,9972,100

Median household income

$76,574$86,346

Median home value

$233,700$287,400

Median gross rent

$964$1,040

Merritt Park

Population

1,7271,723

Median household income

$128,281$136,250

Median home value

$386,500$458,500

Median gross rent

$2,654$3,501

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hyde Park	Merritt Park
Under 5	4.2%	4.2%
5 to 17	13.7%	16.2%
18 to 24	10.3%	5.1%
25 to 34	12.3%	5.9%
35 to 44	12.0%	15.5%
45 to 54	11.9%	16.7%
55 to 64	13.3%	16.8%
65 to 74	16.8%	11.5%
75 and over	5.7%	8.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hyde Park	Merritt Park
White (non-Hispanic)	84.0%	65.2%
Black or African American	7.4%	5.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	18.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.1%
Two or more races	1.2%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	6.8%	7.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hyde Park	Merritt Park
No high school diploma	7.6%	2.5%
High school graduate	18.4%	32.6%
Some college or associate's	34.3%	22.3%
Bachelor's degree	18.0%	22.3%
Graduate or professional degree	21.7%	20.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hyde Park	Merritt Park
Drove alone	71.8%	74.6%
Carpooled	14.1%	4.0%
Public transit	4.8%	7.3%
Walked	0.0%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.3%	12.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hyde Park	Merritt Park
1-unit, detached	84.2%	22.4%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	58.5%
2 to 4 units	8.2%	3.6%
5 to 19 units	6.2%	13.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Hyde Park	Merritt Park
Poverty rate	11.4%	5.3%
Average household size	2.19	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	35	42
Median year structure built	1954	2007