MacDonnell Heights vs Merritt Park

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

MacDonnell Heights 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.

Merritt Park has the higher population (1,723 vs 1,438 in MacDonnell Heights). MacDonnell Heights has the higher median household income ($138,589 vs $136,250 in Merritt Park). Merritt Park has the higher median home value ($458,500 vs $293,300 in MacDonnell Heights).

Population, income & housing

	MacDonnell Heights	Merritt Park
Population	1,438	1,723
Median age	33.6 yrs	45.8 yrs
Median household income	$138,589	$136,250
Median home value	$293,300	$458,500
Median gross rent	—	$3,501
Housing units	519	750
Homeownership rate	100.0%	82.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	62.0%	42.6%
Unemployment rate	5.3%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	MacDonnell Heights	Merritt Park
Population	1,283 → 1,438 (+12.1%)	1,727 → 1,723 (-0.2%)
Median household income	$111,224 → $138,589 (+24.6%)	$128,281 → $136,250 (+6.2%)
Median home value	$227,000 → $293,300 (+29.2%)	$386,500 → $458,500 (+18.6%)
Median gross rent	—	$2,654 → $3,501 (+31.9%)

MacDonnell Heights

Population

1,2831,438

Median household income

$111,224$138,589

Median home value

$227,000$293,300

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)

	MacDonnell Heights	Merritt Park
Under 5	19.4%	4.2%
5 to 17	4.9%	16.2%
18 to 24	0.0%	5.1%
25 to 34	28.7%	5.9%
35 to 44	3.7%	15.5%
45 to 54	9.3%	16.7%
55 to 64	8.8%	16.8%
65 to 74	10.6%	11.5%
75 and over	14.7%	8.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	MacDonnell Heights	Merritt Park
White (non-Hispanic)	87.6%	65.2%
Black or African American	5.7%	5.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.3%	18.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.1%
Two or more races	0.4%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	5.0%	7.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	MacDonnell Heights	Merritt Park
No high school diploma	3.4%	2.5%
High school graduate	16.9%	32.6%
Some college or associate's	17.7%	22.3%
Bachelor's degree	33.9%	22.3%
Graduate or professional degree	28.1%	20.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	MacDonnell Heights	Merritt Park
Drove alone	74.4%	74.6%
Carpooled	17.0%	4.0%
Public transit	1.0%	7.3%
Walked	0.0%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.6%	12.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	MacDonnell Heights	Merritt Park
1-unit, detached	100.0%	22.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	58.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	13.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	MacDonnell Heights	Merritt Park
Poverty rate	0.0%	5.3%
Average household size	2.76	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	57	42
Median year structure built	1957	2007