Merritt Park vs Pawling

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

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

Pawling has the higher population (2,006 vs 1,723 in Merritt Park). Merritt Park has the higher median household income ($136,250 vs $85,405 in Pawling). Merritt Park has the higher median home value ($458,500 vs $352,900 in Pawling).

Population, income & housing

	Merritt Park	Pawling
Population	1,723	2,006
Median age	45.8 yrs	39.3 yrs
Median household income	$136,250	$85,405
Median home value	$458,500	$352,900
Median gross rent	$3,501	$1,310
Housing units	750	931
Homeownership rate	82.6%	55.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	42.6%	38.6%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	1.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Merritt Park	Pawling
Population	1,727 → 1,723 (-0.2%)	2,029 → 2,006 (-1.1%)
Median household income	$128,281 → $136,250 (+6.2%)	$73,938 → $85,405 (+15.5%)
Median home value	$386,500 → $458,500 (+18.6%)	$276,100 → $352,900 (+27.8%)
Median gross rent	$2,654 → $3,501 (+31.9%)	$906 → $1,310 (+44.6%)

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

Pawling

Population

2,0292,006

Median household income

$73,938$85,405

Median home value

$276,100$352,900

Median gross rent

$906$1,310

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Merritt Park	Pawling
Under 5	4.2%	6.5%
5 to 17	16.2%	14.8%
18 to 24	5.1%	3.4%
25 to 34	5.9%	19.4%
35 to 44	15.5%	12.8%
45 to 54	16.7%	10.7%
55 to 64	16.8%	14.3%
65 to 74	11.5%	10.3%
75 and over	8.1%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Merritt Park	Pawling
White (non-Hispanic)	65.2%	71.2%
Black or African American	5.1%	3.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	18.2%	4.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.8%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	7.6%	17.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Merritt Park	Pawling
No high school diploma	2.5%	11.6%
High school graduate	32.6%	27.8%
Some college or associate's	22.3%	21.9%
Bachelor's degree	22.3%	24.3%
Graduate or professional degree	20.3%	14.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Merritt Park	Pawling
Drove alone	74.6%	75.3%
Carpooled	4.0%	1.6%
Public transit	7.3%	4.4%
Walked	1.7%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.5%	16.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Merritt Park	Pawling
1-unit, detached	22.4%	59.3%
1-unit, attached	58.5%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	3.6%	16.2%
5 to 19 units	13.2%	12.9%
20 or more units	2.3%	11.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Merritt Park	Pawling
Poverty rate	5.3%	9.7%
Average household size	2.59	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	42	32
Median year structure built	2007	1956